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SEVENTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT 


THE    TRUSTEES 


Perkins  Institution 


Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 


FOR    THE   YEAR    ENDING 


August  31,  1904. 


BOSTON 

Press  of  Geo.  H.  Ellis  Co.,  272  Congress  Street 

1905 


CommontDealti^  of  QpasJjsaci^ujsett^, 


Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Bund, 
South  Boston,  October  17,  1904. 

To  the  Hon.  Wm.  M.  Olin,  Secretary  of  State,  Boston. 

Dear  Sir:  —  I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  you,  for  the 
use  of  the  legislature,  a  copy  of  the  seventy-third  annual  report 
of  the  trustees  of  this  institution  to  the  corporation  thereof, 
together  with  that  of  the  treasurer  and  the  usual  accompanying 
documents. 

Respectfully, 

MICHAEL   ANAGNOS, 

Secretary. 


OFFICERS   OF  THE   CORPORATION 
I 904- I 905. 


FRANCIS  H.  APPLETON,  President. 
AMORY  A.  LAWRENCE,  Vice-President. 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
MICHAEL  ANAGNOS,  Secretary. 


BOARD   OF   TRUSTEES. 


FRANCIS  H.  APPLETON. 

WM.  LEONARD  BENEDICT. 

WILLIAM  ENDICOTT. 

Rev.  PAUL  REVERE  FROTHINGHAM. 

CHARLES  P.  GARDINER. 

N.  P.  HALLOWELL. 


J.  THEODORE  HEARD,  M.D. 

EDWARD  JACKSON. 

GEORGE  H.  RICHARDS. 

WILLIAM  L.  RICHARDSON,  M.D. 

RICHARD  M.  SALTONSTALL. 

S.  LOTHROP  THORNDIKE,  Chairman. 


STANDING    COMMITTEES. 


Monthly  Visiting  Committee, 

whose  duty  it  is  to  visit  and  inspect  the  Institution  at  least  once  in  each  month. 


1905. 

July,      ...  J.  Theodore  Heard. 
.\ugust,     .   .  Edward  Jackson. 
September.  .  George  H.  Richards. 
October,  .   .  William  L.  Richardson. 
November,  .   Richard  M.  Saltonstall. 
December,  .  S.  Lothrop  Thorndike. 


1905. 

January, 

.  Francis  H.  Appleton. 

February, 

.  Wm.  L.  Benedict. 

March, 

.  William  Endicott. 

April,    . 

.  Paul  R.  Froth  inch  am 

May,     . 

.  Charles  P.  Gardiner. 

June,     . 

.  N.  P.  Hallowell. 

Committee  on  Education. 

George  H.  Richards. 

Rev.  Paul  Revere  Frothingham. 

William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 


House  Committee. 

William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 
Charles  P.  Gardiner. 
George  H.  Richards. 


Committee  on  Finance. 

S.  Lothrop  Thorndike. 
William  Endicott. 
Wm.  Leonard  Benedict. 
N.  P.  Hallowell. 


Committee  on  Health. 

J.  Theodore  Heard,  M.D. 
William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 
Richard  M.  Saltonstall. 


Auditors  of  Accounts. 

J.  Theodore  Heard,  M.D. 
S.  Lothrop  Thorndike. 


OFFICERS   OF  ADMINISTRATION  AND  TEACHERS. 


MICHAEL  ANAGNOS,  Director. 


TEACHERS 

Boys'  Section. 

ALMORIN  O.  CASWELL. 

Miss  CAROLINE  E.  McMASTER. 

Miss  JULIA  A.  BOYLAN. 

Miss  JESSICA  L.  LANGWORTHY. 

JAMES  W.  DYSON. 

EDWARD  K.  HARVEY. 

Miss  ALTA  M.  REED. 


OF   THE    LITERARY    DEPARTMENT. 

Girls'  Section. 


Miss  GAZELLA  BENNETT. 
Miss  SARAH  M.  LILLEY. 
Miss  FRANCES  S.  MARRETT. 
Miss  IRENE  MASON. 
Miss  HELEN  L.  SMITH. 
Miss  JULIA  E.  BURNHAM. 
Miss  EUGENIA  LOCKE. 


Special  Teachers  to  Blind  Deaf-Mutes. 

Miss  VINA  C.  BADGER.  I    Miss  ABBY  G.  POTTLE. 

Miss  ELIZABETH  HOXIE.  |    Miss  RUTH  L.  THOMAS. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    PHYSICAL   TRAINING. 


JOHN  H.  WRIGHT. 

Miss  LENNA  D.  SWINERTON. 


Miss  EUGENIA  LOCKE. 
Miss  IRENE  MASON. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    MUSIC. 


Boys'  Section. 

EDWIN  L.  GARDINER. 
Miss  FREDA  A.  BLACK. 
Miss  HELEN  M.  ABBOTT. 
Miss  MARY  E.  BURBECK. 
W.  LUTHER  STOVER. 
JOHN  F.  HARTWELL. 
JOHN  M.  FLOCKTON. 

GEORGE  W.  WANT,  Voice. 
EDWIN  A.  SABIN,  Violin. 


AUGUST©  VANNINL 
AUGUST  DAMM. 

Girls'  Section. 

Miss  LILA  P.  COLE. 
Miss  MARY  E.  RILEY. 
Miss  LOUISA  L.  FERNALD. 
Miss  HELEN  M.  KELTON. 
Miss  BLANCHE  A.  BARDIN. 

to  both  sections. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    MANUAL   TRAINING. 


Boys'  Section. 

JOHN  H.  W'RIGHT. 
JULIAN  H.  MABEY. 
ELWYN  C.  SMITH. 
Miss  MARY  B.  KNOWLTON,  Slovd. 


Girls'  Section. 

Miss  ANNA  S.  HANNGREN,  Sloyd. 
Miss  FRANCES  M.  LANGWORTHY. 
Miss  M.  ELIZABETH  ROBBINS. 
Miss  GRACE  E.  SNOW. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    TUNING    PIANOFORTES. 

GEORGE  E.  HART,  Manager  and  Inslructor. 


LIBRARIANS.  CLERK    AND    BOOKKEEPERS. 

Miss  SARAH  E.  LANE,  Librarian.  I    Miss  ANNA  GARDNER  FISH,  Clerk. 

Miss  MAYBEL  J.  KING,  Bookkeeper. 


Miss  LAURA  M.  SAWYER,  Librarian. 
Miss  ISABEL  C.  WIGHT,  Assistant. 


Miss  EDITH  M.  GRIFFIN,  Assistant. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    HEALTH    AND    DOMESTIC    AFFAIRS. 


ELISHA  S.  BOLAND,  M.D., 

Attending  Physician. 
FREDERICK  A.  FLANDERS,  Steward. 
Mrs.  FRANCES  E.  CARLTON,  Matron. 
Miss  ALICE  MERRILL,  Assistant. 


Housekeepers  in  the  Cottages 

Mrs.  M.  a.  KNOWLTON. 
Mrs.  CORA  L.  GLE.\SON. 
Miss  CLARA  E.  STEVENS. 
Mrs.  L.  R.  SMITH. 
Miss  FLORENCE  E.  STOWE. 


PRINTING   DEPARTMENT. 


DENNIS  A.  REARDON,  Manager. 
Mrs.  ELIZABETH  L.  BOWDEN. 


Miss  LOUISE  CHISHOLM,  Printer. 
Miss  ISABELLA  G.  MEALEY,   " 


WORKSHOP    FOR    ADULTS. 

EUGENE  C.  HOWARD,  Manager.  \    Miss  ESTELLE  M.  MENDUM,  Clerk. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION. 


Abbott,  Mrs.  M.  T.,  Cambridge. 
Adams,  John  A.,  Pawtuck^t,  R.I. 
Adams,  Melvin  O.,  Boston. 
Agassiz,  Mrs.  E.  C,  Cambridge. 
Ahl,  Mrs.  Daniel,  Boston. 
Alger,  Rev.  William  R.,  Boston. 
Amory,  Charles  W.,  Boston. 
Anagnos,  Michael,  Boston. 
Anderson,  Mrs.  John  F.,  Boston. 
Appleton,  Hon.  Francis  H.,  Boston. 
Appleton,  Mrs.  R.  M.,  New  York. 
Appleton,  Dr.  William,  Boston. 
Appleton,  Mrs.  WiUiam,  Boston. 
Apthorp,  William  F.,  Boston. 
Atkinson,  Edward,  Boston. 
Bacon,  Edwin  M.,  Boston. 
Baker,  Mrs.  Ezra  H.,  Boston. 
Baker,  Miss  M.  K.,  Boston. 
Baldwin,  S.  E.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Baldwin,  William  H.,  Boston. 
Ballard,  Miss  E.,  Boston. 
Barbour,  Edmund  D.,  Boston. 
Barrett,  William  E.,  Boston. 
Barrows,  Hon.  S.  J.,  New  York. 
Barrows,  Mrs.  S.  J.,  New  York. 
Bartlett,  Francis,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Miss  F.,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Mrs.  John,  Cambridge. 
Bartlett,  Mrs.  Marj^  E.,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Miss  Mar}'  F.,  Boston. 
Bates,  Arlo,  Boston. 
Baylies,  Mrs.  Charlotte  U.,  Boston. 
Beach,  Rev.  D.  N.,  Bangor,  Me. 
Beach,  Mrs.  Edwin  H.,  Springiield. 
Beebe,  E.  Pierson,  Boston. 
Beebe,  J.  Arthur,  Boston. 


Beebe,  Mrs.  J.  Arthur,  Boston. 
Benedict,  Wm.  Leonard,  Boston. 
Bigelow,  Mrs.  Prescott,  Brookline. 
Binney,  William,  Providence. 
Black,  George  N.,  Boston. 
Boardman,  Mrs.  Edwin  A.,  Boston. 
Bourn,  Hon.  A.  O.,  Providence. 
Bowditch,  Alfred,  Boston. 
Bowditch,  Dr.  H.  P.,  Jamaica  Plain. 
Boyden,  Mrs.  Charles,  Boston. 
Brimmer,  Mrs.  Martin,  Boston. 
Brooke,  Rev.  Stopford  W.,  London. 
Brooks,  Edward,  Hyde  Park. 
Brooks,  Rev.  G.  W.,  Dorchester. 
Brooks,  Peter  C,  Boston. 
Brooks,  Mrs.  Peter  C,  Boston. 
Brooks,  Shepherd,  Boston. 
Brown,  Mrs.  John  C,  Providence. 
Browne,  A.  Parker,  Boston. 
BrA-ant,  Mrs.  A.  B.  M.,  Boston. 
BuUard,  Mrs.  William  S.,  Boston. 
Bullock,  George  A.,  Worcester. 
Bumstead,  Mrs.  F.  J.,  Cambridge. 
Bundy,  James  J.,  Providence. 
Bumham,  Miss  Julia  E.,  Lowell. 
Bumham,  William  A.,  Boston. 
Burton,  Dr.  J.  W.,  Flushing,  N.Y. 
Cabot,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.,  Boston. 
Cabot,  Mrs.  Samuel,  Boston. 
Callahan,  Miss  Mar\'  G.,  Boston. 
Callender,  Walter,  Providence. 
Carpenter,  Charles  E.,  Providence. 
Carter,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  West  Newton 
Car}',  Miss  E.  F.,  Cambridge. 
Car}',  Miss  Ellen  G.,  Boston. 
Case,  Mrs.  Laura  L.,  Boston. 


Chace,  James  H.,  Valley  Falls,  R.I. 
Chace,  Hon.  J.,  Valley  Falls,  R.I. 
Chadwick,  Mrs.  C.  C,  Boston. 
Chamberlin,  E.  D.,  Boston. 
Chamberlin,  Joseph  Edgar,  N.Y. 
Chapin,  E.  P.,  Providence. 
Cheever,  Dr.  David  W.,  Boston. 
Cheever,  Miss  M.  E.,  Boston. 
Claflin,  Hon.  William,  Boston. 
Clark,  Miss  S.  W.,  Beverly. 
Clement,  Edward  H.,  Boston. 
Coates,  James,  Providence. 
Cochrane,  Alexander,  Boston. 
Coffin,  Mrs.  W.  E.,  Boston. 
Coh,  Samuel  P.,  Bristol,  R.I. 
Cook,  Charles  T.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Cook,  Mrs.  C.  T.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Coolidge,  Dr.  A.,  Boston. 
Coolidge,  J.  Randolph,  Boston. 
Coolidge,  Mrs.  J.  R.,  Boston. 
Coolidge,  John  T.,  Boston. 
Coolidge,  T.  Jefferson,  Boston. 
Cowing,  Miss  Grace  G.,  Brookline. 
Cowing,  Mrs.  M.  W.,  Brookline. 
Crafts,  Mrs.  J.  M.,  Boston. 
Crane,  Mrs.  Zenas  M.,  Dalton. 
Crosby,  Sumner,  Brookline. 
Crosby,  William  S.,  BrookHne. 
Cross,  Mrs.  F.  B.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Cruft,  Miss  Harriet  O.,  Boston. 
Cummings,  Mrs.  A.  L.,  Portland,  Me. 
Cummings,  Charles  A.,  Boston. 
Cunniff,  Hon.  M.  M.,  Boston. 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Boston. 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Greeley  S.,  Boston. 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Mary  S.,  Boston. 
Dalton,  C.  H.,  Boston. 
Dalton,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Boston. 
Darling,  Cortes  A.,  Providence. 
Davis,  Miss  A.  W.,  Boston. 
Davis,  Mrs.  Edward  L.,  Boston. 
Dexter,  Mrs.  F.  G.,  Boston. 
Dillaway,  W.  E.  L.,  Boston. 


Doliber,  Thomas,  Boston. 
Dow,  Miss  Jane  F.,  Milton. 
Draper,  Eben  S.,  Boston. 
Draper,  George  A.,  Boston. 
Dunklee,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Boston. 
Duryea,  Mrs.  Herman,  New  York. 
Earle,  Mrs.  T.  K.,  Boston. 
Eliot,  Rev.  Christopher  R.,  Boston. 
Elliott,  Mrs.  Maud  Howe,  Boston. 
Ellis,  George  H.,  Boston. 
Endicott,  Miss  Clara  T.,  Boston. 
Endicott,  Henry,  Boston. 
Endicott,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Beverly. 
Endicott,  William,  Boston. 
Endicott,  William,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Endicott,  William  C,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Ernst,  C.  W.,  Boston. 
Evans,  Mrs.  Glendower,  Boston. 
Fairbanks,  Miss  C.  L.,  Boston. 
Faulkner,  Miss  Fannie  M.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B.,  Boston. 
Fay,  H.  H.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Mrs.  H.  H.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Miss  Sarah  B.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Miss  S.  M.,  Boston. 
Fenno,  Mrs.  L.  C,  Boston. 
Ferguson,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Dorchester. 
Ferris,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  Brookline. 
Ferris,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Brookline. 
Fields,  Mrs.  James  T.,  Boston. 
Fiske,  Mrs.  Joseph  N.,  Boston. 
Fitz,  Mrs.  W.  Scott,  Boston. 
Folsom,  Charles  F.,  M.D.,  Boston. 
Foote,  Miss  M.  B.,  Cambridge. 
Foster,  Miss  C.  P.,  Cambridge. 
Foster,  Mrs.  E.  W.,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Foster,  Francis  C,  Cambridge. 
Foster,  Mrs.  Francis  C,  Cambridge. 
Freeman,  Miss  Harriet  E.,  Boston. 
Frothingham,  Rev.  P.  R.,  Boston. 
Fry,  Mrs.  Charles,  Boston. 
Fuller,  Mrs.  Samuel  R.,  Boston. 


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Gammans,  Hon.  George  H.,  Boston. 
Gardiner,  Charles  P.,  Boston. 
Gardiner,  Robert  H.,  Boston. 
Gardner,  George  A.,  Boston. 
Gardner,  Mrs.  John  L.,  Boston. 
George,  Charles  H.,  Providence. 
Gill,  Mrs.  Francis  A.,  Boston. 
Glidden,  W.  T.,  Boston. 
Goddard,  William,  Providence. 
Goff,  Darius  L.,  Pawlucket,  R.I. 
Goff,  Lyman  B.,  Pawtucket,  R.I. 
Goldthwait,  Mrs.  John,  Boston. 
Gooding,  Rev.  A., Portsmouth,  N.H. 
Goodwin,  Miss  A.  M.,  Cambridge. 
Gordon,  Rev.  G.  A.,  D.D.,  Boston. 
Gray,  Mrs.  Ellen,  New  York  City. 
Green,  Charles  G.,  Boston. 
Grew,  Edward  W.,  Boston. 
Grifl&n,  S.  B.,  Springfield. 
Hale,  Rev.  Edward  E.,  Boston. 
Hall,  Mrs.  F.  Howe,  Plainfield,N.J. 
Hall,  Miss  L.  E.,  Boston. 
Hall,  Miss  Minna  B.,  Longwood. 
Hallowell,  Col.  N.  P.,  Boston. 
Hammond,  Mrs.  G.  G.,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Hammond,  Mrs.  G.  W.,  Boston. 
Hanscom,  Dr.  Sanford,  Somerville. 
Haskell,  Edwin  B.,  Aubumdale. 
Haskell,  Mrs.  E.  B.,  Aubumdale. 
Head,  Charles,  Boston. 
Head,  Mrs.  Charles,  Boston. 
Heard,  J.  T.,  M.D.,  Boston. 
Hearst,  Mrs.  Phebe  A. 
Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Boston. 
Hemenway,  Mrs.  Chas.  P.,  Boston. 
Henshaw,  Mrs.  Harriet  A.,  Boston. 
Hersey,  Charles  H.,  Boston. 
Higginson,  Frederick,  Brookline. 
Higginson,  Henry  Lee,  Boston. 
Higginson,  Mrs.  Henry  L.,  Boston. 
Hill,  Dr.  A.  S.,  Somerville. 
Hill,  J.  E.  R.,  Boston. 
Hill,  Mrs.  T.  J.,  Providence. 


Hoar,  Gen.  Rockwood,  Worcester. 
Hodgkins,  Frank  E.,  Somerville. 
Hodgkins,  William  H.,  Somerville 
Hogg,  John,  Boston. 
Hollis,  Mrs.  S.  J.,  Lynn. 
Holmes,  Charles  W.,  Canada. 
Holmes,  John  H.,  Boston. 
Horton,  Mrs.  William  H.,  Boston. 
Hovey,  William  A.,  Boston. 
Howard,  Hon.  A.  C,  Boston. 
Howard,  Hon.  Henry,  Providence. 
Howe,  Henry  Marion,  N.Y. 
Howe,  Mrs.  Julia  Ward,  Boston. 
Howe,  Mrs.  Virginia  A.,  Boston. 
Howland,  Mrs.  O.  O.,  Boston. 
Hunnewell,  Francis  W.,  Boston. 
Hunnewell,  Mrs.  H.  S.,  Boston. 
Hutchins,  Mrs.  C.  F.,  Boston, 
lasigi.  Miss  Mary  V.,  Boston. 
Ingraham,  Mrs.  E.  T.,  Wellesley. 
Jackson,  Charles  C,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Edward,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Mrs.  J.  B.  S.,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Patrick  T.,  Cambridge. 
James,  Mrs.  C.  D.,  Brookline. 
Jenks,  Miss  C.  E.,  Boston. 
Johnson,  Edward  C,  Boston. 
Jones,  Mrs.  E.  C,  New  Bedford. 
Joy,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Boston. 
Kasson,  Rev.  F.  H.,  Boston. 
Kellogg,  Mrs.  Eva  D.,  Boston. 
Kendall,  Miss  H.  W.,  Boston. 
Kent,  Mrs.  Helena  M.,  Boston. 
Kidder,  Mrs.  Henr}-  P.,  Boston. 
Kilmer,  Frederick  M.,  Somerville. 
Kimball,  Mrs.  David  P.,  Boston. 
Kimball,  Edward  P.,  Maiden. 
Knapp,  George  B.,  Boston. 
Knowlton,  Daniel  S.,  Boston. 
Kramer,  Henry  C,  Boston. 
Lamb,  Mrs.  Annie  L.,  Boston. 
Lamson,  Miss  C.  W.,  England. 
Lang,  B.  J.,  Boston. 


Lang,  Mrs.  B.  J.,  Boston. 
Lawrence,  Amory  A.,  Boston. 
Lawrence,  James,  Groton. 
Lawrence,  Mrs.  James,  Groton. 
Lawrence,  Rt.  Rev.  \Vm.,  Boston. 
Lee,  George  C,  Boston. 
Lee,  Mrs.  George  C,  Boston. 
Lillie,  Mrs.  A.  H.,  Richmond,  Eng. 
Lincoln,  L.  J.  B.,  Hingham. 
Linzee,  J.  T.,  Boston. 
Littell,  Miss  S.  G.,  Boston. 
Livermore,  Thomas  L.,  Boston. 
Lodge,  Hon.  Henry  C,  Boston. 
Longfellow,  Miss  Alice  M. 
Lord,  Rev.  A.  M..  Providence,  R.I. 
Loring,  Mrs.  W.  Caleb,  Boston. 
Lothrop,  John,  Auburndale. 
Lothrop,  Mrs.  T.  K.,  Boston. 
Lovering,  Mrs.  Charles  T.,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Abbott  Lawrence,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Miss  Amy,  Brookline. 
Lowell,  Charles,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Francis  C,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Mrs.  George  G.,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Miss  Georgina,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston. 
Lyman,  Arthur  T.,  Boston. 
Lyman,  J.  P.,  Boston. 
Manning,  Mrs.  M.  W.,  Brooklyn. 
Marrett,  Miss  H.  M.,  Standish,  Me. 
Marrs,  Mrs.  Kingsmill,  Wayland. 
Marvin,  Mrs.  E.  C,  Boston. 
Mason,  Miss  E.  F.,  Boston. 
Mason,  Miss  Ida  M.,  Boston. 
Mason,  I.  B.,  Providence. 
Matchett,  Mrs.  W.  F.,  Boston. 
Matthews,  Mrs.  A.  B.,  Boston. 
Merriam,  Charles,  Boston. 
Merriman,  Mrs.  D.,  Boston. 
Merritt,  Edward  P.,  Boston. 
Meyer,  Mrs.  George  von  L.,  Boston. 
Minot,  J.  Grafton,  Boston. 
Minot,  The  Misses,  Boston. 


Mixter,  Miss  Madeleine  C,  Boston. 
Morgan,  Eustis  P.,  Saco,  Me. 
Morgan,  Mrs.  Eustis  P.,  Saco,  Me. 
Morison,  John  H.,  Boston. 
Morison,  Mrs.  John  H.,  Boston. 
Morse,  Mrs.  Leopold,  Boston. 
Morse,  Miss  M.  F.,  Jamaica  Plain. 
Moseley,  Charles  H.,  Boston. 
Motley,  Mrs.  E.  Preble,  Boston. 
Nichols,  Mrs.  Frederick  S.,  Boston. 
Nichols,  J.  Howard,  Boston. 
Nickerson,  Andrew,  Boston. 
Nickerson,  Miss  Priscilla,  Boston. 
Nickerson,  S.  D.,  Boston. 
Norcross,  Grenville  H.,  Boston. 
Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Noyes,  Hon.  Charles  J.,  Boston. 
Oliver,  Dr.  Henry  K.,  Boston. 
Paine,  Robert  Treat,  Boston. 
Palfrey,  J.  C,  Boston. 
Palmer,  John  S.,  Providence. 
Parkinson,  John,  Boston. 
Parkman,  George  F.,  Boston. 
Peabody,  Rev.  Endicott,  Groton. 
Peabody,  Francis  H.,  Boston. 
Peabody,  Frederick  W.,  Boston. 
Peabody,  Mrs.  R.  S.,  Boston. 
Peabody,  S.  E.,  Boston. 
Perkins,  Charles  Bruen,  Boston. 
Perkins,  Mrs.  C.  E.,  Boston. 
Phillips,  Mrs.  John  C,  Boston. 
Pickman,  D.  L.,  Boston, 
Pickman,  Mrs.  D.  L.,  Boston. 
Pierce,  Mrs.  M.  V.,  MiUon. 
Pope,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Boston. 
Porter,  Charles  H.,  Quincy. 
Potter,  Isaac  M.,  Providence. 
Powars,  Miss  Mary  A.,  Boston. 
Pratt,  Elliott  W.,  Boston. 
Prendergast,  J.  M.,  Boston. 
Proctor,  James  H.,  Boston. 
Proctor,  Mrs.  T.  E.,  Boston. 
Quimby,  Mrs.  A.  K.,  Boston. 


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Rand,  Arnold  A.,  Boston. 
Rantoul,  Robert  S.,  Sakm. 
Reardon,  Dennis  A.,  Boston. 
Reed,  Mrs.  Wm.  Homer,  Boston. 
Reynolds,  Walter  H.,  Boston. 
Rice,  Mrs.  Henrj'  A.,  Boston. 
Richards,  Miss  Elise,  Boston. 
Richards,  George  H.,  Boston. 
Richards,  Mrs.  H.,  Gardiner,  Me. 
Richardson,  John,  Boston. 
Richardson,  Miss  M.G.,  New  York. 
Richardson,  Mrs.  M.  R.,  Boston. 
Richardson,  W.  L.,  M.D.,  Boston. 
Roberts,  Mrs.  A.  W.,  Boston. 
Robinson,  Henr}-,  Reading. 
Rodman,  S.  W.,  Boston. 
Rodocanachi,  J.  M.,  Boston. 
Rogers,  Miss  Clara  B.,  Boston. 
Rogers,  Miss  Flora  E.,  New  York. 
Rogers,  Henry  M.,  Boston. 
Rogers,  Mrs.  William  B.,  Boston. 
Ropes,  Mrs.  Joseph  A.',  Boston. 
Russell,  Mrs.  Henry  G.,  Providence. 
Russell,  Henr)'  S.,  Boston. 
Russell,  Miss  Marian,  Boston. 
Russell,  Mrs.  Robert  S.,  Boston. 
Russell,  Mrs.  William  A.,  Boston. 
Sabine,  Mrs.  G.  K.,  Brookline. 
Saltonstall,  Richard  M.,  Newton. 
Sanborn,  Frank  B.,  Concord. 
Schaff,  Capt.  Morris,  Pittsfield. 
Schlesinger,  Sebastian  B.,  Boston. 
Sears,  David,  Boston. 
Sears,  Frederick  R.,  Boston. 
Sears,  Mrs.  Fred.  R.,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Sears,  Mrs.  Knyvet  W.,  Boston. 
Sears,  Mrs.  P.  H.,  Boston. 
Sears,  Willard  T.,  Boston. 
Shaw,  Mrs.  G.  Howland,  Boston. 
Shaw,  Henry  S.,  Boston. 
Shaw,  Quincy  A.,  Boston. 
Shepard,  Han'ey  N.,  Boston. 
Shepard,  Mrs.  T.  P.,  Providence. 


Sherwood,  W.  H.,  Boston. 
Shippen,  Rev.  R.  R.,  Brockton. 
Sigourney,  Henry,  Boston. 
Slafter,  Rev.  Edmund  F.,  Boston. 
Slater,  Mrs.  H.  N.,  Boston. 
Slater,  H.  N.,  Jr.,  Providence. 
Snelling,  Samuel  G.,  Boston. 
Sohier,  Miss  E.  D.,  Boston. 
Sohier,  Miss  Emily  L.,  Boston. 
Sohier,  Miss  M.  D.,  Boston. 
Sorchan,  Mrs.  Victor,  New  York. 
Spaulding,  Mrs.  Mahlon  D.,  Boston. 
Spencer,  Henry  F.,  Boston. 
Sprague,  F.  P.,  M.D.,  Boston. 
Stanwood,  Edward,  Brookline. 
Steams,  Charles  H.,  Brookline. 
Stearns,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Brookline. 
Stevens,  Miss  C.  Augusta,  N.Y. 
Stewart,  ISIrs.  C.  B.,  Boston. 
Sturgis,  Francis  S.,  Boston. 
Sullivan,  Richard,  Boston. 
Swan,  Mrs.  Sarah  H.,  Cambridge. 
Taggard,  Mrs.  B.  W.,  Boston. 
Talbot,  Mrs.  Isabella  W.,  Boston. 
Tapley,  Mrs.  Amos  P.,  Boston. 
Temple,  Thomas  F.,  Boston. 
Thaw,  Mrs.  Wm.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Thayer,  Miss  Adele  G.,  Boston. 
Thayer,  E.  V.  R.,  Boston. 
Thayer,  Rev.  George  A.,  Cincinnati. 
Thayer,  Mrs.  Nathaniel,  Boston. 
Thomas,  Mrs.  Joseph  B.,  Boston. 
Thorndike,  S.  Lothrop,  Boston. 
Tilden,  Miss  Alice  Foster,  Milton. 
Tilden,  Miss  Edith  S.,  Milton. 
Tilden,  Mrs.  M.  Louise,  Milton. 
Tingley,  S.  H.,  Providence. 
Tompkins,  Eugene,  Boston. 
Torrey,  Miss  A.  D.,  Boston. 
Tower,  Col.  William  A.,  Boston. 
Tuckerman,  Mrs.  C.  S.,  Boston. 
Turner,  Miss  Abby  W.,  Randolph. 
Underwood,  Herbert  S.,  Boston. 


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Villard,  Mrs.  Henry,  New  York. 
Vose,  Miss  Caroline  C  ,  Milton. 
Wales,  Joseph  H.,  Boston. 
Warden,  Erskine,  Waltham. 
Ware,  Miss  M.  L.,  Boston. 
Warren,  J.  G.,  Providence. 
Warren,  Mrs.  Wni.  W.,  Boston. 
Watson,  Thomas  A.,  Weymouth. 
Watson,  Mrs.  T.  A.,  Weymouth. 
Weld,  R.  H.,  Boston. 
Weld,  Mrs.  William  F.,  Boston. 
Wesson,  J.  L.,  Boston. 
Wheelock,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston. 
Wheelwright,  A.  C,  Boston. 
Wheelwright,  John  W.,  Boston. 
White,  C.  J.,  Cambridge. 
White,  Mrs.  Charles  T.,  Boston. 


White,  George  A.,  Boston. 
Whitehead,  Miss  Mary,  Roxbury. 
Whitford,  George  W.,  Providence. 
Whiting,  Albert  T.,  Boston. 
Whitney,  Miss  Anne,  Boston. 
Whitney,  Henry  M.,  Brookline. 
Wigglesworth,  Thomas,  Boston. 
Wightman,  W.  D.,  Providence. 
Williams,  Mrs.  H.,  Boston. 
Winslow,  Mrs.  George,  Roxbury. 
Winsor,  Mrs.  E.,  Chestnut  Hill: 
Winsor,  J.  B.,  Providence. 
Winthrop,  Mrs.  John,  Stockbridge. 
Winthrop,  Mrs.  Thos.  L.,  Boston. 
Woodruff,  Thomas  T.,  Boston. 
Young,  Mrs.  Benjamin  L.,  Boston. 


SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS 


ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  CORPORATION. 


South  Boston,  October  12,  1904. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  corporation,  duly  summoned,  was  held 
today  at  the  institution,  and  was  called  to  order  by  the  president, 
Hon.  Francis  H.  Appleton,  at  3  p.m. 

The  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  by  the  secretary 
and  declared  approved. 

The  annual  report  of  the  trustees  was  presented,  read,  accepted 
and  ordered  to  be  printed  with  the  usual  accompanying  documents. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer  was  read,  accepted  and  ordered  to  be 
printed. 

The  corporation  then  proceeded  to  ballot  for  officers  for  the  en- 
suing year,  and  the  following  persons  were  unanimously  elected: — 

President — Hon.  Francis  H.  Appleton. 

Vue-President — Amory  A.  Lawrence. 

Treasurer — William  Endicott,  Jr. 

Secretary^-'Micu\EL  Anagnos. 
Trustees — Francis  H.  Appleton,  William  Leonard  Benedict,  William  Endi- 
cott, Charles  P.  Gardiner,  J.  Theodore  Heard,  M.D.,  George  H.  Richards, 
Richard  M.  Saltonstall  and  S.  Lothrop  Thorndike. 

The  meeting  was  then  dissolved. 

MICHAEL  ANAGNOS, 

Secretary. 


REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES. 


Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts   School  for  the   Blind, 
South   Boston,   October  12,  1904. 

To  the  Members  of  the  Corporation. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  —  Conforming  to  the 
requirements  of  the  law  and  to  custom,  we  have  the 
honor  to  present  to  the  corporation  a  concise  account 
of  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  institution 
for  the  financial  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
August,  1904. 

We  are  glad  to  be  able  to  state  that  during  the  period 
of  time  covered  by  this  report  the  school  has  been  man- 
aged with  assiduous  care  and  commendable  efficiency 
and  that  the  objects  for  which  it  was  established  have 
been  pursued  with  constant  diligence  and  gratifying 
success. 

The  teachers  and  other  officers  have  performed  their 
respective  duties  with  zeal  and  ability  and  have  worked 
sedulously  and  harmoniously  to  promote  the  interests  of 
the  institution. 

The  pupils  have  been  industrious,  attentive  to  their 
studies  and  other  tasks  and  obedient  to  the  rules  and 
regulations.  They  have  moved  forward  from  day  to 
day  throughout  the  year  with  steady  step  and  in  perfect 
order. 

The  register  of  admissions  and  discharges  shows  that 
at  the  beginning  of  the  year  which  has  just  closed  the 
number  of  blind  persons  recorded   in   the  various  de- 


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partments  of  the  establishment,  including  the  kinder- 
garten in  Jamaica  Plain,  was  284.  Since  then  33  have 
entered  and  32  have  left,  making  the  present  number 
285. 

The  health  of  the  school  has  been  very  good.  With 
the  exception  of  the  measles,  of  which  there  have  been 
eleven  cases  in  the  girls'  department  and  one  in  that  of 
the  boys,  no  infectious  disease  has  invaded  the  institu- 
tion. A  promising  young  man,  Frederick  Joseph  Carney, 
who  was  pursuing  an  advanced  course  in  music,  died 
suddenly  of  pulmonary  affection  at  his  home  in  Roxbury 
during  the  spring  recess.  He  was  greatly  lamented  both 
by  his  teachers  and  by  his  schoolmates.  One  of  the 
pupils  in  the  girls'  department,  Florence  M.  Wigley  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  died  at  her  home  -on  the 
twentieth  of  March,  1904,  of  spinal  meningitis. 

In  many  respects  the  year  under  review  has  been  one 
of  the  best  and  most  satisfactory  in  the  annals  of  the 
institution. 


The  Work  of  the  School  and  its  Effects. 

The  system  of  instruction  and  training  pursued  at 
the  institution  has  been  carefully  readjusted  and  im- 
proved of  late  years,  and,  as  it  now  stands,  it  is  broader 
in  its  scope  and  more  comprehensive  in  its  requirements 
than  it  has  been  heretofore.  Its  main  object  is  to  develop 
the  physical  powers  and  cultivate  the  minds  and  hearts 
of  the  pupils  and  to  bestow  upon  their  intellectual,  moral 
and  aesthetic  natures  that  attention  which  will  conduce  to 
their  highest  perfection. 

The  value  of  systematic  physical  training  to  all 
children  and  youth,  but  especially  to  those  bereft  of  the 
visual  sense,  can  hardly  be  overrated.     It  is  universally 


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admitted  that  upon  the  amelioration  of  the  condition  of 
the  body,  secured  by  means  of  regular  daily  exercise, 
depends  in  a  very  large  measure  the  progress  of  the 
pupils  in  the  several  departments  of  the  school.  Hence 
the  gymnasium  is  one  of  the  most  important  agencies  in 
our  plan  of  education.  Here  the  pupils  have  been  led 
under  the  direction  of  able  and  competent  teachers  to 
go  through  a  series  of  exercises,  which  are  calculated  to 
develop  their  muscles,  to  deepen  their  respiration  and 
to  quicken  their  circulation.  Health  and  strength  are 
thus  promoted,  skill  in  the  management  of  the  body  is 
increased,  deformities  and  unseemly  idiosyncrasies  are 
corrected,  functional  defects,  if  any  exist,  are  remedied 
and  a  permanent  improvement  in  the  grace  and  general 
carriage  of  the  body  are  secured.  The  results  gained 
through  the  work  of  this  department  are  excellent  and 
merit  our  unreserved  commendation. 

Manual  training  has  been  pursued  upon  purely 
pedagogical  principles  with  great  diligence  and  with 
a  thorough  understanding  of  its  educational  value.  It 
has  been  carried  on  for  a  higher  purpose  than  the  mere 
acquisition  of  mechanical  dexterity.  Its  main  object  has 
been  to  aid  in  the  development  of  the  brain  and  in  stim- 
ulating intelligence,  to  induce  concentration  of  attention 
and  to  inculcate  the  love  of  industry  and  of  accurate 
and  purposeful  work.  It  thus  promotes  systematic 
thinking  by  the  adaptation  of  means  to  ends  and  culti- 
vates the  habit  of  expressing  ideas  in  a  concrete,  tangible 
form,  while  it  also  exercises  and  strengthens  the  will, 
so  that  the  latter  may  become  the  ruler  and  controller 
of  all  human  actions  and  movements. 

In  the  LITERARY  DEPARTMENT  of  the  institution  in- 
struction has  been  given  in  all  branches  of  study,  which 
are  included  in  the  curriculum  of  the  primary,  grammar 


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and  high  schools  of  Massachusetts.  The  best  and  most 
approved  methods  of  teaching  have  been  employed,  and 
the  principal  object  in  view  has  been  not  to  overload  the 
minds  of  the  pupils  with  memorized  knowledge,  but  to 
cultivate  their  powers  of  keen  observation,  of  research 
and  of  investigation;  to  develop  in  them  the  habit  of 
quick  and  logical  thinking;  to  cultivate  the  judgment 
and  the  imagination;  and,  in  a  word,  to  draw  out  the 
activities,  the  forces  and  the  possibilities  of  the  students. 
In  order  to  facilitate  the  accomplishment  of  this  purpose 
all  the  necessary  apparatus  and  the  auxiliary  facilities 
and  educational  appliances  have  been  readily  and  liberally 
supplied. 

Music  is  a  most  potent  factor  in  the  education  of  the 
blind,  and  as  such  it  has  continued  to  hold  its  rightful 
place  in  the  curriculum  of  our  school  and  to  receive  all 
the  attention  which  its  importance  demands.  It  has  been 
taught  in  a  thoroughly  scientific  manner,  and  its  worth 
as  a  means  of  chastening  the  sentiments,  elevating  the 
imagination  and  refining  the  taste,  as  well  as  of  develop- 
ing the  mind,  the  emotions  and  the  aesthetic  nature,  has 
been  fully  realized.  In  the  study  and  practice  of  this 
branch  of  education  the  fact  has  been  constantly  kept 
in  view  that,  unless  music  is  more  highly  valued  from 
its  artistic  side  than  from  that  of  technical  excellence, 
its  disciplinary  effect  upon  the  students  cannot  possibly 
be  what  it  should. 

By  going  through  this  process  of  education  our  pupils 
become  sound  in  body  and  brain,  alert  in  mind  and 
strong  of  purpose,  positive  in  application,  deft  in  the  use 
of  the  hand  and  possessed  of  intellectual  faculties  fully 
developed  and  disciplined,  of  habits  of  industry  firmly 
established  and  of  judgment  well  matured. 

Of  recent  years  the  curriculum  of  the  school  has  been 


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so  thoroughly  revised  and  so  completely  rearranged  and 
brought  up  to  the  standard  of  the  requirements  of  the 
present  day,  that  those  of  the  students  who  finish  satis- 
factorily the  regular  course  of  instruction  and  training 
are  well  prepared  and  adequately  equipped  to  partici- 
pate in  the  active  battle  of  life  and  to  provide  the  neces- 
sary means  of  support  both  for  themselves  and  for  those 
who  depend  upon  them.  We  take  very  great  pleasure  in 
being  able  to  state  that  most  of  our  graduates  are  steadily 
pressing  to  the  front  and  are  becoming  useful  and  esti- 
mable members  of  the  communities  to  which  they  belong. 
Thus  the  institution  is  doing  an  admirable  work  in 
every  one  of  its  departments,  educating  and  uplifting 
those  who  come  under  its  immediate  care  and  exerting 
a  most  powerful  and  beneficent  influence  over  the  blind 
throughout  New  England. 


Finances. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer,  Mr.  William  Endicott, 
junior,  which  is  herewith  submitted,  contains  a  detailed 
account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  and  shows  that 
the  finances  of  the  institution  are  in  a  healthy  condition. 

The  sum  and  substance  of  this  document  may  be 
briefly  given  as  follows: — 

Cash  on  hand  September  i,  1903,      ....        $46,000.92 
Total  receipts  during  the  year,  .'....        276,770.42 


$322,771,34 
Total  expenditures  and  investments,  .        .        .         306,693.03 


Balance  in  the  treasury  August  31,  1904,  .         .        .        $16,078.31 

The    financial    affairs    of    the    institution    have    been 
economically  administered,  and  the  expenses  have  been 


kept  down  to  as  small  a  figure  as  the  requirements  of  the 
health  and  comfort  of  the  pupils  and  the  efficiency  of 
the  school  would  permit;  but  the  high  prices  paid  for 
coal  and  for  other  supplies  have  made  the  cost  of  main- 
tenance larger  than  in  former  years. 

Mr.  Patrick  T.  Jackson,  who  was  elected  treasurer  of 
the  corporation  at  its  last  annual  meeting,  to  succeed  his 
uncle,  Mr.  Edward  Jackson,  resigned  his  office  soon 
after  he  had  taken  possession  of  it,  and  Mr.  William 
Endicott,  junior,  was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy.  Like 
all  his  predecessors,  Mr.  Endicott  gives  his  services  with- 
out any  compensation.  The  finances  of  the  institution 
from  the  time  of  its  establishment  to  the  present  day 
have  been  managed  with  exemplary  fidelity  and  abso- 
lute disinterestedness.  Two  members  of  Mr.  Endicott' s 
honored  family,  his  own  father  and  his  uncle,  Mr.  Henry 
Endicott,  have  preceded  him  in  the  office  of  treasurer. 

Legacies  and  Gifts  to  the  Institution. 

During  the  past  year  the  institution  has  been  favored 
with  several  bequests  and  gifts,  which  have  been  already 
received  and  are  to  be  preserved  as  permanent  funds. 
Each  of  these  will  have  the  name  of  the  legator  or  donor 
attached  to  it  and  will  stand  as  a  memorial  to  him  or  her 
for  all  time  to  come. 

Miss  Mary  Louise  Ruggles  of  Cambridge  left  to 
the  institution  a  legacy  of  $3,000,  which  amount  has  been 
paid  to  the  treasurer  of  the  corporation  by  the  executor 
of  her  will,  Mr.  Franklin  Perrin.  Miss  Ruggles  was  a 
woman  of  public  spirit,  high  ideals,  tender  feelings  and 
noble  sentiments,  and  her  generous  remembrance  of  the 
cause  of  the  blind  bears  convincing  testimony  to  the 
goodness  of  her  heart  and  to  the  depth  and  breadth  of 


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her  sympathies  with  the  afflicted  members  of  the  human 
family. 

We  acknowledge  with  grateful  appreciation  the  re- 
ceipt of  $4,000  from  the  residue  of  the  estate  of  the  late 
Robert  Charles  Billings,  which  has  been  distributed 
by  the  surviving  executor  of  his  will,  Mr.  Thomas  Minns, 
among  a  large  number  of  educational,  scientific,  philan- 
thropic, religious  and  benevolent  societies  of  various 
kinds.  The  amount  given  to  this  institution  is  to  be 
invested  and  kept  as  a  permanent  fund,  and  only  its 
income  is  to  be  used  for  the  benefit  of  children  who  are 
both  blind  and  deaf  and  who  are  under  the  care  either 
of  this  school  or  of  the  kindergarten  department  in  Ja- 
maica Plain. 

Mr.  George  C.  Lawrence  of  Worcester,  administrator 
of  the  estate  of  Miss  Lucy  A.  Barker,  late  of  Millbury, 
Massachusetts,  has  paid  to  our  treasurer  the  sum  of 
$3,386.  This  amount  is  a  part  of  Miss  Barker's  legacy 
of  $5,953.21,  which  was  duly  acknowledged  in  our  last 
annual  report  but  had  not  been  paid  in  full  at  the  time 
of  the  publication  of  that  document. 

Mr.  Joseph  H.  Center,  late  of  Boston,  who  died  on 
the  eleventh  day  of  March,  1903,  and  of  whose  active 
interest  in  the  cause  of  the  blind  a  fitting  recognition 
was  made  last  year,  bequeathed  to  the  Howe  memorial 
press  the  sum  of  $1,000,  the  income  of  which  is  to  be 
applied  to  the  printing  of  books  in  raised  characters. 
This  amount  has  already  been  received  by  the  treasurer, 
and  we  desire  to  tender  our  thanks  to  the  executor  of  the 
will,  Mr.  Charles  J.  Simpson  of  Somerville,  for  his  prompt- 
ness in  paying  it. 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Tompkins,  widow  of  the  late  Dr.  Orlando 
Tompkins,  has  added  a  gift  of  $100  to  the  numerous 
favors  which  the  school  has  received  from  time  to  time 


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at  the  hands  of  the  members  of  her  honored  family. 
More  than  a  generation  ago,  Dr.  Orlando  Tompkins  be- 
came deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  the  blind,  toward 
which  he  showed  great  generosity.  This  interest  was 
fully  shared  and  has  been  faithfully  cherished  by  his 
devoted  wife  and  their  son,  Mr.  Eugene  Tompkins,  a 
son  worthy  of  his  parents. 


Need  of  Additional  Funds. 

For  reasons  known  to  themselves  but  incomprehensible 
to  us,  some  persons  are  laboring  to  create  the  impression 
that  the  institution  is  well  provided  for  and  that  it  has 
no  need  of  further  financial  assistance.  We  sincerely 
wish  that  the  statements  made  to  this  effect  were  abso- 
lutely true  and  that  we  might  be  in  a  position  to  cor- 
roborate them;  but  unfortunately  we  are  obliged  to  say 
that  they  are  entirely  erroneous.  Our  accounts  show 
clearly  that  the  annual  income,  which  we  derive  from 
state  appropriations  and  from  the  endowment  fund,  is 
not  large  enough  to  cover  the  cost  of  carrying  on  the 
work  of  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment  in 
its  present  state  of  development.  Although  current  ex- 
penses are  reduced  to  the  lowest  possible  figure,  the  reve- 
nue is  far  from  being  sufficient  to  meet  them,  as  is  shown 
by  the  following  summary  of  the  accounts: — 

Expenditures  for  maintenance,  instruction  and  servnce,         $76,619.75 
Receipts  from  all  ordinary  sources  during  the  year    .  74,585.58 

Deficit, $2,034.17 

This  comparison  proves  conclusively  not  only  that 
there  is  no  surplus  left,  which  can  be  used  for  further 
improvements  and  additions,   but  that  it   becomes  im- 


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peratively  necessary  for  us  to  encroach  upon  the  en- 
dowment fund  to  the  amount  of  $2,034.17  for  the  purpose 
of  paying  the  balance,  which  stands  on  the  wrong  side 
of  the  ledger.  Hence,  in  order  to  be  able  to  follow 
steadily  the  march  of  progress  and  to  retain  the  privi- 
lege of  the  leadership,  which  the  school  has  won  by 
virtue  of  its  achievements  in  the  past,  we  must  have  an 
adequate  increase  in  our  financial  resources,  and  this 
can  be  secured  in  no  other  way  save  by  means  of  lega- 
cies and  substantial  gifts.  Therefore,  we  most  earnestly 
beseech  the  loyal  friends  of  the  blind  to  continue  for 
years  to  come  to  bestow  these  favors  upon  the  institution 
with  the  same  thoughtful  generosity  which  has  charac- 
terized them  heretofore,  for  without  their  help  it  will  be 
impossible  for  us  to  keep  abreast  with  the  times  and  to 
adopt  or  initiate  new  lines  of  work. 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press. 

The  operations  of  the  printing  department  have  been 
carried  on  without  interruption  or  much  loss  of  time, 
and  a  fair  amount  of  work  has  been  therein  accomplished. 

During  the  past  year  the  fourth  and  last  volume  of 
Duruy's  General  History  of  the  World  was  published, 
four  new  works  were  printed,  and  of  the  books,  which 
were  so  seriously  damaged  by  the  fire  in  the  Howe  build- 
ing in  the  winter  of  igoi  as  to  be  rendered  entirely  use- 
less, seven  were  replaced  by  new  editions.  In  addition 
to  this  output  there  have  been  stereotyped  and  issued 
from  the  press  eighty-five  pieces  of  music  for  the  piano- 
forte, the  violin  and  the  orchestra. 

The  books  published  by  the  Howe  memorial  press  are 
selected  with  great  care  and  form  a  valuable  treasury  of 
information  and  a  source  of  comfort  and  pleasure  not 


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only  to  our  pupils  and  graduates  but  to  a  large  number 
of  blind  persons  scattered  all  over  the  country.  They 
are  potent  auxiliaries  to  the  work  of  the  school  and  exert 
a  refining  and  uplifting  influence  upon  the  minds  and 
characters  of  the  students.  They  are  placed  free  of 
charge  in  the  public  libraries  of  some  of  the  large  cities 
and  thus  are  made  accessible  to  those  who  desire  to 
profit  by  them. 

Owing  to  the  lack  of  sufficient  room  and  proper  con- 
veniences this  department  is  still  laboring  under  serious 
disadvantages.  Its  work  is  performed  with  more  delays 
and  at  greater  cost  than  it  would  be  if  additional  me- 
chanical appliances  and  other  facilities  could  be  em- 
ployed in  its  execution.  May  we  hope  that  some  one 
of  the  many  generous  friends  of  the  blind  will  find  it  in 
his  heart  to  provide  the  means  for  the  erection  and  equip- 
ment of  a  suitable  building  for  our  printing  establish- 
ment? 

Teaching  the  Adult  Blind  in  their  Homes. 

The  work  of  teaching  the  adult  blind  at  their  homes, 
which  was  placed  by  an  act  of  the  legislature  under  the 
control  of  the  institution  in  the  year  1900,  has  been  pros- 
ecuted during  the  past  twelve  months  with  great  care 
and  regularity  and  has  produced  good  results.  Nearly 
all  parts  of  the  state  have  been  thoroughly  canvassed, 
the  number  of  applicants  for  lessons  has  steadily  in- 
creased, and  various  ways  and  means  have  been  em- 
ployed for  instructing  the  learners  and  for  bringing  them 
out  of  the  darkness  of  idleness  into  the  light  of  activity, 
while  the  expenses  have  been  kept  strictly  within  the  limits 
of  the  appropriation. 

Whether  it  is  considered  from  the  standpoint  of  use- 


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fulness  or  from  that  of  humanity  and  sociology,  this  en- 
terprise proves  to  be  very  beneficent  to  a  number  of  men 
and  women  who  have  lost  their  sight  after  reaching  years 
of  maturity.  It  has  many  features  which  commend  it 
not  only  to  serious  consideration  but  for  general  adop- 
tion. It  does  not  detach  the  blind  from  their  homes 
nor  from  the  communities  to  which  they  belong,  thus 
depriving  them  of  all  pleasant  intercourse  and  social  re- 
lations with  their  neighbors  and  friends;  nor  does  it 
brand  them  with  the  seal  of  pauperism,  thereby  lowering 
them  both  in  their  own  estimation  and  in  that  of  their 
fellowmen  and  rendering  them  abject  in  mind  and  soul. 
Through  it  they  are  kept  in  the  places  where  they  have 
a  legal  right  of  domicile  and  are  taught,  trained,  com- 
forted and  assisted  in  a  spirit  which  does  not  offend 
either  their  susceptibilities  or  their  self-respect.  Thus  a 
beneficent  work  is  done  for  the  adult  blind  in  a  simple 
and  economical  way,  and  much  valuable  aid  is  afforded 
to  them  without  hurting  their  feelings  or  lowering  the 
dignity  of  their  manhood. 

The  institution  has  continued  to  contribute  its  full 
share  of  assistance  to  the  success  of  the  enterprise.  The 
supply  of  books  from  its  extensive  library,  printed  in  all 
kinds  of  raised  characters,  the  services  of  its  librarians, 
bookkeepers  and  clerks  and  as  much  of  the  time  of  its 
director  as  has  been  required  for  the  administrative  su- 
pervision and  proper  management  of  the  work,  all  these 
have  been  promptly  and  gladly  given  without  cost  to 
the  state.  Through  this  generous  aid  the  increase  of  the 
teaching  force  and  the  enlargement  of  the  field  of  opera- 
tions have  been  made  possible,  and  as  a  consequence 
the  returns  obtained  from  the  money  appropriated  by 
the  legislature  have  been  much  greater  than  they  could 
have  been  otherwise. 


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Workshop  for  Adults. 

This  department  has  done  fairly  well  during  the  past 
year,  and  it  affords  us  great  pleasure  to  state  that  its 
accounts  show  again  a  small  balance  on  the  credit  side 
of  the  ledger. 

The  impetus,  which  was  given  to  the  business  of  the 
workshop  by  the  removal  of  our  salesrooms  and  office 
from  Avon  place  to  their  present  location  in  Boylston 
street,  is  still  ascendant,  and  we  earnestly  hope  that  the 
change  of  situation  will  produce  even  better  results  in 
the  future  than  those  thus  far  obtained. 

We  have  on  our  list  the  names  of  several  meritorious 
blind  persons,  who  are  both  capable  and  desirous  of 
earning  their  living  through  their  own  exertions  and  who 
are  eagerly  seeking  an  opportunity  to  do  so.  In  behalf 
of  these  men  and  women  we  entreat  the  public  to  favor 
our  workshop  with  an  increase  of  patronage,  which  will 
enable  us  to  provide  remunerative  occupation  for  a  larger 
number  of  applicants  than  we  can  employ  now.  In 
making  this  appeal  we  particularly  wish  it  to  be  clearly 
understood  and  widely  known,  that  we  ask  for  an  exten- 
sion of  custom  not  as  a  matter  of  charity  but  on  the 
ground  of  actual  business  merits  and  with  the  positive 
assurance  that  the  articles  manufactured  in  our  shop  are 
well  made  from  carefully  selected  materials,  that  they 
are  w^arranted  to  be  strictly  such  as  they  are  represented 
and  that  the  prices  paid  for  them  are  even  lower  than 
those  generally  charged  elsewhere  for  goods  of  the  same 
grade. 

The  industrial  department  is  doing  its  full  share  of 
service  in  furthering  the  plan  of  disposing  advantage- 
ously of  various  articles  made  by  blind  women  at  their 
homes.     This  work  was  inaugurated  several  years  ago 


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by  the  alumnae  association  of  the  school,  and  through  the 
earnest  efforts  of  its  projectors  and  promoters  and  the 
support  given  to  it  by  the  institution,  it  has  grown  so 
rapidly  that  during  the  past  twelve  months  there  have 
been  more  than  fifty  consignors  who  live  in  different 
parts  of  New  England  and  who  have  sent  the  products 
of  their  industry  to  our  store  and  have  received  proper 
compensation  for  these.  The  members  of  the  alumnae 
association,  assisted  by  their  friends,  have  arranged  to 
hold  a  fair,  the  proceeds  of  which  are  to  be  used  for 
employing  the  help  which  is  absolutely  needed  to  carry 
on  this  enterprise. 

Commencement  Exercises. 

The  commencement  exercises  of  the  Perkins  Insti- 
tution, which  took  place  in  the  Boston  Theatre  on  Tues- 
day afternoon,  June  7,  at  three  o'clock,  were  welcomed 
with  unstinted  enthusiasm,  not  only  by  the  members  of 
the  school,  to  whom  this  is  indeed  a  red-letter  day,  but 
also  by  a  throng  of  the  friends  and  patrons  of  the  insti- 
tution, who  did  not  fail  to  embrace  eagerly  this  oppor- 
tunity to  witness  the  work  of  the  pupils  as  it  is  exem- 
plified on  this  annual  occasion. 

At  the  appointed  hour  a  large  concourse  of  friendly 
auditors  had  gathered  in  the  splendid  and  historic  edi- 
fice, and,  when  the  opening  strains  of  the  first  orchestral 
selection  fell  upon  their  ears,  all  became  silent,  listening^ 
with  interest  to  the  performance  of  the  Finale  from 
Haydn's  symphony  in  D,  which  was  well  given  by  the 
young  musicians,  with  depth  of  feeling,  warmth  of  tone 
and  considerable  technical  ekill. 

The  Hon.  Francis  H.  Appleton,  president  of  the  cor- 
poration, then  stepped  forward  to  greet  the  audience  in 


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a  few  well-chosen  words.  He  thanked  the  friends  of 
the  school  for  their  constant  remembrance  of  its  needs, 
called  the  attention  of  his  hearers  to  the  appeal  for  further 
aid,  which  was  printed  on  the  last  page  of  the  programme, 
and  announced  the  next  number,  the  exercise  by  the 
kindergarten  children,  a  full  account  of  which  is  given 
in  the  section  of  the  report,  devoted  to  that  department. 
President  Appleton  also  expressed  the  thanks  of  the  cor- 
poration to  Mr.  Lawrence  McCarty,  lessee  and  manager 
of  Boston  Theatre,  for  his  courtesy  and  generosity  in 
placing  his  magnificent  auditorium,  with  all  its  appur- 
tenances, at  the  service  of  the  school. 

The  two  girls  of  the  graduating  class,  Myra  Heap  and 
Ellen  Kennedy,  presented  a  most  interesting  exercise  in 
English  literature,  the  subject  being  Tennyson'' s  Arthur- 
ian Legend.  Their  treatment  of  it  was  characterized  by 
beauty  of  diction  and  thoughtful  analysis  and  showed  a 
deep  consideration  of  the  underlying  motives  of  the 
poetical  work  and  sensitiveness  to  the  high  ideals  which 
it  embodies. 

Boccherini's  minuet  in  A  was  then  beautifully  rendered 
by  the  string  orchestra,  composed  of  both  boys  and  girls, 
whose  performance  elicited  the  warm  approbation  of 
their  auditors. 

The  second  part  of  the  programme  began  with  a  very 
fine  and  highly  pleasing  exercise  in  educational  gymnas- 
tics, executed  by  a  group  of  young  girls  whose  pretty 
costumes  of  red  and  white  enlivened  the  scene,  while 
their  grace,  freedom  of  motion,  accuracy  and  prompt 
response  to  command  were  worthy  of  the  enthusiastic 
applause  which  was  accorded  them.  Some  of  the 
balance  movements  were  very  difficult,  but  all  were  as 
well  performed  as  they  could  have  been  if  the  girls  had 
had  the  aid  of  sight.     As  they  made  their  exit  at  one  side 


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of  the  stage,  marching  away  with  fine  precision,  a  com- 
pany composed  of  some  of  the  boys  of  the  school  ad- 
vanced from  the  opposite  side  and,  wheeling  into  position 
at  the  word  of  command,  went  through  the  manual  of 
arms  with  absolute  correctness,  presenting  a  most  soldier- 
like appearance.  The  drill  was  conducted  in  true  mili- 
tary form,  and  it  showed  a  band  whose  carriage,  vigor, 
instantaneous  obedience  and  unity  of  action  might  well 
be  the  envy  of  normal  boys. 

The  next  number  on  the  programme  was  an  exercise 
in  geography,  in  which  some  of  the  younger  boys  ap- 
peared. Their  subject  was  Russia,  and  to  the  mere 
suggestion,  offered  to  them  through  a  question  written 
on  a  slip  of  paper  in  the  Braille  point  system,  each  boy 
responded  fully  in  his  own  words,  presenting  his  topic 
clearly  and  forcibly  in  a  way  which  proved  a  very  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  country  under  discussion.  They 
gave  a  very  delightful  description  of  the  Russian  empire, 
as  timely  as  it  was  interesting. 

At  this  point  the  culmination  and  reward  of  the  un- 
remitting effort  of  many  years  was  reached  when  the 
four  graduates,  Charles  Black,  Edward  Francis  Bradley, 
Myra  Heap  and  Ellen  Agnes  Kennedy,  stepped  forward 
to  receive,  with  justifiable  pride,  from  the  hand  of  Presi- 
dent Appleton,  the  diplomas  which  represented  so  much 
honest,  painstaking  endeavor.  It  was  indeed  a  great 
moment  in  the  lives  of  these  young  people  who,  in  spite 
of  limitations  and  deprivations,  had  steadfastly  pressed 
forward  to  the  goal  of  their  ambitions. 

With  the  performance  of  another  selection  by  the  full 
orchestra,  Mozart's  minuet  in  E  flat,  the  entertainment 
reached  a  fitting  and  beautiful  ending.  Old-time  friends 
of  the  school,  who  are  familiar  with  these  yearly  occa- 
sions, pronounced  this  to  be  one  of  the  most  interesting 


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programmes,  from  every  point  of  view,   that  ever  was 
given  by  the  pupils  of  this  institution. 


Hn  fIDemortam. 

Members  of  the  Corporation. 

In  giving  an  account  of  the  events  and  happenings  of 
the  year,  we  cannot  but  advert  with  great  sorrow  to  the 
severe  losses,  which  the  institution  has  sustained  by  the 
death  of  26  valued  members  of  the  corporation.  In  the 
list  of  the  deceased  are  included  the  following  honored 
names : — 

Miss  AIary  Devens  Balfour  died  at  her  home  No. 
30  Union  street,  Charlestown,  on  the  thirty-first  day  of 
March,  1904,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years  and  seven 
months.  Although  not  born  in  the  house  where  she  died, 
Miss  Balfour  had  the  remarkable  record  of  having  lived 
for  eighty-three  years  in  it,  having  been  taken  there  by 
her  parents  when  she  was  about  two  years  old.  She 
was  possessed  of  a  very  charitable  disposition  and  gave 
financial  aid  to  many  good  causes,  among  which  that  of 
the  blind  was  included.  She  took  an  active  interest  in 
our  school  until  the  close  of  her  long  life,  attending  its 
graduating  exercises  regularly  and  showing  great  appre- 
ciation of  its  work.  Faithful  in  the  performance  of  all 
her  duties,  she  was  ever  ready  to  help  others  and  to 
lighten  their  burdens,  her  constant  thought  and  pleasure 
being  to  assist  the  poor  and  the  needy  and  to  contribute 
to  the  happiness  of  those  about  her. 

James  H.  Beal  died  of  paralysis  at  his  summer  home 
in  Nahant  on  the  twenty-fifth  of  June,.  1904.  He  was 
born  in  Boston  in  January,  1823,  in  the  then  fashionable 


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north  end  of  the  city  and  received  his  education  at  the 
Chauncy  Hall  school.  Immediately  after  his  graduation 
therefrom  he  entered  upon  the  active  career  of  his  life, 
in  which  he  was  eminently  successful.  It  was  in  matters 
of  finance  that  he  early  exhibited  extraordinary  ability. 
For  more  than  half  a  century  he  was  prominent  in  the 
business  circles  of  Boston  and  vicinity.  He  ranked  with 
our  oldest,  most  conservative  and  most  fortunate  bankers. 
His  strong  constitution  had  withstood  the  ravages  of  time 
to  a  remarkable  degree,  so  that  he  remained  vigorous  up 
to  the  time  of  his  last  illness  in  spite  of  his  great  age, — 
eighty-one  years. 

George  Dana  Boardman  Blanchard  died  at  his 
home  in  Maiden  on  the  eighteenth  day  of  December, 
1903,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  He  was  born  in  Cum- 
berland, Maine,  in  1823,  and  was  the  son  of  Captain 
Andrews  Blanchard,  a  noted  sea-captain  in  his  day,  and 
Sarah  Phipps  Boardman  Blanchard.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Farmington  and  New  Sharon  in  his 
native  state,  and  afterwards  of  Boston.  In  1840  he  ac- 
companied his  father  to  Antwerp,  Belgium,  and  the  next 
year  he  went  to  Lille,  France,  where  he  pursued  his 
studies  at  the  ecole  evangelique.  After  his  graduation 
from  that  school  he  returned  to  Boston  and  entered  the 
business  of  wholesale  woollens,  with  which  he  was  long 
identified.  Mr.  Blanchard  belonged  to  a  number  of  his- 
torical societies  and  to  other  organizations.  By  a  gift 
of  money  to  this  institution  he  became  a  member  of  its 
corporation.  Since  1852  he  had  lived  in  Maiden,  where 
he  was  highly  esteemed  for  his  kindness  of  heart,  his 
charitable  disposition  and  his  manly  bearing. 

Mrs.  Sophia  Kip  Burgess,  widow  of  the  Rt.  Rev. 
George  Burgess,  D.D.,  who  was  the  first  episcopal  Bishop 
of  Maine,  died  at  her  home  in  Aspinwall  avenue,  Brook- 


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line,  on  the  seventh  of  July,  1904,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
eight  years.  She  was  a  native  of  New  York  and  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Leonard  Kip,  prominent  in  that  city 
in  the  early  part  of  the  last  century.  Mrs.  Burgess  was 
a  gentle  and  kindly  w^oman.  Those  who  knew  her  best 
held  her  in  high  honor  for  her  generosity,  her  integrity, 
her  moral  sensibility  and  her  sense  of  justice.  Of  her 
it  may  be  said  with  strict  sincerity  *that  she  lived  a  long 
life  of  stainless  probity,  of  pure  motives  and  of  benefi- 
cent influences. 

Walter  Channing  Cabot  died  at  his  home  in  Heath 
street,  Brookline,  on  the  eighth  day  of  May,  1904,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-five  years.  He  was  born  in  Boston  and 
was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Perkins  Cabot. 
His  mother  was  a  daughter  of  the  distinguished  benefac- 
tor of  the  blind,  Col.  Thomas  H.  Perkins,  the  great  mer- 
chant of  New  England,  after  whom  the  institution  was- 
named.  Mr.  Cabot  had  for  many  years  lived  a  quiet 
and  retired  life  in  Brookline  and  was  never  actively  en- 
gaged in  commercial  pursuits.  Both  through  his  own 
family  and  through  that  of  his  wife  he  was  related  to  a 
large  number  of  prominent  people  in  his  native  city. 
He,  his  mother  and  several  other  members  of  his  hon- 
ored family  have  always  manifested  a  deep  interest  in 
the  institution.  He  was  good  to  his  heart's  core,  ex-, 
ceedingly  modest  and  courteous  and  absolutely  inflexible 
in  matters  of  honor  and  integrity.  Nor  did  he  ever  give 
forth  an  uncertain  sound  on  questions  of  justice  and 
righteousness. 

Mrs.  Helen  E.  Cary,  wadow  of  Captain  Richard  Cary,. 
died  at  her  home  in  Marlborough  street  on  the  twenty- 
fourth  of  September,  1904.  She  was  of  New  England 
stock  and  represented  a  fine  type  of  womanhood.  She 
was  a  benevolent  woman  and  a  true  friend  to  those  who- 


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came  within  the  sphere  of  her  influence.  She  took  an 
active  part  in  various  charitable  works,  gave  freely  of 
her  time  and  means  to  every  cause  which  she  believed 
to  be  right  and  lived  up  to  her  ideals  in  more  than  com- 
mon measure.  Mrs.  Gary's  interest  in  all  that  could 
ameliorate  the  condition  of  the  blind,  or  make  the  world 
in  any  way  better  or  happier,  never  flagged  while  con- 
sciousness was  left  to  her.  Her  daughter,  Miss  G.  S. 
Gary,  shared  this  interest  and  was  her  mother's  partner 
in  many  deeds  of  benevolence. 

James  W.  Glarke  died  at  Jackson,  New  Hampshire, 
on  Saturday,  the  tenth  of  September,  1904,  at  the  age 
of  fifty-two  years.  He  was  born  in  Lancashire,  England, 
and  his  first  work  after  leaving  school  was  in  a  lawyer's 
office,  which  he  entered  early  in  life;  he  soon  abandoned 
the  law  and  espoused  journalism  as  his  profession.  In 
this  new  field  he  achieved  great  success,  and  while  still 
a  youth  he  became  known  as  one  of  the  most  accurate 
short-hand  reporters  on  the  English  press.  In  1872, 
when  he  was  about  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  came  to 
Boston,  where  he  found  congenial  employment  at  once. 
He  was  successively  connected  with  several  newspapers, 
serving  first  as  reporter,  then  as  managing  editor  and 
finally  as  editor-in-chief  of  the  Globe.  In  the  last-named 
capacity  he  proved  to  be  one  of  the  most  forceful  writers 
in  the  country  on  political  and  economical  subjects. 
About  twelve  years  ago  he  removed  to  New  York,  and 
his  position  in  the  journalism  of  that  city  was  a  command- 
ing one.  Mr.  Glarke  was  a  man  of  genial  personality, 
of  decided  independence  of  character  and  of  generous 
impulses.  He  was  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  the 
blind,  and,  in  view  of  the  valuable  service  which  he  ren- 
dered to  it  through  his  facile  pen,  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  corporation  in  1884. 


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William  Durant  died  at  his  home,  No.  261  West 
Newton  street,  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  1903, 
in  the  eighty-eighth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  born  in 
Boston  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  1816,  and 
attended  the  Adams  school,  as  it  was  then  called,  on 
Mason  street,  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  when  he 
was  forced  to  give  up  regular  study  owing  to  the  impair- 
ment of  his  eyesight,  an  affliction  which  followed  and 
grew  upon  him  to  the  end  of  his  days.  Upon  leaving 
school  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Mr.  William  Sohier, 
and  later,  in  February,  1834,  he  joined  the  staff  of  the 
Evening  Transcript,  thus  entering  upon  what  proved  to 
be  the  work  of  his  life.  For  nearly  seventy  years  he  was 
the  faithful  employe,  the  guiding  spirit  and  no  small  part 
of  the  strength  and  inspiration  of  that  paper.  About 
1842  he  became  business  manager  and  confidential  ad- 
viser of  the  proprietors.  In  this  position  he  invariably 
evinced  commendable  enterprise,  although  he  was  never 
sensational  in  his  methods  and  always  exhibited  a  wise 
conservatism.  This  was  in  harmony  with  the  ideas  of 
the  patrons  of  the  journal,  who  were  progressive  but 
still  clung  to  those  old  Boston  traditions,  which  in 
the  past  gave  to  this  city  a  deserved  reputation  for 
refinement  and  culture.  Mr.  Durant  won  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  those  who  came  in  contact  with  him 
either  socially  or  in  the  way  of  business.  He  possessed 
a  balance  of  character  that  is  unusual.  In  it  were  hap- 
pily blended  charity,  a  love  of  justice  and  vigorous  com- 
mon sense.  He  was  honored  with  the  appreciative  friend- 
ship not  only  of  the  best  men  of  his  day  but  also  of 
some  of  the  most  prominent.  His  career  was  a  suc- 
cessful one  in  every  respect.  He  improved  his  oppor- 
tunities wisely  and  fulfilled  exactly  the  measure  of  his 
duties. 


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Mrs.  Emily  Everett,  widow  of  the  Rev.  Stephens 
Everett,  died  at  her  home  in  Cambridge,  No.  23  Berke- 
ley street,  on  the  twenty- third  of  September,  1904,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  one  hundred  and  five  years,  seven 
months  and  nineteen  days.  She  was  a  woman  of  beau- 
tiful character  and  of  many  rare  virtues.  Sympathetic, 
conscientious,  a  friend  of  the  poor  and  the  lowly,  she  has 
led  a  life  of  beneficence  and  has  helped  and  cheered 
many  people,  who  hold  her  in  grateful  remembrance. 
The  blind  of  New  England  are  among  the  recipients  of 
her  benefactions,  and  they,  together  with  many  others, 
will  bless  her  name  for  generations  to  come. 

Mrs.  Ann  Sophia  Whitman  Farnam,  widow  of  the 
late  Henry  Farnam,  died  at  her  home.  No.  43  Hillhouse 
avenue.  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  on  the  sixth  day  of 
March,  1904,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  She  was 
a  woman  of  exceptional  virtues,  of  exemplary  modesty, 
of  keen  sympathies,  of  kindly  disposition  and  of  generous 
impulses.  She  loved  to  do  good  and  contributed  judi- 
ciously to  the  support  of  such  benevolent  and  educational 
enterprises  as  seemed  to  her  to  be  calculated  to  alleviate 
suffering,  lessen  the  ills  beneath  the  sun,  promote  intelli- 
gence and  morality  and  ennoble  human  life.  Her  bene- 
factions were  large  and  numerous;  yet  often  her  left 
hand  did  not  know  the  deeds  of  the  right  one.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Farnam  became  deeply  interested  in  the  cause 
of  the  blind  nearly  twenty-five  years  ago  through  their 
intimate  friendship  with  Miss  Anne  Emilie  Poulsson,  who 
then  entered  our  school  as  a  student  and  who  was  after- 
wards trained  as  kindergartner  by  the  Misses  Garland 
and  Weston  and  won  distinction  as  an  ardent  advocate 
of  Froebel's  system  of  education  and  as  authoress  of 
charming  books  for  children  and  editor-in-chief  of  the 
Kindergarten  Review  for  five  years. 


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Charles  W.  Galloupe  died  at  the  Hotel  Vendome 
on  the  twenty-eighth  of  November,  1903,  in  the  seventy- 
ninth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  born  in  Beverly  on  the 
fifth  of  September,  1825,  and  was  descended  on  both 
sides  from  the  first  settlers  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  In 
1840,  when  he  was  in  his  fifteenth  year,  he  entered  a 
dry-goods  store  in  his  native  town,  as  a  clerk,  but 
later  he  came  to  Boston  and  obtained  a  situation  with 
a  firm  of  dealers  in  wholesale  clothing.  Here  in  this 
city  he  achieved  a  high  degree  of  financial  success  and 
through  his  industry,  fidelity  and  uprightness  gained 
the  reputation  of  an  honorable  merchant  and  trust- 
worthy banker.  After  retiring  from  business  he  trav- 
elled extensively  and  enjoyed  peacefully  the  fruits  of  his 
labors.  Mr.  Galloupe  was  a  fine  example  of  the  self- 
made  man,  honest,  candid,  straight-forward,  sympathetic 
and  absolutely  fair  in  all  his  dealings.  To  the  end  of 
his  days  he  retained  the  confidence  and  commanded  the 
respect  of  those  who  knew  him.  The  education  of  the 
blind  was  one  of  the  many  beneficent  causes  upon 
which  he  put  the  seal  of  his  approval  and  bestowed  his 
bounty. 

The  Rev.  Brooke  Herford,  D.D.,  died  in  his  native 
country  on  the  twenty-first  day  of  December,  1903,  in 
the  seventy-third  year  of  his  age.  Born  at  Altrineham, 
near  Manchester,  England,  in  1830,  he  received  his  early 
education  in  a  private  school  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen 
years  was  placed  in  a  counting  house  as  a  clerk.  Four 
years  later  he  entered  Manchester  New  College,  of  which 
the  Rev.  James  Martineau,  D.D.,  was  president.  By 
the  aid  of  his  studious  habits  and  quickness  of  perception 
he  finished  the  full  course  at  that  institution  in  three- 
fifths  of  the  regular  time  required  for  its  completion  and 
was  ordained  minister  in  1851.     His  first  pastorate  was 


at  Todmorden  among  the  hills  between  Lancashire  and 
Yorkshire;  the  second  in  Sheffield;  and  the  third  in 
Manchester.  His  ministrations  in  the  latter  city  ex- 
tended from  1856  to  1875.  During  his  ministry  in  Eng- 
land he  wielded  an  excellent  influence,  and  his  ready 
comprehension  of  a  situation,  his  common-sense  views 
and  his  directness  of  speech  never  failed  to  achieve  good 
results.  In  1876  Dr.  Herford  came  to  America  and 
settled  in  Chicago,  where  he  won  the  respect  and  ad- 
miration of  the  most  intelligent  men  and  women  who 
were  the  master  spirits  in  all  good  works.  In  1882  he 
accepted  a  call  from  the  Unitarian  church  in  Arlington 
street,  Boston,  and  entered  upon  this  new  field  with  great 
enthusiasm  in  the  full  tide  of  his  power.  His  various 
experiences  had  given  him  the  wisdom  of  a  ripe  judg- 
ment, and  he  wrought  with  remarkable  success  for  nine 
years.  At  the  end  of  this  time  he  determined  to  return 
to  England,  w^here  at  Hampstead  he  began  in  1892  a 
ministry  which  lasted  until  1901.  There,  as  in  Boston^ 
he  was  constantly  tempted  to  labor  beyond  his  strength. 
His  health  finally  gave  way  and  with  some  vicissitudes 
he  steadily  declined  until  the  end  came.  Dr.  Herford 
was  a  man  of  uncommon  ability,  of  great  versatility  and 
of  a  remarkable  pertinacity  and  vigor  of  character.  His 
personality,  while  charming  in  its  simplicity  and  unique 
in  its  geniality,  was  of  a  strength  that  caused  him  to  be 
commonly  called  the  "Unitarian  Pope."  He  was  a  su- 
perior manager  and  a  shining  light  in  his  denomination. 
He  knew  how  to  accomplish  things.  He  had  the  dis- 
position to  lead  and  the  tact  to  make  others  follow.  He 
was  a  hard  worker  and  carried  more  than  his  full  share 
of  professional  burdens  and  social  obligations.  He  pos- 
sessed a  wonderful  power  of  drawing  people  toward  him- 
self, of  winning  their  sympathies,  learning  their  needs 


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and  speaking  the  proper  word  or  performing  the  right 
action  with  rare  judgment. 

Miss  Ellen  Marm  Jones,  daughter  of  the  late  Josiah 
M.  and  Maria  Buckminster  Jones,  died  in  this  city  on 
Sunday,  the  fourteenth  of  August,  1904.  She  was  a 
woman  of  high  character  and  noble  aspirations,  fine  in 
grain  and  full  of  gentleness  and  mellow  sweetness.  Ten- 
der-hearted, sympathetic,  conscientious,  eager  to  do  good 
and  to  perform  her  part  in  the  work  of  uplifting  the  lowly 
and  ameliorating  the  condition  of  the  unfortunate.  Miss 
Jones  responded  always  promptly  to  appeals  from  de- 
serving causes  with  a  generosity  which  was  only  limited 
by  the  means  at  her  disposal.  The  beginning  of  her 
active  interest  in  the  blind  dated  back  to  1884  when  her 
honored  name  was  for  the  first  time  recorded  in  the  list 
of  the  contributors  to  the  fund  for  the  establishment  of 
the  kindergarten. 

Martin  Parry  Kennard  died  at  his  .home  on  Ken- 
nard  Road,  Brookline,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  November, 
1903,  in  his  eighty-SLxth  year.  He  was  a  native  of  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  but  came  to  Boston  quite  early 
in  life.  He  applied  himself  to  the  business  of  a  jeweller 
and  was  the  founder  of  the  widely  known  and  successful 
firm  of  Bigelow  and  Kennard,  from  which  he  withdrew 
in  1868.  Soon  after  his  retirement  he  was  appointed 
assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States  in  this  city  and 
filled  this  position  for  a  long  period  to  the  great  satisfac- 
tion of  men  of  all  parties.  Of  late  years  he  led  a  quiet 
life.  Mr.  Kennard  was  catholic  in  his  interests  and 
broad  and  versatile  in  his  tastes  and  talents,  a  true  pa- 
triot and  a  loyal  lover  and  defender  of  Boston  and  its 
institutions.  His  public  spirit  was  ever  alert  and  eager, 
and  his  death  makes  a  vacancy  in  the  ranks  of  our  dis- 
tinguished citizens  that  will  be  widely  felt,  notwithstand- 


ing  the  fact  that  he  had  attained  a  ripe  old  age.  Al- 
though a  self-made  man,  he  acquired  rare  culture  and 
gained  an  unusually  discriminating  taste  in  art.  He 
possessed  a  charming  personality  and  even  in  his  latest 
years  his  sympathies  were  fresh  and  warm,  while  his 
companionship  was  hardly  less  agreeable  to  the  young 
than  to  men  of  his  own  generation.  He  was  a  gentleman 
of  the  old  school  but  kept  in  active  touch  with  the  life 
about  him  in  all  its  later  developments.  To  know  him 
once  was  to  meet  or  remember  him  with  pleasure  ever 
after. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Buckminster  Lowell,  widow  of  Judge 
John  Lowell  and  daughter  of  the  late  George  B.  Emerson, 
died,  after  a  short  illness,  at  the  family  residence  on 
Hammond  street.  Chestnut  Hill,  on  the  twentieth  of 
April,  1904.  She  was  born  on  Chestnut  street  in  Boston 
on  the  nineteenth  of  June,  1827,  and  was  educated  at 
her  father's  school  for  girls,  which  was  the  most  fashion- 
able and  best  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  In  May,  1853,  she 
was  married  to  John  Lowell.  With  him  she  lived  in 
the  house  in  which  she  was  born  until  1858  when  they 
purchased  a  large  estate  in  Chestnut  Hill.  At  this  place 
their  home  formed  an  attractive  centre  not  only  for  their 
relations  and  neighbors  but  for  all  their  friends  and  ac- 
quaintances from  Boston  and  the  surrounding  country. 
No  one  who  has  been  in  their  house  will  ever  forget  the 
old-time  atmosphere  of  comfort,  serenity,  kindness  and 
peace,  which  permeated  it  even  before  the  outer  door 
was  opened.  Men  and  women,  girls  and  boys,  babies 
with  their  nurses,  all  came  there,  sure  of  their  welcome, 
certain  of  receiving  Mrs.  Lowell's  cordial  greeting  and 
enjoying  her  boundless  hospitality.  Here  great  and  small, 
young  and  old  met  upon  a  common  ground  of  equality 
without    reference    to    their    position    and    attainments. 


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Unlike  the  typical  New  Englander  who  sternly  represses 
all  emotion  and  feelings  even  in  his  own  home,  INIrs. 
Lowell  by  her  very  presence  and  character  created  an 
atmosphere  of  ease  and  comfort,  friendship  and  interest. 
She  was  outspoken,  honest  and  frank,  never,  however, 
giving  offence,  because  one  was  always  sure  of  the  motive 
and  friendship  which  prompted  her.  She  carried  sun- 
shine to  every  place  where  she  went.  Her  temperament 
was  eminently  buoyant,  elastic  and  joyful.  This  enabled 
her  to  rise  above  all  misfortunes  and  to  maintain  not  only 
her  own  cheerfulness  but  to  contribute  to  the  happiness 
of  others.  During  the  first  seventeen  years  of  her  mar- 
ried life  hardly  a  cloud  shadowed  her  home,  and  then 
came  the  death  of  children,  of  relations,  of  her  husband, 
her  own  accident,  which  left  her  partly  paralyzed  and 
helpless,  and  the  loss  of  money;  yet  through  it  all  her 
faith  and  courage  sustained  her  unfalteringly,  and  her 
hopefulness  and  the  happiness  of  her  disposition  never 
failed,  nor  did  her  sympathy  for  others  ever  flag.  Al- 
ways charitable,  she  was  for  many  years  identified  with 
many  benevolent  institutions  and  humane  enterprises. 
No  good  cause  ever  appealed  to  her  in  vain.  She  always 
gave  according  to  her  means  and  sometimes  far  more 
than  she  could  afford.  Mrs.  Lowell  was  happy  by  the 
highest  right.  She  increased  the  joy  of  those  who  lived 
about  her  and  of  many  friends  dwelling  in  distant  coun- 
tries, and  her  death  is  a  severe  bereavement  not  only  to 
her  family  and  relatives  but  to  her  neighbors,  her  friends, 
her  acquaintances  and  to  the  community  to  which  she 
belonged.  Each  will  mourn  her  with  a  keen  sense  of 
personal  loss. 

Frederick  Warren  Goddard  May  died  at  his  home 
in  Dorchester  on  the  twenty-eighth  of  May,  1904,  in  his 
eighty-third  year.     He  was  the  last  of  a  number  of  re- 


markable  men  who  made  Dorchester  what  it  was  in  its 
best  days, — a  town  standing  for  good  citizenship  and  clean 
government,  for  cultivation  of  mind  and  refinement  of 
living,  for  unselfish  patriotism  and  for  genuine  public 
spirit.  He  was  in  every  fibre  of  his  being  a  typical  son 
of  New  England.  He  hated  falsity  and  pretension  and 
was  fond  of  everything  that  was  simple,  natural  and  real. 
He  had  the  true  love  of  books,  and  his  mind  was  richly 
stored  with  the  best  in  English  literature.  Quick,  alert 
and  active,  he  was  ready  for  any  emergency  and  glad  to 
devote  his  time  to  such  good  causes  as  needed  his  assist- 
ance. For  many  years  he  held  the  office  of  treasurer 
of  the  school  for  feeble-minded  children  and  youth  and 
rendered  valuable  service  to  that  institution.  He  at- 
tended regularly  the  annual  meetings  of  this  corporation, 
and  when  we  reflect  that  we  shall  see  him  no  more  among 
us,  we  are  seized  by  a  deep  feeling  of  sadness.  We  shall 
always  remember  with  pleasure  and  gratitude  the  pro- 
found interest  which  he  took  in  the  institution  and  the 
great  satisfaction  which  he  showed  at  its  progress  and 
prosperity.  The  departure  of  Mr.  May  from  among  us 
is  another  conspicuous  mark  of  a  rapid  transition  to 
conditions  far  removed  from  those  of  the  old  New  Eng- 
land. From  his  childhood  he  breathed  an  atmosphere 
of  righteousness,  uprightness,  patriotism  and  humane 
views.  Throughout  his  life  he  exemplified  the  love  of 
freedom  and  of  country,  which  constituted  a  highly 
valued  part  of  his  inheritance.  He  belonged  to  one  of 
the  most  cultured,  philanthropic,  liberal  and  high-minded 
families  of  New  England.  He  was  the  son  of  a  distin- 
guished merchant  and  very  benevolent  citizen  of  Boston, 
Samuel  May,  and  the  youngest  brother  of  the  Rev. 
Samuel  May,  late  of  Leicester,  who  stood  in  the  van  of 
all  moral  and  social  reforms;   of  John  Joseph  May  who 


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was  prominent  for  his  sterling  integrity,  his  sacrifices  for 
the  preservation  of  the  union,  his  exemplary  gentleness 
and  his  kindly  actions;  and  of  Miss  Abby  W.  May,  one 
of  the  noblest,  sanest  and  most  intelligent  women  of 
Massachusetts,  who  labored  assiduously  for  the  common 
weal  and  against  all  forms  of  injustice  and  whose  wise 
and  benevolent  deeds  in  behalf  of  her  fellowmen  were 
based  on  broad,  generous,  sound  principles.  This  was 
truly  a  remarkable  group  of  earnest,  patriotic,  unselfish 
and  brave  workers.  As  long  as  national  honor,  altru- 
istic aims,  pure  and  undefiled  patriotism,  sincere  devo- 
tion to  the  interests  of  humanity  and  consecration  to  high 
ideals  are  appreciated  and  cherished  in  America,  so  long 
the  disappearance  of  these  members  of  the  May  family 
from  the  arena  of  struggles  pro  bono  publico  will  be  deeply 
lamented. 

Mrs.  Helen  Mekriam,  wife  of  Mr.  Charles  Merriam, 
died  at  her  summer  home  in  Nahant  on  the  twelfth  of 
September,  1904.  She  was  a  woman  of  tender  heart, 
broad  mind  and  public  spirit,  and  her  influence  for  good 
was  widely  felt.  Hospitable  and  generous,  benign  and 
charitable,  ready  to  counsel  and  to  encourage,  she  re- 
sponded promptly  to  all  reasonable  appeals  for  assist- 
ance and  never  failed  to  give  aid  and  comfort  to  those  in 
need.  Through  all  the  varied  phases  of  life  she  was  true, 
gentle  and  helpful.  Indeed,  consideration  for  others  and 
a  love  of  doing  good  were  the  leading  traits  of  her  char- 
acter. For  many  years  Mrs.  Merriam  and  her  bereaved 
husband  have  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  cause  of 
the  blind  and  have  been  regular  contributors  toward  Ithe 
funds  for  its  support. 

Anthony  S.  Morss  died  suddenly  at  his  home.  No. 
42  Harvard  street,  Charlestown,  on  the  twenty-first  of 
November,  1903,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years  and  seven 


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months.  He  was  born  in  Newburyport  in  1823,  and  his 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
town.  In  1844  he  came  to  Boston,  and  soon  after  his 
arrival  he  opened  a  hardware  store  at  No.  210  Commer- 
cial street,  where  he  remained  in  business  for  almost 
sixty  years.  He  was  the  oldest  hardware  dealer  in  this 
city.  Mr.  Morss  had  held  several  public  offices  of  trust 
and  was  highly  esteemed  for  his  integrity  and  probity. 
Through  his  official  connection  with  the  state  prison  as 
an  inspector,  he  became  greatly  interested  in  the  dis- 
charged convicts  and  was  for  a  long  time  vice-president 
of  the  society  which  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of 
aiding  them  to  lead  better  lives.  At  the  suggestion  of 
one  of  the  friends  of  the  institution  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  corporation  in  1889. 

Miss  Maria  Crosby  Moulton  died  in  Cambridge  on 
the  twenty-second  of  May,  1904,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
five  years,  nine  months  and  four  days.  She  was  a  woman 
of  great  ability,  of  broad  intellectual  power,  of  excep- 
tional moral  worth  and  of  uncommon  beauty  and  force 
of  character.  She  was  born  and  reared  among  plain 
and  strong  people,  and  her  views  of  life  and  of  duty  were 
greatly  influenced  by  her  early  surroundings.  Descended 
from  a  line  of  sturdy  puritans,  she  inherited  many  of 
their  striking  characteristics;  but  the  gentler,  more  ami- 
able and  tolerant  impulses,  which  appear  to  have  been 
stifled  in  her  ancestors,  welled  up  in  her  case  like  a  pure 
spring  that  will  not  be  covered  from  the  sight  of  men. 
She  was  independent  in  thought,  utterly  unselfish,  singu- 
larly modest  and  intensely  earnest  of  purpose.  For 
nearly  forty  years  she  filled  the  position  of  principal 
matron  at  the  institution  with  rare  dignity,  exemplary 
self-forgetfulness,  unequalled  fidelity  and  unexcelled  efii- 
ciency.     She  certainly  was  an  ideal  matron, — one  who 


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was  eminently  fitted  both  by  nature  and  training  to  be 
the  head  of  a  large  household,  to  create  around  it  an 
ethical  atmosphere  and  to  administer  its  domestic  affairs 
with  brilliant  success.  She  loved  truth  and  justice  and 
was  strictly  conscientious,  absolutely  reliable  and  hon- 
orable in  all  her  relations.  She  attended  to  the  minutest 
details  of  her  work  with  scrupulous  care,  while  her  sense 
of  honor  was  so  lofty  that  she  was  never  absent  from  her 
post  save  for  imperative  reasons,  nor  did  she  ever  neg- 
lect to  perform  with  precision  any  of  the  duties  of  her 
ofhce.  Thus  she  rendered  a  most  valuable  service  to 
the  cause  of  humanity.  In  this  noble  and  beneficent 
ministry  there  were  no  finer  or  more  enduring  and  far- 
reaching  elements  than  the  beauty  and  womanliness  of 
Miss  Moulton's  own  character  and  her  unswerving 
loyalty  to  the  institution. 

Mrs.  Gertrude  Weld  Parkinson,  wife  of  the  well- 
known  banker  of  this  city,  Mr.  John  Parkinson,  died  at 
her  summer  home  in  Bourne,  Massachusetts,  on  the 
eighteenth  day  of  June,  1904,  in  the  sLxty-first  year  of 
her  age.  She  belonged  to  the  old  Weld  family  and  was 
the  daughter  of  one  of  its  prominent  members,  Mr. 
Francis  Minot  Weld  of  Jamaica  Plain.  Her  husband 
and  one  son,  Mr.  John  Parkinson,  jr.,  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, survive  her.  Mrs.  Parkinson  was  heir  to  a  noble 
heritage  and  proved  herself  worthy  of  her  ancestors. 
She  was  a  gracious  presence  in  the  community  and  a 
light  in  her  home.  She  lived  the  life  of  a  true,  upright, 
benevolent,  useful  woman  and  was  beloved  by  all  who 
had  the  opportunity  of  becoming  thoroughly  acquainted 
with  her.  She  was  broad-minded  and  took  an  active 
interest  in  many  good  causes,  among  which  that  of  the 
education  of  the  blind  was  included.  She  was  strictly 
honest  and  absolutely  sincere  in  all  her  relations  and 


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left  behind  her  a  large  circle  of  friends  to  mourn  her  loss. 
Now  that  she  is  no  longer  with  them  the  best  consolation 
that  remains  to  all  is  the  memory  of  a  life  singularly  pure, 
beautiful  and  beneficent. 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Potter,  widow  of  Warren  B.  Potter, 
died  at  her  summer  residence  in  Neptune  street,  Beverly 
Cove,  on  the  twenty- third  of  September,  1904,  in  the 
eightieth  year  of  her  age.  She  was  born  in  New  Bed- 
ford in  October,  1824,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Ezra  Kempton.  She  was  married  to  Mr.  Potter 
in  1848  at  her  native  place,  whence  they  removed  to 
Boston  in  1854.  Through  the  death  of  Mrs.  Potter  the 
cause  of  the  blind  has  sustained  a  very  severe  loss,  as 
have  also  a  large  circle  of  friends  by  whom  she  was  re- 
spected and  admired  for  her  unobtrusive  benevolence 
and  munificent  generosity,  for  the  simplicity  and  strength 
of  her  character,  for  the  kindness  of  her  heart  and  for 
the  purity  and  uprightness  of  her  life.  She  was  a  noble 
woman,  who  loved  to  do  good  and  who  disposed  of  a 
great  part  of  her  ample  income  for  the  benefit  of  many 
educational  enterprises  and  humane  institutions  and  for 
the  relief  of  a  large  number  of  unfortunate  and  distressed 
people.  Mrs.  Potter's  charities  were  countless,  wrought 
secretly,  as  it  were,  that  their  purity  of  motive  might  re- 
main unsullied.  The  world  is  poorer  for  the  departure 
of  such  a  generous  and  wisely  ministering  spirit. 

Henry  Grtnnell  Russell,  one  of  the  widely  known 
citizens  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  died  at  his  home 
on  Potowomut  Neck  on  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 1904,  in  the  seventy-fifth  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  born  in  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  on  the  twenty- 
fifth  of  October,  1829,  and  was  the  son  of  William  Tall- 
man  Russell  and  Sylvia  Grinnell  Russell.  In  1850  he 
went  to  Europe  and  remained  there  until  1856,  residing 


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in  Liverpool  the  greater  part  of  the  time.  From  1856 
to  1864  he  lived  in  New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  commission  merchant.  In  the  year  last  named 
he  married  Miss  Hope  Brown  Ives  of  Providence,  where 
he  remained  during  the  rest  of  his  life.  Mr.  Russell 
had  large  interests  in  manufacturing  enterprises  and  was 
considered  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  of  Rhode  Island. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school  and  represented 
a  fine  type  of  manhood.  He  was  very  highly  esteemed 
for  his  personal  characteristics,  for  his  sterling  integrity, 
his  public  spirit  and  his  never-failing  courtesy  and  frank- 
ness. He  held  several  positions  of  trust  and  rendered 
excellent  service  to  a  number  of  corporations  and  chari- 
table institutions.  In  1882,  when  a  movement  was  in- 
augurated in  Providence  for  the  purpose  of  raising  six 
or  seven  thousand  dollars,  the  sum  necessary  to  complete 
the  printing  fund  of  the  institution,  Mr.  Russell  gladly 
consented  to  be  a  member  of  the  citizens'  committee 
which  took  charge  of  the  matter.  He  sent  to  the  treas- 
urer at  the  same  time  three  liberal  contributions,  one  from 
himself,  another  from  Mrs.  Russell  and  a  third  from  his 
mother-in-law,  Mrs.  Moses  Brown  Ives.  We  avail  our- 
selves of  this  opportunity  to  express  to  Mrs.  Russell 
both  our  sympathy  with  her  in  her  sad  bereavement  and 
our  sense  of  gratitude  to  her  for  her  unfailing  interest 
in  the  cause  of  the  blind,  as  shown  through  her  annual 
contributions  to  the  fund  for  the  support  of  the  kinder- 
garten. 

After  an  illness  of  two  months'  duration,  George 
Bruce  Upton  died  on  the  seventh  of  February,  1904, 
at  his  fine  estate  in  Milton,  which  he  had  beautified  as 
perhaps  few  men  are  capable  of  doing  unless  possessed 
of  his  love  and  knowledge  of  flowers,  trees  and  plants. 
He  was  the  son  of  George  B.  Upton,  another  of  the  early 


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Boston  merchants,  and  was  born  on  the  island  of  Nan- 
tucket on  the  fifteenth  of  July,  1829.  He  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  in  the  class  of  1849,  ^^^  after  spending 
a  few  years  in  California  he  returned  to  Boston  and  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
remaining  in  the  firm  until  the  latter's  death  in  1874. 
During  his  business  career  he  was  identified  prominently 
with  trade  in  the  far  east,  especially  in  the  Philippine 
islands.  He  had  two  summer  residences,  one  at  Dublin, 
New  Hampshire,  and  the  other  at  his  native  place;  in 
the  latter  years  of  his  life  he  spent  much  of  his  time  in 
Europe.  Mr.  Upton  was  noted  for  his  sterling  integrity 
and  unobtrusive  benevolence  and  enjoyed  the  confidence 
and  high  esteem  of  a  large  number  of  intelligent  people. 
He  was  well  informed  and  cultivated  in  so  many  direc- 
tions that  one  wondered  how  he  had  the  leisure  to  gain 
so  much  knowledge.  He  was  full  of  energy  and  anima- 
tion, a  man  among  men,  a  very  child  among  children, 
sympathetic,  generous  and  charitable  in  ways  that  were 
unostentatious,  but  sure  to  reach  those  whom  he  desired 
to  help.  In  1869  a  gift  of  money  was  received  from  him 
by  our  treasurer,  and  he  has  been  ever  since  a  faithful 
member  of  our  corporation  and  a  loyal  friend  of  the 
cause  which  is  entrusted  to  our  care.  In  disposing  of 
a  part  of  his  property  for  educational  and  humane  pur- 
poses, Mr.  Upton  kindly  remembered  this  institution  in 
his  will  with  a  generous  legacy,  which  stands  as  a  per- 
manent monument  to  his  memory  and  as  a  striking  tes- 
timonial of  his  appreciation  of  the  value  and  beneficence 
of  the  great  work,  which  our  school  is  doing  for  the  blind 
of  New  England. 

Miss  Charlotte  Louise  Ware  died  in  Cambridge  on 
the  eighth  of  December,  1903,  in  the  eighty-sixth  year  of 
her  age.     She  was  born  in  Cambridge  and  was  the  daugh- 


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ter  of  the  late  Rev.  Henry  Ware,  sr.  She  was  a  true 
woman,  pure  in  spirit,  tender  of  heart,  strong  in  her  be- 
liefs, firm  in  her  convictions,  high-minded,  thoughtful  of 
others.  Although  well  known  and  quite  active  within 
her  own  circle  of  friends,  by  whom  she  was  highly  es- 
teemed, Miss  Ware  did  not  take  a  prominent  part  in  the 
social  affairs  of  the  city  of  her  birth.  She  preferred  to 
live  apart  from  public  notice  and  to  labor  quietly  in  fur- 
therance of  the  interests  of  humanity,  performing  faith- 
fully all  her  duties,  doing  as  much  good  as  she  could, 
and  giving  assistance  to  such  enterprises  as  were  calcu- 
lated to  be  beneficial  to  her  fellowmen. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.  Whitten,  widow  of  Charles  V. 
Whitten,  died  suddenly  on  the  twentieth  of  December, 
1903,  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years  and  five  months. 
She  was  an  unpretentious  woman  of  quick  intelligence, 
great  ability  and  singular  gentleness,  candid,  industri- 
ous, earnest  and  sincere,  she  made  friends  everywhere 
and  won  the  confidence  and  affection  of  those  with  whom 
she  came  in  contact.  None  knew  her  but  to  respect  her 
and  to  admire  her  many  noble  traits  of  character.  Many 
years  ago  Mrs.  Whitten  became  deeply  interested  in  the 
cause  of  the  blind  and  rendered  valuable  service  for  its 
advancement. 

Samuel  Horatio  Whitwell  died  at  his  house.  No. 
Ill  Commonwealth  avenue,  on  the  twenty-third  of 
March,  1904,  in  his  eighty-first  year.  He  was  a  native 
of  Boston  and  made  his  home  here  all  his  life.  In  his 
younger  days  he  was  closely  identified  with  the  real  es- 
tate business  of  this  city  but  retired  from  it  some  years 
ago.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  kind,  cour- 
teous, considerate,  refined  and  charitable  in  word  and 
deed.  He  possessed  a  genial  disposition,  a  warm  heart 
and  a  blameless  character.      Like    his  late  sister.  Miss 


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Sophia  L,  Whitwell,  whose  lamented  death  was  noticed 
in  our  last  annual  report,  he  befriended  the  cause  of  the 
blind  and  was  a  contributor  to  the  funds  for  its  support. 
The  names  of  the  dear  friends  whose  death  has  been 
recorded  in  the  foregoing  pages  will  be  held  in  affection- 
ate remembrance  not  only  in  the  institution  but  in  every 
place  where  true  benevolence  is  honored  and  public 
spirit  is  appreciated. 
All  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

FRANCIS   H.   APPLETON, 

WILLIAM   L.   BENEDICT, 

WILLIAM   ENDICOTT, 

PAUL  REVERE   FROTHINGHAM, 

CHARLES   P.    GARDINER, 

N.  P.  HALLOWELL, 

J.  THEODORE   HEARD, 

EDWARD   JACKSON, 

GEORGE   H.    RICHARDS, 

WILLIAM   L.    RICHARDSON, 

RICHARD  M.  SALTONSTALL, 

S.  LOTHROP    THORNDIKE, 

Trustees. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE    DIRECTOR. 


Swift  as  the  weaver's  shuttle  day  by  day 
Fly  \\'ith  their  bootless  tasks  the  years  away, 
But  they  whose  days  in  blessings  spend  their  length 
To  youth  immortal  go  from  strength  to  strength. 

— Emily  H.  Miller. 

To  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Gentlemen: — At  the  termination  of  another  period 
of  twelve  months  it  becomes  incumbent  upon  me  to  pre- 
sent the  report  of  the  director  and  to  give  an  account  of 
what  has  been  accompKshed  at  the  institution  during 
that  time,  adding  to  it  such  thoughts  and  reflections  as 
come  within  the  scope  of  a  document  of  this  sort. 

I  take  very  great  pleasure  in  reporting  that  the  work 
of  the  school  has  been  prosecuted  with  a  high  degree  of 
success  and  that  satisfactory  progress  has  been  made  in 
every  department. 

The  teachers  and  other  officers  have  labored  faithfully 
to  promote  the  welfare  and  advance  the  best  interests  of 
the  pupils,  and  their  efforts  have  been  rewarded  with  ex- 
cellent results. 

The  interest  in  the  institution  manifested  by  the  public 
has  been  in  no  way  diminished.  On  the  contrary,  in 
some  respects  it  has  been  even  stronger  than  heretofore. 
Our  weekly  concerts  have  been  attended  by  the  usual 
number  of  visitors,  while  our  specif  entertainments 
have  invariably  attracted  large  audiences,  consisting  of 
intelligent  and   broad-minded  men  and  women,   whose 


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appreciation  of  the  performances  of  the  pupils  was  un- 
mistakable and  whose  expressions  of  surprise  at  and  ad- 
miration of  the  literary  and  musical  achievements  of 
the  scholars  were  as  numerous  as  they  were  emphatic. 

In  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  school  we  have  endeav- 
ored to  keep  out  of  the  ruts  of  dull  routine  and  to  follow 
in  the  march  of  progress  with  steady  step,  discarding  all 
mechanical  ways  and  processes  of  instruction  and  train- 
ing and  adopting  such  methods  of  developing  and  dis- 
ciplining the  mental  faculties  of  the  pupils  as  are  approved 
and  recommended  by  eminent  students  of  pedagogy  and 
sanctioned  by  men  of  science.  With  the  extension  of  its 
curriculum  and  with  the  improvements  and  the  increase 
made  last  year  in  its  accommodations  and  equipment, 
the  school  has  entered  upon  an  era  of  greatly  augmented 
usefulness,  and  the  work  which  it  is  doing  now  is  of  a 
higher  order  than  that  of  former  years.  , 


Enrolment  of  Blind  Persons. 

That  pupils  lacks  she  none  of  noble  race. 

— Shakespeare. 

The  record  books  contain  the  names  of  284  blind  per- 
sons who  were  connected  with  the  various  departments 
of  the  institution  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  which  has 
just  closed  as  pupils,  teachers,  employes  and  work  men 
and  women.  Since  then  t,t,  have  been  admitted  and  ^2 
have  been  discharged,  making  the  total  number  at  present 
285.  Of  these  163  are  at  the  parent  school  in  South 
Boston,  106  at  the  kindergarten  in  Jamaica  Plain  and 
16  at  the  workshop  for  adults. 

The  first  division  includes  150  pupils  (74  boys  and  76 
girls),  10  teachers  and  other  officers  and  three  domestics; 
the  second  comprises  56  little  boys  and  50  little  girls, 


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and  the  third  i6  men  and  women  employed  in  the  work- 
shop for  adults. 

The  superior  educational  advantages  which  the  in- 
stitution affords  liberally  to  its  students  are  w^idely  recog- 
nized and  justly  valued  every^vhere,  and  as  a  consequence 
we  have  received  during  the  past  twelve  months,  as  in 
many  previous  years,  applications  for  the  admission  of 
scholars  from  different  parts  of  this  country  and  from 
Canada.  But,  in  order  to  avoid  crowding  our  buildings 
or  overtaxing  in  any  way  the  capacity  of  our  accommo- 
dations, we  have  usually  refused  to  open  our  doors  to 
pupils  living  outside  of  the  New  England  states.  Never- 
theless, from  time  to  time  we  deem  it  expedient  to  make 
an  exception  in  favor  of  certain  cases. 

The  Record  of  Health. 

Xuplc  vyiEiag  a^ioq  (iioq,  [Siog  ciiiiuTog. 

Without  health  life  is  not  life,  life  is  lifeless. 

— Ariphron. 

Physicians,  poets,  prose  writers,  students  of  science, 
men  of  superior  knowledge,  all  agree  with  Ariphron,  the 
Sicyonian  philosopher,  in  his  statement  that  life  is  joy- 
less without  the  faculty  of  performing  all  actions  proper 
to  a  human  body  in  the  most  perfect  manner.  Common 
experience  and  daily  observation  convince  us  that  free- 
dom from  pain  and  sickness  is  an  indispensable  element 
of  activity  and  happiness  and  that  ill  health,  accompanied 
by  insufficient  strength,  is  not  only  a  prolific  source  of 
misery  and  wretchedness,  but  a  most  serious  hindrance 
to  regular  work  and  a  formidable  obstacle  to  important 
achievements. 

We  are  thankful  to  report  that  the  general  health  of 
the  school  has  been  very  good.     Of  the  various  conta- 


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gious  diseases,  which  were  unusually  prevalent  in  Boston 
during  the  past  winter,  only  the  measles  invaded  our 
premises,  attacking  eleven  girls,  one  of  their  teachers  and 
one  boy.  There  have  also  been  the  usual  number  of 
ailments,  fortunately  not  of  severe  character,  in  both  de- 
partments, and  a  single  case  of  pneumonia  at  the  girls' 
cottages. 

Before  the  opening  of  the  spring  term  of  the  school  we 
were  saddened  by  the  unexpected  death  of  two  of  our 
pupils,  Florence  M.  Wigley,  an  amiable  and  kind-hearted 
girl  of  good  intentions  and  fair  capacity  for  work,  and 
Frederick  Joseph  Carney,  a  promising  young  man  of 
humble  antecedents  but  of  superior  character,  who  was 
pursuing  a  post  graduate  course  in  music  and  who  was 
earnestly  working  to  rise  above  his  early  surroundings 
and  to  secure  a  profitable  vocation  and  make  a  place  for 
himself  among  the  active  members  of  society.  Both  died 
at  their  own  homes  in  the  midst  of  their  families,  the 
former  on  the  twentieth  day  of  March  of  spinal  menin- 
gitis, and  the  latter  on  the  thirtieth  of  the  same  month 
of  quickly  developed  tuberculosis.  They  have  left  be- 
hind them  sweet  and  pleasant  memories  and  noble  ex- 
amples of  patience  and  industry;  they  will  be  sincerely 
nfourned  and  greatly  missed  alike  by  their  teachers, 
caretakers  and  schoolmates. 


Liberal  Education  is  the  Need  of  the  Blind. 

For  just  experience  tells,  in  every  soil, 

That  those  who  think  must  govern  those  who  toil. 

— Goldsmith. 

By  reason  of  their  infirmity  the  blind  are  seriously 
handicapped  in  the  race  of  life.  The  visible  world  is 
annihilated  for  them,   and   they  are  plunged  into  per- 


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petual  darkness,  which  Kmits  the  sphere  of  their  activity 
within  narrow  bounds  and  disables  them  from  the  pur- 
suit of  most  of  the  occupations  in  which  their  fellowmen 
are  engaged.  They  are  cut  off  from  some  of  the  higher 
privileges  of  the  race  and  are  obliged  to  toil  against  a 
flood  of  difficulties.  True,  certain  manual  employments, 
in  which  the  work  of  the  human  fingers  is  still  in  use, 
remain  open  to  them;  but  these  are  few  in  number  and 
eagerly  appropriated  by  seeing  competitors.  Briefly 
stating  their  case,  we  may  say  that  the  blind  meet  with 
mighty  obstacles  in  whatever  they  undertake  to  do  with 
their  hands,  especially  in  those  manufacturing  enter- 
prises, in  which  machinery  is  extensively  used.  Conse- 
quently they  are  shut  out  entirely  from  the  wide  field  of 
varied  industries,  into  which  innumerable  clear-sighted 
reapers  put  their  sickles  under  circumstances  infinitely 
more  favorable  to  themselves  than  those  surrounding  the 
sightless  laborers. 

These  facts  make  it  evident  that  it  is  worse  than  use- 
less to  insist  upon  carrying  on  in  our  schools  for  the  blind 
the  plan  of  education,  which  was  adopted  for  them  at 
the  time  of  their  establishment  and  in  which  the  learning 
of  handicrafts  and  the  ability  to  work  at  ordinary  trades 
were  among  the  principal  features  and  formed  the  ob- 
jective point.  We  must  bear  in  mind  that  a  radical 
change  has  occurred  in  recent  years  in  our  industrial, 
economic,  social  and  business  arrangements.  The  old 
order  of  things  has  vanished  and  has  been  succeeded  by 
a  new  one,  which  is  altogether  different  from  its  prede- 
cessor. We  have  passed  from  an  individualistic  to  a 
collective  type  of  civilization  and  have  entered  upon  an 
era  in  which  sordid  selfishness  is  conspicuous  and  the 
thought  of  others  is  buried  in  eternal  oblivion.  We  live 
in  a  peculiar  age  in  which  an  ardent  devotion  to  un- 


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righteous  mammon  is  transformed  into  a  sort  of  idola- 
trous worship  and  the  craving  for  the  vulgar  display  of 
wealth  and  for  keeping  up  with  the  procession  of  pleasure- 
seekers  amounts  to  madness.  We  have  entered  upon 
a  period  of  rapacity  and  absorption  in  the  pursuit 
of  gain,  in  which  the  moral  sense  is  threatened  with 
paralysis,  while  heartless  operators  and  unscrupulous 
magnates  of  trusts  carry  on  with  impunity  the  sinister 
process  of  gaining  absolute  control  of  the  sources  of 
supplies  that  are  indispensable  to  human  life  and  com- 
fort. We  are  in  the  midst  of  merciless  times,  in  which 
there  is  no  solicitude  nor  charitable  regard  for  the 
needs  and  rights  of  the  weaker  members  of  society  and 
in  which  the  strife  for  existence  is  made  harder  than 
ever. 

If  we  consider  carefully  how  the  different  classes  of 
society  are  affected  by  these  unusual  and,  to  some  ex- 
tent, unnatural  developments,  we  can  easily  see  that  the 
blind  are  placed  at  a  greater  disadvantage  than  those 
whose  sight  is  unimpaired.  Indeed,  they  are  the  prin- 
cipal sufferers;  for  while  they  are  utterly  unable  to  join 
any  of  the  immense  manuiacturing  companies  or  finan- 
cial combinations  for  lack  of  capital  or  of  assets  of  any 
kind,  they  are  at  the  same  time  debarred  from  partici- 
pating in  great  industrial  occupations  and  mechanical 
trades  carried  on  upon  a  large  scale  on  account  of  their 
inability  to  handle  the  complicated  machinery,  which 
constitutes  the  principal  force  and  main  feature  of  all 
such  enterprises.  Under  these  conditions  they  can  hardly 
hope  to  succeed  in  obtaining  remunerative  employment 
in  ordinary  workshops;  nor  is  it  possible  for  them  to 
come  into  competition  anywhere  with  seeing  craftsmen, 
for,  if  they  attempt  to  do  so,  they  are  liable  to  be  pushed 
aside  by  the  latter. 


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Thus  the  obstacles,  which  hinder  almost  all  persons 
bereft  of  the  visual  sense  from  engaging  advantageously 
in  handicrafts  or  from  seeking  to  obtain  employment  in 
factories,  are  insurmountable,  and  no  expedients  nor 
devices  of  any  sort  can  remove  or  lessen  them.  Hence, 
in  our  efforts  to  uplift  the  blind  and  equip  them  ade- 
quately to  fight  the  battle  of  life  successfully,  there  is 
only  one  course  left  for  us  to  pursue,  and  that  is  to  change 
front  and  let  "the  bricks  fall  down  and  build  with  hewn 
stones."  We  must  persist  no  longer  in  wasting  our 
means  and  exhausting  our  forces  by  trying  to  sail  our 
bark  against  strongly  adverse  winds  or  to  penetrate  im- 
penetrable barriers.  We  must  follow  the  path  indicated 
by  reason  and  common  sense  and  turn  our  attention  in 
a  direction  which  promises  to  produce  better  results  and 
is  more  hopeful  than  the  old  one.  In  other  words,  all 
our  efforts  should  be  devoted  to  the  development  and 
cultivation  of  the  brain.  This  should  be  made  the  prin- 
cipal object  of  our  work.  Instead  of  giving  a  prominent 
place  to  handicrafts  and  endeavoring  to  teach  several  of 
them  at  a  great  expense  of  both  money  and  time,  we  must 
strive  first  and  above  all  to  increase  the  intelligence  of  our 
pupils,  to  awaken  their  insight  and  to  strengthen  their 
judgment,  upon  which  their  fortune  depends.  We  must 
cultivate  their  minds  in  a  thorough  manner  and  make 
these  batteries  of  thought,  which,  according  to  Emerson, 
is  the  seed  of  action  and  the  means  of  shaping  one's 
career.  We  must  give  them  perfect  knowledge  and  mas- 
tery of  their  own  inner  selves  and  inculcate  in  them  the 
spirit  of  self-reliance  and  independence  and  those  ele- 
ments of  character,  which  are  indispensable  for  success 
in  life.  All  our  energies  should  be  brought  to  bear  upon 
these  points.  It  is  only  through  the  adoption  of  a  broad 
scheme  of  education  like  this  that  we  can  hope  to  put 


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down  the  bars  which  separate  the  bhnd  from  ordinary 
society. 

Hie  est,  aut  nusquam,  quod  querimus. 

The  more  we  study  the  problem  of  success  in  any  of 
the  departments  of  human  activity,  the  further  we  see 
into  the  general  domain  of  intellect  and  the  more  clearly 
we  recognize  the  fact  that  the  mind  is  "the  standard  of 
the  man"  and  the  great  lever  of  all  things.  As  Ebenezer 
Elliott  puts  it, — 

Mind,  mind  alone 
Is  light,  and  hope,  and  life  and  power! 

This  is  particularly  true  in  the  present  condition  of 
society,  and  it  will  be  so  evermore.  There  is  a  deep 
meaning  and  sound  philosophy  in  Bulwer's  saying,  ''while 
the  world  lasts,  the  sun  will  gild  the  mountain-tops  before 
it  shines  upon  the  plain." 

These  considerations  have  led  us  to  pay  increased  at- 
tention to  the  cultivation  of  the  mental  faculties  of  our 
scholars  and  to  make  this  the  primary  principle  and 
basis  of  our  work.  Accordingly  our  plan  of  education 
has  been  entirely  reorganized  or  reconstructed  on  a 
broader  and  firmer  foundation  than  that  of  the  past  and 
has  been  brought  up  to  such  a  degree  of  completeness 
as  to  keep  abreast  with  the  times  and  to  meet  fully  the 
demands  and  special  requirements  of  the  children  and 
youth  who  attend  our  school. 

This  system  as  it  now  stands  is  very  comprehensive  in 
its  scope  and  far-reaching  in  its  influence.  It  does  not 
confine  its  work  within  the  narrow  limits  of  giving  to 
the  blind  an  elementary  knowledge  of  the  ordinary 
branches  of  study  and  of  teaching  them  some  music  and 
one  or  more  simple  trades,  but  goes  far  beyond  this.  It 
aims  to  reach  every  faculty  of  the  students  and  to  develop 


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every  side  of  their  natures, — intellect,  conscience  as  an 
active  element  of  character,  the  sense  of  honor,  the  love 
of  industry,  the  ability  to  devise  and  to  do  and  the  desire 
for  independence. 

By  this  system  of  education  we  hope  to  produce  men 
and  women  of  a  fine  type,  strong,  hardy,  self-reliant, 
brave,  enterprising,  discreet.  We  purpose  to  make  them 
capable  of  reasoning  and  judging,  of  thinking  and  plan- 
ning, of  deciding  and  executing.  We  trust  to  be  able 
to  inspire  them  with  the  ambition  of  becoming  active, 
interesting,  valuable  members  of  society  rather  than  re- 
cipients of  charity,  which  in  some  instances  might  be  dis- 
guised in  the  form  of  manual  occupations  or  industrial 
opportunities.  Lastly,  we  intend  to  train  them  to  use 
their  powers  intelligently  and  skilfully  and  to  enable  them 
to  put  themselves  in  as  many  relations  with  their  fellow- 
men  as  they  possibly  can. 

In  devising  or  adopting  ways  and  means  for  carrying 
on  the  work  of  the  school  in  accordance  with  the  best  and 
most  approved  methods,  we  never  lose  sight  of  the  fact 
that  education  is  a  dynamical  and  not  a  mechanical 
process  and  that  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  to  make 
a  close  union  between  the  intellectual  life  and  the  deeper 
foundations  of  the  character  of  our  scholars. 

Having  become  firmly  convinced  that  the  destiny  of 
the  blind  rests  entirely  upon  the  breadth  of  their  intelli- 
gence and  the  strength  of  their  character,  we  are  ear- 
nestly laboring  to  provide  for  our  pupils  such  advantages 
and  opportunities  as  will  enable  them  to  gain  these  in- 
estimable qualities.  For  the  attainment  of  this  end  we 
leave  nothing  undone.  While  we  pay  due  heed  to  the 
valuable  lessons  taught  by  the  history  of  pedagogy  and 
bring  within  the  reach  of  the  children  and  youth  entrusted 
to  our  care  the  experience  of  the  past  and  the  best  prod- 


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ucts  of  the  human  mind,  so  that  they  may  profit  by  these^ 
we  try  at  the  same  time  to  give  them  a  broad  view  of  the 
world  about  them  and  to  make  them  responsive  to  all 
that  is  vital  in  the  thought  and  life  of  today.  For  it  is 
from  the  ranks  of  persons  educated  and  trained  in  this 
way  that  will  come  the  strong  men  and  women,  who  will 
serve  both  as  examples  to  their  fellow-sufferers  and  as 
active  agents  in  leading  these  to  a  higher  plane  of  social 
dignity,  moral  excellence  and  economic  success. 

A  brief  review  of  the  work  which  has  been  done  during 
the  past  year  in  the  different  departments  of  the  institu- 
tion, in  accordance  with  the  above  named  principles,  is 
in  order  here.  This  will  show  the  results  already  ob- 
tained and  the  progress  which  has  been  thus  far  made. 


Department  of  Physical  Education. 

Let  grow  thy  sinews  till  their  knots  be  strong. 

— Shakespeare. 

When  a  new  pupil  is  sent  to  us  we  cannot  always  de- 
termine whether  he  be  intelligent  or  stupid,  clever  or  dull^ 
bright  or  stolid,  apt  to  learn  or  incapable  of  improvement. 
Neither  his  looks  nor  his  actions  and  movements  are 
unmistakable  or  safe  indicators  of  his  mental  status 
and  organic  soundness.  He  may  appear  languid,  inert,, 
listless,  devoid  of  energy  and  of  quickness  of  appre- 
hension; yet  all  these  unfavorable  symptoms  may  be  the 
result  of  lack  of  exercise  and  proper  training,  or  of 
insufficient  nutriment  and  unhealthy  environment,  rather 
than  the  effects  of  some  latent  disorder,  to  which  the 
destruction  or  imperfection  of  the  visual  sense  may  be 
ascribed. 

In  the  light  of  these  facts  it  becomes  imperatively  neces- 
sary for  us  to  pay  special  attention  to  the  physical  organ- 


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ism  of  all  children  and  youth  whose  education  is  entrusted 
to  our  judgment  and  care  and  to  rid  it  from  such  blem- 
ishes and  weaknesses  as  are  remediable,  so  that  it  may 
be  able  to  perform  freely  its  natural  functions.  Hence 
in  the  case  of  every  newcomer  we  must  first  and  above 
all  provide  him  with  wholesome  food  and  pure  air,  keep 
him  clean  and  comfortably  clad,  remove  his  adenoid 
growths  and  encourage  him  to  move  about  unhesitatingly, 
to  walk  with  a  free  step  and  to  exercise  his  muscles  volun- 
tarily, and  then  attempt  to  unfold  his  mind  and  discipline 
his  faculties.  In  other  words,  we  must  improve  his  phys- 
ical condition  and  strengthen  his  entire  being  before  we 
begin  the  serious  task  of  educating  him  in  the  usual  sense 
of  the  word.  This  is  unquestionably  the  best  course  and 
the  one  most  likely  to  produce  satisfactory  results  in  every 
instance. 

In  the  education  of  all  classes  of  children  but  especially 
in  that  of  the  blind,  the  healthiness  of  the  body  is  of  the 
utmost  importance.  It  is  a  vital  element  and  funda- 
mental principle — an  indispensable  necessity.  It  consti- 
tutes the  firm  substratum  upon  which  alone  a  super- 
structure of  intellectual  and  moral  development  can  be 
safely  reared.  It  is  no  more  possible  for  our  teachers 
to  achieve  great  success  or  accomplish  much  permanent 
good  with  debilitated  and  enervated  human  organisms 
than  it  is  for  constructors  of  buildings  to  erect  command- 
ing and  enduring  edifices  upon  shifting  sands  or  marshy 
lands. 

For  these  reasons  one  of  the  principal  objects  of  the 
work  of  this  institution  is  to  enable  the  pupils  to  gain 
robust  physical  health  and  to  train  them  to  become  sturdy 
and  vigorous.  These  conditions  are  absolutely  necessary 
alike  for  a  high  standard  of  achievement  in  school  and 
for  the  successful  performance  of  duties  which  arise  in 


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later  life.  Nothing  of  great  and  enduring  value  can  be 
accomplished  without  these  blessings.  Knowledge  itself 
is  of  very  little  use  with  a  weak,  attenuated,  bloodless 
body,  which  robs  the  mind  of  the  strength  of  thought  and 
the  will  of  the  power  of  decision. 

Physical  training  has  therefore  been  made  the  founda- 
tion stone  of  the  curriculum  of  this  school  and  ample 
facilities  have  been  provided  for  its  pursuance.  A  com- 
modious building,  equipped  with  the  most  approved 
apparatus  and  with  all  the  appliances  usually  found  in 
modern  structures  of  this  kind,  is  open  to  our  pupils  and 
a  rational  system  of  educational  gymnastics  has  been 
adopted  and  is  in  constant  use. 

These  exercises,  carefully  arranged  and  intelligently 
conducted  by  able  and  earnest  instructors,  prove  to  be 
of  invaluable  benefit  to  our  scholars.  They  develop  the 
muscles,  enlarge  the  chest,  increase  the  depth  of  respira- 
tion, quicken  the  circulation,  stimulate  the  growth  and 
force  of  the  heart,  give  tone  and  vigor  to  the  digestion 
and  facilitate  the  passage  of  a  sufficient  supply  of  oxygen 
across  the  diaphanous  walls  of  the  lungs  into  the  blood 
streams  by  which  it  is  carried  to  every  tissue  of  the  or- 
ganism and  contributes  to  the  nutrition  of  the  cells.  It  is 
beyond  question  that  through  the  agency  of  gymnastics 
the  pupils  gain  the  rugged  virtues  of  courage  and  self- 
control,  acquire  the  power  of  acting  in  concert  with 
others,  become  less  liable  to  sickness  and  grow  healthier 
and  stronger,  firmer  of  limb  and  more  fleet  of  foot,  quicker 
to  think  and  readier  to  act.  Moreover,  they  work  harder, 
apply  themselves  more  steadily  to  their  studies,  accom- 
plish more  and  are  better  prepared  to  perform  the  duties 
of  life. 

Among  the  ancient  Greeks  gymnastic  exercises  were 
employed  not  only  for  the  preservation  of  health  and  for 


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enabling  young  people  to  grow  up  vigorous,  hardy  and 
well  balanced,  but  also  in  the  cure  of  diseases.  Plato 
even  complained  that  the  teachers  of  the  palaestra  were 
altogether  too  successful  in  keeping  alive  many  feeble 
folk  that  nature  evidently  intended  should  die.  Con- 
trary to  the  views  of  the  great  philosopher,  we  have  in 
these  days  ample  cause  to  be  heartily  thankful  for  what 
the  gymnasium  does  for  the  physical,  intellectual  and 
moral  welfare  of  the  blind  by  freeing  their  bodies  of  so 
many  ills,  which  often  shorten  man's  existence  or  make 
it  miserable,  and  by  rendering  these  fitting  abodes  for 
sound,  active  and  alert  minds. 


Department  of  Manual  Training. 

That  wonderful  instrument  the  hand,  was  it  made  to  be  idle? 

— Berkeley. 

Since  the  year  1891  the  work  of  this  department  has 
ceased  to  be  confined  to  the  usual  mechanical  processes 
for  giving  the  pupils  instruction  in  several  handicrafts  or 
trades,  more  or  less  profitable  in  a  pecuniary  point  of 
view,  and  has  become  an  educational  factor  of  immense 
value. 

After  a  careful  study  of  the  matter,  manual  training 
has  been  lifted  up  to  its  rightful  place  in  the  curriculum 
of  our  school  and  has  been  made  an  integral  part  thereof 
and  not  an  adjunct  or  supplement  thereto.  It  has  been 
freed  from  all  empirical  and  incongruous  features  and  has 
assumed  a  definite  aim  or  distinct  purpose,  which  is  to 
reach  and  influence  the  mind  and  the  heart  of  the  scholars 
through  the  action  of  their  hands  and  to  touch  their  lives 
at  as  many  points  as  possible.  Its  significance  as  a  prime 
branch  of  education,  pure  and  simple,  is  thoroughly  un- 
derstood and  duly  appreciated  by  our  teachers. 


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In  estimating  the  different  forms  of  manual  training 
we  have  reached  the  conclusion  that  in  the  case  of  the 
blind  sloyd  has  positive  advantages  over  all  other  systems 
and  is  infinitely  better  adapted  to  the  needs  of  our  pupils 
than  any  of  its  rivals.  It  is  admirably  arranged  to  ex- 
ercise the  hand  and  develop  the  brain  simultaneously 
and  to  make  the  one  contribute  its  full  share  to  the  im- 
provement of  the  other.  It  promotes  the  health  and 
vigor  of  the  body,  as  well  as  the  growth  of  the  mind,  and 
stimulates  the  energy  of  the  intellect.  It  gives  flexibility 
and  strength  to  the  muscles  and  renders  them  obedient 
servants  and  efficient  ministers  of  the  will.  It  awakens 
the  power  of  concentration  in  a  greater  degree  than  most 
of  the  literary  studies  and  at  the  same  time  nurtures  the 
inventive  and  creative  or  constructive  faculties.  It  calls 
forth  organized  thinking  by  the  adaptation  of  means  to 
ends  and  acts  as  a  tonic  upon  the  mental  and  moral  ac- 
tivities. Furthermore,  it  offers  excellent  opportunities 
and  continuous  occasions  for  fostering  habits  of  patient 
industry  and  unyielding  perseverance,  of  discriminating 
observation  and  accurate  comparison,  of  order  and  ex- 
actness, of  neatness  and  cleanliness,  of  rectitude  and 
honesty. 

In  the  educational  exhibit,  which  we  have  sent  from 
this  institution  to  the  great  international  exposition  in 
Saint  Louis,  the  work  of  the  girls'  section  of  ];he  manual 
training  department  is  adequately  represented  by  a  va- 
riety of  articles  which  have  been  made  by  the  pupils  of 
the  different  classes  and  have  been  arranged  in  a  syste- 
matic way.  These  articles  form  an  interesting  collection 
and  are  accompanied  by  an  excellent  descriptive  state- 
ment, written  by  the  teachers  for  the  benefit  of  those  who 
may  be  disposed  to  examine  them  with  care.  As  this 
account  tells  concisely  but  in  an  admirable   manner  the 


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story  of  the  course  which  we  pursue  in  this  branch  of  our 
scheme  of  education,  we  give  it  here  in  full. 

Instruction  is  given  in  the  girls'  department  in  three  distinct  lines 
of  manual  training.  The  sloyd  system  is  followed  in  all  these 
branches,  namely,  knitting,  wood-work  and  sewing. 

The  course  in  knitting  is  four  years,  in  wood-sloyd  three  years 
and  in  sewing  eight  years.  The  work  in  each  line  is  graded,  but 
the  pupil  at  her  entrance  begins  them  all  and  advances  as  rapidly 
as  her  ability  permits.  With  the  exception  of  the  preparatory  work 
in  learning  stitches  and  patching,  something  useful  is  created  at  every 
step  of  the  way.  The  result  of  the  first  clumsy  attempt  in  knitting 
is  made  into  a  bag  for  rubbers;  the  tools  in  wood-sloyd  are  first 
handled  in  an  effort  to  make  a  flower-pin  or  a  ruler;  and  the  piece 
of  canvas  used  in  practising  stitches  in  sewing  is  a  pretty  mat  when 
the  work  is  finished.  So  the  pupil  produces  something  of  positive 
value  even  in  elementary  exercises. 

Training  in  knitting  is  begun  with  the  use  of  coarse  twine  and 
heavy  wooden  needles,  followed  by  finer  cord  and  bone  needles,  and 
then  by  still  finer  twine  and  steel  needles.  The  first  worsted  used 
is  eight-fold  Oermantown,  then  four-fold,  and  from  this  the  work 
grades  through  Saxony  and  Shetland  wool  to  fine  thread.  The  size 
of  the  needles  of  course  decreases  correspondingly.  Two  or  three 
articles  are  made  at  each  step  of  the  process. 

After  the  first  exercise  with  twine,  the  regular  course  begins. 
First    Year:    plain    knitting,   casting    on    and    binding    off.     The 
worsted  is  held  over  the  left  hand  in  the  German  way,  as  this 
position  gives  a  freer  and  more  even  exercise  to  both  hands. 
Second  Year:  seaming,  widening  and  narrowing. 
Third  Year:  using  finer  materials  with  both  coarse  and  fine  needles. 
The  rainbow  shawl  belongs  to  this  period  and  other  shawls 
made  with  two  kinds  of  worsted. 
Fourth  Year:  using  four  needles  and  knitting  with  thread.     Mittens, 
stockings,  some  kinds  of  infants'  socks,  and  sweaters  are  made 
at  this  time.     Crocheting  comes  in  this  last  year  of  the  course 
but  is  not  considered  so  good  an  exercise  as  knitting  because 
only  one  hand  is  actively  engaged. 
Wood-sloyd  is  given  only  to  the  younger  girls  or  to  new  pupils 
who  need  especially  to  gain  control  of  their  hands.     The  course 
usually  extends  over  the  first  three  years  of  a  girl's  training  at  South 


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Boston.  She  begins  with  a  knife  and  makes  a  flower-pin;  then  with 
a  plane  she  makes  a  ruler  and  so  on  to  tool-rack,  coat-hanger,  plant- 
stand,  corner-shelf,  paper-knife,  knife-box  and  towel-roller,  as  she  is 
learning  to  use  the  saw,  awl,  bores,  dividers,  spoke-shave,  etc.  She 
has  the  results  of  her  labor  and  may  keep  her  models  or  give  them 
away,  as  she  pleases. 

The  course  in  sewing  is  naturally  the  longest.  Pupils  can  ad- 
vance from  the  first  simple  stitches  to  the  stage  where  they  can  darn, 
patch,  draft  their  own  patterns  and  complete  common  articles  of 
dress. 

First  Year.     The  pupil  is  taught  to  make  stitches  with  heavy  worsted 

on  perforated  leather.     She  repeats  these   on  burlap-canvas. 

The  openings  in  this  material  make  it  possible  for  her  to  keep 

the  stitches  in  a  straight  line. 

Second  Year.     She  applies  her  knowledge  of  stitches  to  coarse  cloth 

by  basting  towels,  dusters,  etc. 
Third  and  Fourth  Years.     She  bastes  sheets,  hems  napkins  and  over- 
hands  pillow-cases,  puts  two  edges  together  with  different  stitches 
in  making  bags,  slipper-cases,  aprons,  over-sleeves,  etc.,  besides 
measuring  and  cutting  straight  and  curved  edges,  making  but- 
tonholes, darning  and  patching. 
Fifth  and  Sixth  Years.     She  gains  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
sewing  machine,  and  stitches  towels,  sheets,  pillow-cases,  and 
sometimes  table-cloths.     All  the  table  hnen,  sheets,  pillow-cases 
and  towels  for  the  five  cottages  of  the  girls'  department  are  made 
by  the  pupils  in  class. 
Seventh  and  Eighth  Years.     Advanced  work  in  taking  measurements, 
drafting  patterns  for  her  own  underwear,  linen  skirts,  breakfast 
jackets,  and  shirt-waists,  then  fitting  and  completing  these  gar- 
ments.    The  drafting  is  done  by  the  help  of  a  system  with  raised 
measurements  and  of  a  dress-maker's  wheel  to  take  the  place  of 
a  pencil.     The  wheel  leaves  a  line  of  perforations  that  can  be 
easily  followed  by  the  fingers. 
The  order  followed  in  the  instruction  in  these  different  subjects  is 
invariable ;  but  the  length  of  time  taken  by  individual  pupils  to  com- 
plete satisfactorily  each  step  of  the  course  depends  upon  the  capa- 
bility of  each  girl.     At  the  completion  of  this  course  the  pupil  has 
gained  skill  and  strength  in  her  hands,  and  probably  has  clearer  ideas 
of  shape  and  proportion,  a  little  keener  intelligence  and  more  self- 
reliance.     It  is  certain  that  she  finds  satisfaction  in  being  able  to  do. 


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to  a  great  extent,  what  seeing  girls  of  her  own  age  are  capable  of  ac- 
complishing in  the  line  of  repairing  and  dress-making. 

Close  observation  has  convinced  us  that  manual  train- 
ing, carried  on  in  accordance  with  rational  pedagogical 
principles,  exerts  a  powerful  influence  on  the  various  de- 
partments of  school-work.  It  is  generally  admitted  that 
pupils  who  are  occupied  with  their  tools  during  a  single 
hour  of  each  day  advance  with  more  than  ordinary  rapid- 
ity in  their  other  studies.  This  gain  is  unquestionably 
due  to  the  mental  strength  and  power  of  application, 
which  the  scholars  acquire  through  the  exercise  of  their 
hands. 

Literary  Department. 

Hunt  knowledge  as  a  lover  woos  a  maid, 
And  ever  in  the  strife  of  your  own  thoughts 
Obey  the  nobler  impulse. 

— Emerson. 

While  the  physical  and  manual  training  of  the  pupils 
has  received  due  attention,  the  improvement  of  their  in- 
tellect and  of  the  moral  side  of  their  character  has  not 
been  neglected.  On  the  contrary  the  operations  of  the 
literary  department  of  the  institution,  which  are  en- 
tirely concerned  with  the  development  of  the  brain  and 
the  cultivation  of  the  mind  and  heart  of  the  students, 
have  been  prosecuted  with  great  earnestness  and  strict 
regularity  and  have  produced  excellent  results. 

Of  recent  years  the  school  has  undergone  a  complete 
reorganization  and  has  increased  in  efficiency  and  useful- 
ness. It  has  been  supplied  with  an  adequate  equipment 
and  ample  facilities  for  comprehensive  teaching  and 
thorough  work,  and  the  methods  of  training  pursued 
herein  have  been  so  modified  and  improved  as  to  embody 
the  latest  and  most  progressive  educational  ideas.     In  all 


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these  points,  as  well  as  in  regard  to  the  zeal  and  skill  of 
the  teachers,  there  has  been  a  steady  advance  and  not 
a  single  backward  step. 

The  instruction  in  the  different  subjects  taught  in  the 
school  has  been  given  to  the  pupils  in  such  a  way  as  to 
attract  their  attention,  awaken  their  interest,  appeal  to 
their  sympathies,  foster  their  taste  for  scholarly  attain- 
ments and  discipline  their  mental  faculties.  No  efforts 
have  been  spared  on  the  part  of  the  teachers  to  lift  the 
students  out  of  themselves  and  bring  them  into  contact 
with  the  world  around  them  as  much  as  possible,  to 
supply  them  with  means  of  gaining  a  knowledge  of  living 
things,  and  not  to  chain  them  to  the  contents  of  the  text 
books,  and  to  enable  them  to  acquire  information  through 
their  own  exertions. 

The  various  branches  of  study,  which  form  part  of 
the  curriculum  of  the  school,  have  been  coordinated  in  a 
rational  manner  and  have  been  taught  with  a  proper 
conception  of  their  unity. 

Special  stress  has  been  laid  not  upon  an  accumula- 
tion of  facts,  nor  on  the  mechanical  process  of  gathering 
miscellaneous  desultory  information,  but  upon  the  in- 
crease of  the  power  of  volition  and  on  a  thorough  devel- 
opment of  the  capacity  for  observing  carefully  and  per- 
ceiving readily,  for  investigating  diligently  and  choosing 
intelligently,  for  thinking  rightly  and  judging  correctly, 
for  imagining  sanely  and  acting  efficiently.  Briefly 
speaking,  we  have  insisted  upon  opening  for  our  pupUs 
a  clear  and  wide  outlook.  The  legitimate  result  pro- 
duced by  this  course  is  an  open,  eager  and  sympathetic 
mind  with  faculties  sharpened  and  strengthened  by  ob- 
servation and  experience,  by  literary  discipline  and  scien- 
tific training. 

In  an  age  of  improvement  and  reform  like  the  present, 


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the  amendment  and  readjustment  of  our  methods  and 
processes  of  instruction  and  training  are  inevitable,  and 
we  are  obliged  to  make  changes  in  them  which  are  both 
radical  and  costly.  In  order  to  keep  up  with  the  times 
we  must  examine  carefully  all  suggestions  made  by  com- 
petent authorities  and,  guided  by  the  light  of  the  science 
of  pedagogy,  choose  that  which  seems  to  be  the  best. 
Even  the  good  must  give  place  to  the  better.  Progress 
is  the  law  of  life.  In  its  name  and  under  its  auspices 
a  great  movement  is  carried  on  in  these  days,  and  we  can- 
not afford  to  lag  behind  and  to  become  dealers  in  old 
educational  clothes  eaten  up  by  the  moths  of  empiricism. 
To  use  Lowell's  words — 


The  world  moves  onward,  and  in  time  outgrows 
The  laws  that  in  our  fathers'  davs  were  best. 


Those  of  our  graduates,  who  after  leaving  our  school 
desire  to  carry  their  education  further,  are  readily  ad- 
mitted to  the  leading  colleges  and  universities  of  New 
England  for  the  purpose  of  pursuing  higher  academic 
and  scientific  studies.  We  were  exceedingly  glad  to 
attend  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  June  last  the  grad- 
uation exercises  of  the  Boston  college  and  to  see  that 
one  of  our  former  pupils,  Mr.  Neil  Joseph  Devlin  of 
East  Boston,  occupied  a  prominent  place  among  the 
members  of  the  class  of  1904.  Aided  by  a  devoted  and 
sweet-spirited  sister,  this  young  man,  although  totally 
blind,  went  through  the  entire  collegiate  course  with 
high  honors  and  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
In  the  award  of  prizes  he  was  given  the  gold  medal  in 
geology  and  an  honorable  mention  in  psychology  and 
natural  theology.  The  tender  interest  and  delicate  feel- 
ing, which  were  invariably  manifested  toward  him  by  his 


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classmates,  were  eminently  creditable  to  themselves  and 
exceedingly  pleasing  to  him  and  to  his  friends. 

Three  changes  have  occurred  in  the  corps  of  teachers 
of  this  department.  Miss  Ethel  M.  Stickney,  who  served 
in  the  girls'  section  of  this  school  for  five  years  with  marked 
ability  and  great  assiduity,  resigned  her  situation  last 
June  and  has  since  been  married.  The  vacancy  thus 
created  was  filled  by  the  promotion  of  Miss  Helen  L. 
Smith,  who  had  proved  to  be  very  efficient  as  special 
teacher  to  Cora  Adelia  Crocker.  Miss  Eugenia  Locke 
has  succeeded  Miss  Emily  H.  Esty  who,  after  a  year's 
faithful  work,  has  decided  to  give  up  her  position  here 
in  order  to  accept  a  more  lucrative  one  elsewhere.  Mr. 
Fred  R.  Faulkner,  who  served  as  teacher  of  science  dur- 
ing the  past  twelve  months,  has  declined  a  reappoint- 
ment, and  his  place  has  been  supplied  by  the  choice  of 
Mr.  James  W.  Dyson,  a  recent  graduate  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity. 

Department  of  Music. 

Through  every  pulse  the  music  stole 
And  held  sublime  communion  with  the  soul, 
Wrung  from  the  coyest  breast  the  imprisoned  sigh, 
And  kindled  rapture  in  the  coldest  eye. 

— James  Montgomery. 

Whether  it  is  viewed  from  an  educational  or  from  an 
aesthetic  or  ethical  standpoint,  music  is  of  inestimable 
value.  It  is  one  of  the  most  important  elements  of  cult- 
ure and  one  of  the  principal  promoters  of  good  morals. 
It  is  both  the  nurse  of  the  soul  and  the  interpreter  of  its 
emotions.  It  is  the  "harmonious  voice  of  creation," — 
an  echo  of  the  ideal  world.  Like  poetry,  its  twin  sister, 
it  has  the  power  to  sway  the  feelings  and  to  spur  men  to 
lofty  deeds.  It  softens  the  heart  and  refines  the  intel- 
lect.    It  ushers  its  devotees  into  fields  of  Elysian  beauty 


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and  peace.  It  develops  the  aesthetic  taste  of  the  student 
and  ministers  to  his  enjoyment.  To  the  blind  it  is  like 
a  new  sense.  It  reveals  to  them  what  they  cannot  see 
with  the  eyes  or  grasp  with  the  hand  or  comprehend 
with  the  mind.  It  lights  up  the  path  which  reason  and 
logic  have  failed  to  illuminate. 

For  this  reason  music  holds  a  commanding  place  in 
our  school  curriculum,  and  the  institution  affords  an  un- 
surpassed combination  of  advantages  for  its  study  and 
practice.  The  work  is  carried  on  in  the  best  of  quarters 
under  the  supervision  of  a  corps  of  well-trained  and 
efficient  teachers,  in  an  atmosphere,  which  is  preemi- 
nently artistic.  The  instruction  given  to  the  pupils  in 
vocal  and  instrumental  music  is  of  the  most  thorough 
character.  Our  aim  is  to  provide  the  blind  of  New  Eng- 
land with  the  means  and  opportunities  for  that  broad 
and  substantial  musical  culture,  which  is  much  more 
than  the  mere  ability  to  sing  or  to  play  on  one  or  more 
instruments. 

The  study  of  this  art  has  been  pursued  with  marked 
zeal  and  excellent  results  during  the  past  year.  Mr. 
Edwin  L.  Gardiner,  the  head  master  of  the  boys'  section 
of  the  musical  department,  has  written  the  following 
account  of  the  work  done  by  the  pupils  under  his  direc- 
tion : — 

During  the  year  just  closed  tifty  pupils  were  enrolled  in  the  boys' 
section  of  the  music  department.  With  three  exceptions,  all  of 
these  have  practised  on  the  pianoforte;  six  have  studied  the  pipe 
organ;  ten,  the  vioHn;  three,  the  violoncello;  and  one,  the  contra- 
bass. Of  those  who  paid  special  attention  to  the  wind  instruments, 
two  played  the  flute;  two,  the  oboe;  six,  the  clarinet;  two,  the  bas- 
soon; four,  the  French  horn;  four,  the  cornet;  and  one,  the  trom- 
bone.    One  pupil  received  instruction  in  playing  the  tympani. 

The  class  in  singing  had  ten  members,  all  of  whom  received  pri- 
vate lessons,  and  the  chorus  work  of  these  pupils  was  fairly  good. 


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Four  classes  have  studied  the  theory  of  music.  Two  of  these 
were  composed  of  beginners  who  wxre  occupied  with  the  study 
of  acoustics,  musical  rhythms,  tempo  marks  and  accents.  The  other 
classes  consisted  of  more  advanced  students  who  studied  musical 
form  and  analysis.  Twenty-two  pupils  had  special  lessons  in  the 
study  of  harmony,  and  their  work  was,  as  a  whole,  very  creditable. 

The  regular  Monday  evening  musical  readings  were  continued 
throughout  the  year,  the  addition  to  our  library  of  several  new  and 
valuable  books  serving  to  increase  the  interest  of  the  pupils  in  these 
readings. 

Our  orchestra  made  good  progress  and  added  a  number  of  clas- 
sical pieces  to  its  repertory.  The  list  of  the  composers  whose  works 
we  have  studied  this  year  contains  the  names  of  Beethoven,  Boc- 
cherini,  Godard,  Haydn,  Mendelssohn,  Mozart  and  Reinecke. 

We  have  given  much  time  to  the  stereotyping  of  music  in  the 
Braille  system,  and  there  have  been  more  than  one  hundred  pieces 
added  to  our  collection  during  the  year.  In  this  number  are  in- 
cluded important  works  by  Beethoven,  Chopin,  Franz,  Mendelssohn, 
Schubert  and  Schumann.  We  think  that  our  list  of  songs  will  be 
found  timely  and  of  especial  excellence. 

The  following  account,  written  by  Miss  Lila  P.  Cole, 
the  head  teacher  in  the  girls'  section  of  the  music  depart- 
ment, tells  the  story  of  the  w^ork  which  has  been  accom- 
plished under  her  supervision: — 

During  the  past  year  there  have  been  fifty-five  pupils  in  the  girls' 
section  of  the  music  department.  All  of  these  have  received  in- 
struction in  playing  on  the  pianoforte;  eight,  on  the  violin;  one,  on 
the  violoncello;  and  one,  on  the  pipe  organ.  Eight  have  taken  les- 
sons in  singing. 

A  number  of  pupils  have  studied  harmony  and  the  history  of 
music.  These  have  received  fundamental  training,  and  the  work 
done  has  been  generally  satisfactory. 

In  the  violin  class  great  improvement  has  been  made.  The 
ensemble  practice  twice  a  week  has  been  very  helpful,  and  the  girls 
have  been  able  to  learn  many  interesting  compositions  for  strings. 

The  chorus,  being  smaller  than  formerly,  did  not  accomplish 
all  that  was  desired.  We  hope,  however,  by  forming  a  class  of 
younger  pupils  during  the  coming  term,  to  increase  the  member- 
ship in  a  short  time. 


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On  one  evening  of  each  week  the  girls  have  assembled  to  listen 
to  readings  relating  to  music.  These  consist  usually  of  biography, 
reminiscences,  criticisms  of  performances  and  current  topics  of  in- 
terest from  magazines  and  newspapers. 

The  monthly  recitals  have  been  given  regularly  before  the  school, 
and  in  these  all  the  pupils  have  taken  part. 

On  the  whole  the  results  of  the  year's  work  have  been  very  satis- 
factory, the  pupils  for  the  most  part  having  applied  themselves  earn- 
estly and  faithfully. 

Great  improvements  have  been  made  in  recent  years 
in  this  department  both  as  to  equipment  and  methods  of 
teaching.  Never  before  in  its  history  has  it  stood  as  well 
as  it  does  now,  nor  has  it  ever  been  in  such  a  fine  condi- 
tion as  at  the  present  time.  It  is  conducted  in  a  systematic 
and  business-like  way,  and  its  work  has  attained  an  un- 
precedented degree  of  excellence  in  all  the  branches  of 
study  included  in  its  curriculum,  but  most  especially  in 
that  of  ensemble  playing,  which  is  the  surest  test  and  the 
most  convincing  proof  of  high  achievement. 

In  corroboration  of  this  statement  we  adduce  the 
written  testimony  of  one  of  the  ablest  musicians  and 
best-known  critics  of  this  city.  Prof.  Louis  C.  Elson, 
of  the  New  England  conservatory,  was  so  good  as  to 
attend  our  graduation  exercises  at  the  Boston  Theatre 
on  the  seventh  of  June  last,  and  on  the  following  day 
he  published  in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser  over  his 
signature  a  fair  and  very  discriminating  criticism  of  the 
performances  of  our  orchestra.  This  account  we  take 
very  great  pleasure  in  reprinting  in  full  with  grateful 
acknowledgments  of  the  kind  interest  shown  by  its  dis- 
tinguished author  in  our  school.  Here  is  Prof.  Elson's 
article. 

PERKINS    INSTITUTE    ORCHESTRA. 

The  exhibition  of  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind,  at  the  Bos- 
ton Theatre  yesterday  afternoon,  was  a  marvellous  display  of  what 


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education  can  do  even  when  handicapped  by  the  loss  of  an  impor- 
tant sense.  Mr.  Anagnos  and  his  corps  of  assistants  have  accom- 
pHshed  wonders  in  many  directions,  but  nothing  made  a  greater 
impression  upon  the  present  writer  than  the  performance  of  the  or- 
chestra of  the  institution,  composed  entirely  of  blind  pupils. 

An  orchestra  of  blind  musicians  performing  classical  music  might 
seem  to  be  an  impossibility,  but  it  exists,  and  gave  good  evidence 
of  its  existence  in  the  exercises  of  yesterday.  It  played  the  finale 
of  a  Haydn  symphony  with  smoothness  and  precision,  the  ensemble 
being  more  affected  by  the  composition  of  the  orchestra  than  by  the 
lack  of  sight  on  the  part  of  the  performers. 

We  suggested,  at  the  first  appearance  of  the  band,  last  year,  that 
the  bass  parts  should  be  strengthened,  and  we  are  glad  to  see  that 
this  has  in  some  degree  been  accomplished.  But  a  still  further 
addition  to  the  lower  parts  would  be  advantageous.  There  is  an- 
other make-shift  in  the  orchestra,  which  seems  unavoidable  for  the 
present — the  substitution  of  bass-clarinettes  for  bassoons.  But 
spite  of  these  points,  the  performance  was  a  worthy  and  creditable 
one. 

The  orchestra  has  both  male  and  female  members,  and  consists 
of  6  first  violins,  5  second  violins,  3  violas,  4  violoncellos,  2  contra- 
basses, 2  flutes,  2  oboes,  2  clarinettes,  2  bass-clarinettes,  3  horns, 
2  trumpets  and  a  pair  of  tympani.  The  following  repertoire  has 
been  studied  up  to  date: — 

Scherzo  from  symphony  No.  2;  Minuet  from  Septet,  Op.  20  .    .  Beethoven 

Minuet  in  A  (strings) ;  Minuet  in  A  No.  2  (strings) Boccherini 

Symphony  in  C,  first  movement Dittersdorf 

Anitra's  Tanz  (strings);  Gavotte  from  "Holberg"  suite  ....  Grieg 

Mihtary  symphony;  Symphony  No.  2  in  D,  3  movements   .    .    .  Haydn 

Serenade  Op.  65,  strings  and  flute        H.  Hofmann 

Capriccio,  Op.  22,  pianoforte  and  orchestra;  Notturno-Sommer- 

nachtstraum,  Op.  61 Mendelssohn 

Andante  and  minuet  from  E  flat  symphony;  Minuet  from  "  Jupi- 
ter" symphony;  Minuet  from  symphony  in  G  minor;  Di- 
vertimento in  D,  first  movement Mozart 

Idylle,  from  5  "Tonbilder" Reinecke 

Pieces  prepared  for  study  next  season: — 

Andante  con  moto,  from  symphony  No.  i;  Scherzo  from  sym- 
phony No.  4 Beethoven 

Symphony  No.  5  in  D,  first  movement;  Symphony  No.  13,  largo.  Haydn 

Andante,  from  concerto  for  violin Mendelssohn 

Unfinished  symphony Schubert 


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Such  an  achievement  on  the  part  of  blind  musicians  is  well  worth 
chronicling,  and  Boston  may  well  be  proud  of  having  added  such 
a  leaf  to  her  musical  crown  of  laurels. 

Naturally,  with  this  orchestra,  the  conductor  works  in  a  different 
manner  from  the  ordinary  system.  Mr.  Edwin  L.  Gardiner,  who 
has  formed  this  orchestra,  has  the  orchestral  parts  printed  in  the 
Braille  point  system,  which  is  more  easily  followed  by  the  blind 
than  the  note  system  would  be.  ISIr.  Gardiner  directs  the  orchestra, 
standing  in  the  rear  of  the  musicians,  so  that  the  sound  of  his  tapping 
cannot  reach  the  audience.  With  his  baton  he  gently  raps  out  the 
speed  and  then  gives  a  couple  of  taps  as  a  signal  to  begin.  During 
the  performance  he  indicates  changes  of  tempo  by  this  tapping, 
which,  although  heard  by  the  keen-eared  musicians,  is  not  in  the 
least  audible  in  the  auditorium. 

There  has  been  a  great  advance  of  musical  activity  in  the  higher 
branches  since  the  Braille  point  system  has  been  adapted  to  nota- 
tion. Nevertheless  the  blind  musicians  are  taught,  even  in  the 
musical  kindergarten  (which  also  was  heard  in  the  programme), 
the  shape  and  meaning  of  the  regular  musical  notation,  so  that  the 
music  teachers  of  the  institution  need  not  be  hampered  in  subse- 
quent explanations  given  to  pupils  who  are  to  be  trained  in  the 
regular  way. 

It  is  pleasant  to  be  able  to  chronicle  the  fact  that  this  foremost 
blind  orchestra  of  America  is  advancing  rapidly,  and  that  loss  of 
sight  need  henceforth  be  no  bar  to  the  performance  of  large  con- 
certed works  of  moderate  difficulty.  The  orchestra  won  much  ap- 
plause at  each  appearance  yesterday,  and  deserves  the  attention 
not  only  of  musical  critics  but  of  all  those  who  are  interested  in  the 
advance  of  education. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  for  us  to  state  in  this  connection 
that,  with  the  exception  of  the  Institution  Nationale 
des  jeunes  Aveugles  in  Paris,  no  other  school  for  the  blind 
either  on  the  continent  of  Europe  or  in  this  country  has 
organized  an  orchestra  equal  in  completeness  to  ours. 
Nor  have  in  this  particular  direction  any  serious  at- 
tempts ever  been  made  either  in  London  or  in  any  other 
part  of  Great  Britain. 


7i 

Our  collection  of  wind  and  stringed  instruments  of  dif- 
ferent kinds  has  been  enriched  by  new  and  valuable 
additions,  and  no  efforts  have  been  spared  on  our  part 
to  secure  the  services  of  able  and  competent  instructors 
and  to  supply  the  means  which  are  required  for  the  per- 
formance of  the  work  of  this  department  in  the  best  pos- 
sible manner.  Thus  the  facilities  and  resources  for  the 
study  and  practice  of  the  various  branches  of  music, 
with  which  the  blind  of  New  England  are  amply  pro- 
vided at  the  institution,  are  unsurpassed  elsewhere  and 
form  one  of  the  most  important  factors  in  our  system  of 
education. 

But  great  and  significant  as  are  the  unusual  advan- 
tages which  are  afforded  by  the  school,  they  are  supple- 
mented and  rendered  even  more  fruitful  by  a  series 
of  others,  which  do  not  form  a  part  of  our  own  curric- 
ulum in  the  strictest  sense  of  the  word,  since  they  come 
to  us  through  the  generosity  of  persons  not  connected 
with  the  institution.  Thanks  to  the  unfailing  kindness 
of  many  thoughtful  and  loyal  friends  of  the  school,  our 
pupils  have  been  invited  to  attend  a  large  number  of 
the  excellent  concerts  and  recitals,  for  which  Boston  is 
so  famous  and  in  which  the  masterpieces  of  world-re- 
nowned composers  are  exquisitely  interpreted  by  emi- 
nent artists  and  by  orchestras  and  choruses  of  perfect 
organization  and  thorough  training.  We  can  hardly 
overrate  the  importance  of  these  precious  opportunities. 
Whether  they  are  considered  from  an  educational  or  from 
an  artistic  point  of  view,  they  are  of  inestimable  worth 
to  our  scholars.  They  open  to  these  a  broad  field  of 
aesthetic  refinement  and  musical  culture,  which  can  be 
secured  in  no  other  way.  They  enable  them  to  perceive 
and  judge  what  is  fine  and  inspiring  in  art,  to  gain  a  taste 
for  purely  classical  works  and  a  dislike  for  mere  sensa- 


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tional  compositions,  to  enlarge  the  sphere  of  their  tonal 
perceptions  and  to  improve  and  sharpen  their  critical 
acumen.  Finally,  by  the  aid  of  these  opportunities  our 
advanced  students  are  uplifted  to  the  higher  spheres 
of  melody  and  harmony  and  led  into  the  domain  of  the 
true  and  the  beautiful  so  far  as  this  can  be  depicted  by 
means  of  sound.  These  rare  privileges,  as  well  as  the 
concerts,  lectures  and  other  entertainments  given  in  our 
own  hall  by  musicians  and  literary  people  of  high  stand- 
ing in  the  community,  are  eagerly  sought,  heartily  en- 
joyed and  immensely  valued  by  our  scholars  and  teachers. 
In  recognition  of  these  benefits  we  desire  to  express  our 
deep  sense  of  gratitude  to  the  liberal  friends  and  con- 
stant benefactors  of  the  blind,  to  whom  we  are  indebted 
for  them  and  whose  names  are  recorded  in  the  portion 
of  this  report  devoted  to  acknowledgments. 

Tuning  Department. 

Tuned  in  the  self-same  key. 

— Shakespeare. 

The  art  of  tuning  and  repairing  pianofortes  stands 
first  on  the  list  of  the  handicrafts,  which  are  still  avail- 
able to  the  blind  and  yield  a  fair  remuneration  to  them. 
It  gives  them  favorable  opportunities  for  coming  in  con- 
tact with  intelligent  and  refined  people  and  at  the  same 
time  brings  to  them  greater  returns  for  their  labor  than 
any  other  calling  now  open  to  them.  Indeed,  there  is 
nothing  in  the  line  of  manual  occupations,  which  is  su- 
perior or  equal  to  it  either  in  a  financial  or  in  a  social 
point  of  view. 

In  consideration  of  these  facts  our  school  pays  even 
more  attention  to  this  art  than  it  has  in  the  past,  and  the 
department  devoted  to  its  study  and  practice  is  provided 
with  ample  accommodations  and  uncommon  facilities. 


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During  the  past  year  twenty-five  pupils  have  received 
instruction  in  tuning.  The  degree  of  progress  achieved 
by  each  of  them  has  been  proportionate  to  his  natural 
ability  and  to  the  number  of  hours  which  he  has  devoted 
€very  day  to  this  work. 

The  course  of  instruction  and  training  pursued  in  this 
department  is  comprehensive  in  its  scope,  scientific  in 
its  methods  and  systematic  in  its  arrangements.  It  com- 
prises the  study  of  pitch  and  the  relation  of  intervals, 
together  with  their  application  in  tuning;  regular  exer- 
cise of  the  ear  in  order  to  render  it  keen  and  capable 
of  receiving  and  distinguishing  tones  accurately,  and 
musical  acoustics,  embracing  the  theory  of  scales,  har- 
monics, beats  and  temperaments.  It  aims  to  give  an 
accurate  knowledge  of  the  structure  of  the  temperaments; 
perfect  familiarity  with  the  construction  of  the  piano- 
forte in  general  and  with  the  specific  function  of  each 
of  its  parts  in  particular;  a  thorough  drill  in  repairing 
and  adjusting  the  intricate  mechanism  of  the  action 
of  an  instrument,  and  absolute  mastery  of  the  method  of 
attaching  or  placing  strings  and  of  setting  up  and  regu- 
lating an  action.  Moreover,  the  scholars  who  desire 
to  take  up  tuning  and  appear  to  have  a  natural  inclina- 
tion for  it  are  required  to  be  well  grounded  in  the  philos- 
ophy of  sound  and  in  the  elements  of  the  theory  of  music. 
For  the  proper  study  of  these  important  branches  ample 
provision  is  made  in  the  departments  of  science  and  music. 

The  work  of  making  ordinary  repairs  on  pianofortes 
of  various  kinds  has  been  prosecuted  with  great  earnest- 
ness and  efficiency.  Under  the  untiring  guidance  of 
their  able  master,  Mr.  George  E.  Hart,  the  apprentices 
have  restrung  one  pianoforte  throughout  and  have  over- 
hauled several  others  and  put  them  in  good  condition. 
Experience  of  this  sort  is  especially  helpful  to  them.     It 


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broadens  their  technical  knowledge,  increases  their  me- 
chanical skill  and  strengthens  their  confidence  in  their 
own  ability  to  overcome  the  difiiculties  which  they  may 
meet  in  the  practice  of  their  art.  The  time  which  these 
young  men  spend  in  studying  the  mechanism  of  piano- 
fortes in  its  different  forms  and  in  learning  to  make  re- 
pairs proves  to  be  a  period  of  beneficent  recreation  to 
them,  when  the  sense  of  hearing  obtains  a  rest  from  the 
arduous  calls  upon  it,  incident  to  this  profession,  and  the 
other  faculties  are  brought  into  action. 

Those  students,  who  go  through  the  full  course  of 
instruction  and  training  and  receive  a  certificate  of  com- 
petence and  blameless  character,  are  well^  fitted  to  do 
good  work  and  capable  of  competing  on  almost  equal 
terms  with  their  fellow  craftsmen  whose  visual  sense  is 
not  impaired. 

The  pianofortes  used  in  the  public  schools  of  Boston, 
250  in  number,  are  still  entrusted  to  the  care  of  our  tun- 
ing department  and  receive  the  best  possible  attention. 
They  are  examined,  tuned  and  cleaned  at  regular  inter- 
vals, and  the  condition  in  which  they  are  kept  is  so  ex- 
cellent as  to  elicit  the  unqualified  approval  of  the  officials 
of  the  school  board  and  the  hearty  commendation  of  the 
teachers.  We  have  recently  entered  into  agreement 
with  another  city,  whereby  we  have  assumed  the  respon- 
sibility of  keeping  the  pianofortes  used  in  its  public  schools 
in  good  working  order  at  a  reasonable  cost.  Further- 
more the  work  of  our  tuners  is  emphatically  endorsed 
by  a  large  number  of  intelligent  and  highly  esteemed 
persons,  who  have  given  it  a  fair  trial  and  who  speak 
of  it  in  most  favorable  terms. 

We  earnestly  hope  that  many  new  names  will  soon  be 
added  to  the  list  of  our  patrons. 


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Entertainment  on  Washington's  Birthday. 

For  this  chill  season  now  again 

Brings,  in  its  annual  round,  the  morn 

When,  greatest  of  the  sons  of  men. 
Our  glorious  Washington  was  born. 

— Bryant. 

Although  the  goal  of  the  ambitions  of  the  young  sight- 
less actors,  pupils  of  the  Perkins  Institution,  who  have 
put  upon  the  stage  several  admirable  performances  in 
the  past,  has  been  far  in  advance  of  their  most  arduous 
attempts  in  this  direction,  it  would  seem  as  if  the  con- 
summation must  have  been  reached  with  the  presenta- 
tion of  the  entire  play  of  Shakespeare's  As  You  Like  It, 
given  on  the  afternoon  of  Washington's  birthday  by  the 
boys'  department  of  the  school. 

The  renovated  and  beautiful  hall,  with  its  commodious 
auditorium,  its  ample  and  well-arranged  stage  and  ante- 
rooms and  its  increased  facilities  for  lighting,  formed 
an  excellent  setting  for  the  play,  and  additional  improve- 
ments appeared  in  the  stationary  wings  upon  the  stage, 
which  made  the  entrances  and  exits  of  the  actors  more 
convenient  than  before. 

Although  the  weather  was  inclement  an  audience  of 
goodly  size  was  seated  in  the  hall  when,  at  three  o'clock, 
trumpet  calls  heralded  the  approach  of  the  mediaeval 
sentinels  who,  up  to  this  point,  had  guarded  the  entrance 
but  who  now  marched  forward  and  took  up  their  posi- 
tions at  either  side  of  the  stage.  A  second  trumpet  call 
in  the  distance  gave  the  signal  for  the  raising  of  the  cur- 
tain, disclosing  the  stage  with  its  plain  wings  and  simple 
setting,  for  the  comedy  was  given  in  Elizabethan  style, 
without  the  distractions  of  scenery  or  elaborate  proper- 
ties. Scene  followed  scene  and  act  succeeded  act  without 
intermission,  save  that  at  the  end  of  the  second  act  the 


7« 

lowering  of  the  curtain  offered  a  few  minutes'  respite 
to  the  participants  and  afforded  an  opportunity  for  a 
brief  explanation  of  the  motives  of  the  actors  and  the 
results  which  they  had  been  able  to  achieve.  The  few 
necessary  articles  of  furniture  upon  the  stage  were  placed 
in  position  and  removed  by  two  "blue-coat  boys"  who 
served  as  attendants.  The  costumes,  which  were  well 
chosen  in  accordance  with  stage  tradition,  were  furnished 
by  Raymond,  and  as  displayed  against  a  sombre  back- 
ground served  to  brighten  the  stage  and  to  add  a  touch 
of  realism  to  the  acting  of  the  boys. 

The  assignment  of  the  parts  was  as  follows : — 

The  Duke, Charles  H.  Amadon. 

Duke  Frederick, Richard  Barnard. 

Amiens, Lyman  K.  Harvey. 

Jaques,      William  T.  Clenon. 

Oliver, Edward  Bradley. 

Orlando, Barnard  Levin. 

Adam, Frederick  V.  Walsh. 

Charles, William  E.  Robenson. 

Jaques  de  Boys, Edward  Ray. 

William, Patrick  Osborne. 

Touchstone, Everett  Davison. 

Dennis,     Frank  Ransom. 

Silvius,     Frank  Nilson. 

Corin, Edwin  Stuart. 

Rosalind, Frederick  Carney. 

Celia, Joseph  Bartlett. 

Phcehe, Edward  Ryan. 

Audrey, Alfred  Heroux. 

Hymen, Francis  Diamond. 

Heralds, Wilbur  Dodge  and  Harry  Rand, 

Guards, Charles  Stamp,  Henry  Van  Vliet. 

James  Cunningham  and  John  Wetherell. 

Courtiers,      Frederick  Viggers  and  Charles  Black. 

Foresters, William  Walsh,  Wilbur  Dodge, 

Richard  Barnard,  Edward  Bradley, 
Edward  Ryan  and  Alfred  Heroux. 


";aS   you;  like   it."— ;Act1I.     Scenes. 


'AS   YOU   LIKE   IT."— Act  V.     Closing  Scene. 


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It  may  truly  be  said  that  on  no  previous  occasion  in 
the  histrionic  annals  of  the  school  have  the  characters  been 
more  admirably  taken.  The  principal  actors  did  splen- 
did work,  but  so  too  did  those  who  assumed  the  minor 
parts. 

The  scenes  between  Rosalind  and  Celia,  and  Rosalind 
and  Orlando,  were  particularly  pleasing;  the  quarrel 
between  Orlando  and  Oliver  was  most  real  in  its  inten- 
sity; Touchstone  enlivened  the  stage  throughout  with 
his  jests  and  antics  and,  with  Audrey  and  William,  caused 
much  merriment  among  the  audience;  the  melancholy 
Jaques  sustained  weir  his  character;  the  wrestling  match 
between  Orlando  and  Charles  was  conducted  with  a 
vigor  and  determination  which  held  all  entranced,  and 
awakened  grave  doubts  as  to  the  outcome  of  the  contest; 
old  Adam,  following  with  tottering  steps  his  master's 
fortunes  in  the  forest,  added  a  true  note  of  deep  pathos. 
But  these  are  only  a  few  of  the  noteworthy  features  of 
the  performance  where  all  was  most  deserving  of  the 
commendation  which  it  received.  The  boys  showed 
a  fine  appreciation  of  Shakespeare's  lines  and  presented 
an  excellent  conception  of  their  roles.  They  were  '' letter 
perfect";  and  not  a  moment's  delay  or  an  error  of  any 
kind-  marred  the  superior  quality  of  the  performance 
which  proceeded  smoothly  and  gracefully  from  begin- 
ning to  end. 

The  three  songs  of  the  foresters  were  sung  with  fine 
spirit  and  rang  forth  so  sonorously  and  so  melodiously 
that  they  were  warmly  applauded  by  the  audience  and 
won  a  hearty  encore. 

Great  credit  for  the  excellence  of  the  entertainment 
is  due  to  the  pupils  themselves,  to  Miss  J.  L.  Langworthy 
and  Mr.  Caswell,  the  instructors  who  drilled  them  in 
their  parts,  and  to  all  the  teachers  and  officers  who  will- 


So 

ingly  and  cheerfully  contributed  in  greater  or  less  degree 
to  the  success  of  the  undertaking.  The  financial  profits 
were  gladly  added  to  the  much-needed  funds  for  the 
kindergarten  department  at  Jamaica  Plain,  but  the  in- 
trinsic value  of  these  eftorts  in  dramatic  portrayal  to  the 
young  actors  themselves  cannot  be  over-estimated.  They 
are  thus,  and  only  thus,  permitted  to  appreciate  and 
enjoy  a  form  of  art,  which  must  otherwise  be  shut  out 
from  their  comprehension  by  their  great  deprivation,  the 
loss  of  sight,  but  which  through  this  means  becomes  an 
added  factor  in  the  development  of  their  aesthetic  nature. 
The  presentation  of  one  of  Shakespeare's  plays  must 
tend  also  to  promote  the  love  of  poetry  and  rhythm. 

At  the  close  of  the  performance  the  president  of  the 
boys'  society,  the  Howe  Memorial  Club,  thanked  the 
audience  in  a  few  well-chosen  words  for  having  braved 
the  elements  in  order  to  attend  the  entertainment  and 
announced  the  intended  repetition  of  the  play  for  the 
benefit  of  their  organization  on  the  13th  of  the  following 
April. 

The  entertainment  was  widely  noticed  and  unstintedly 
praised  by  the  press  in  a  general  way,  whUe  three  of  the 
leading  newspapers  of  New  England,  the  Evening  Tran- 
script, the  Boston  Herald  and  the  Spring-field  Republi- 
can paid  special  attention  to  it.  They  published  most 
favorable  analytical  criticisms  of  the  performance,  pre- 
pared by  such  experienced  judges  and  eminent  authors 
as  Mr.  Edward  H.  Clement,  Rev.  Francis  Tiffany  and 
Mr.  Frank  B.  Sanborn.  These  gentlemen  are  most  ac- 
complished scholars  and  life-long  students  of  the  dra- 
matic art  and  they  speak  with  absolute  authority  about 
it.  Hence  the  accounts  written  by  them  with  great  fair- 
ness and  unquestionable  discrimination,  besides  being 
exceedingly   encouraging   to   our   pupils   and   peculiarly 


8i 

gratifying  to  their  instructors,  are  so  instructive  and  of 
such  an  absorbing  general  interest,  that  we  cannot  re- 
frain from  reprinting  them  here. 

From  the  article  published  in  the  Evening  Transcript 
on  the  24th  of  February  and  written  by  its  editor  in  chief, 
Mr.  Clement,  we  quote  as  follows: — ■ 

Washington's  birthday  is  so  often  spattered  with  snow  or  sleet 
or  slush  that  out-of-door  celebration  is  impossible.  Hence  we 
test  in  it  what  can  be  done  in  the  way  of  patriotic  commemoration 
without  detonating  explosions,  without  processions  in  the  streets, 
and  without  even  holiday  trips  to  the  country.  We  are  forced  to 
fall  back  upon  the  intellectual  and  spiritual  elements,  although  the 
spirituous  may  also  enter  in  by  the  way  of  one  of  those  early  big 
dinners  such  as  make  Thanksgiving  and  Christmas.  If  there  is 
any  atmosphere  of  idealism  about  one,  any  receptivity  whatever 
for  general  ideas,  any  patriotism,  aside  from  mere  party  zeal,  rooted 
in  the  past  of  our  country  and  our  ancestry,  W^ashington's  birthday 
should  bring  them  into  full  bearing. 

It  takes  our  so-called  "foreigners,"  however,  to  appreciate  nowa- 
days Washington  and  Lincoln  and  what  America  stands  for  after 
the  fashion  of  "Liberty  Enlightening  the  W^orld."  There  is  no  more 
fervent  American  patriot,  for  example,  among  the  native  born,  and 
few  to  match  him  in  that  regard,  than  that  youthful  companion 
and  protege  of  Dr.  Howe's,  his  only  successor  at  the  Perkins  Insti- 
tution in  South  Boston.  It  is  long  since  Mr.  Anagnos  made  Wash- 
ington's birthday  the  great  saint 's-day  at  this  institution,  and  one 
always  looks  for  something  significant  on  this  red-letter  day  there. 
This  year  it  was  a  pious  and  worthy  production  of  that  Shakes- 
pearean gem  of  Enghsh  literature,  "As  You  Like  It,"  by  the  elder 
youth  of  the  college,  for  college  Perkins  virtually  is  to  the  blind. 
Here  were  young  men  who  had  never  seen  a  play,  or  a  picture  even, 
taking  all  the  parts  of  the  play  that  is  redolent  with  traditions  of 
great  artists  of  both  sexes  and  rich  in  the  peculiar  fragrance  of  Shakes- 
peare's wit,  fancy  and  beauty.  Even  the  wrestling  scene  was  con- 
ducted with  immense  spirit,  but  who  wonders  at  that  after  seeing  the 
gymnasium  at  Perkins?  That  the  rendering  was  intelligent  goes 
without  saying;  also  that  it  was  tasteful  in  artistic  costuming,  and 
as  for  the  incidental  music,  music  has  always  been  the  Perkins  Insti- 
tution's strongest  point. 


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But  what  leads  us  to  think  of  this  as  a  characteristic  and  fitting 
form  of  celebration  for  the  day  was  the  little  speech  of  ■Sir.  Anag- 
nos,  between  the  acts,  wherein  he  said,  speaking  as  one  especially 
proud  of  the  achievements  of  Greece,  that  the  drama  was  the  thing 
to  combine  all  the  best  of  teachings  of  patriotism,  of  morality  and 
of  humanity,  as  well  as  of  letters  and  the  arts.  Standing  in  front 
of  the  new  drop  curtain  of  the  enlarged  theatre  of  the  institution, 
with  his  strong  head  outlined  against  the  pictured  heights  of  the 
Acropolis,  he  had  right  to  speak  of  the  drama  as  the  mightiest  of 
social  engines  when  rightly  used.  In  open-air  amphitheatres,  in  the 
ranks  of  seats  on  the  slopes  of  the  hill  represented  in  the  picture 
at  his  back,  were  given  to  the  world,  for  the  entertainment  of  the 
Athenian  public,  those  •  master-pieces  embodying  in  the  vernacular 
messages  of  morals  and  religion  the  loftiest  and  purest  known  to 
the  world  of  their  day,  and  in  impressiveness  and  beauty,  in  pathos 
and  in  searching  power,  never  since  that  ancient  day  surpassed 
or  even  equalled  for  solemn  artistic  effect.  One  could  easily,  under 
the  circumstances,  agree  with  Mr.  Anagnos  that  such  ennobling, 
enlarging  and  uplifting  tasks  as  the  reproduction  of  our  own  mother- 
tongue's  cla.ssics  would  be  the  best  of  all  celebrations,  by  which  race- 
honor  and  national  piety  could  be  cultivated. 

From  the  Sunday  Herald  of  the  28th  of  February, 
1904,  we  reprint  in  full  the  following  editorial  article, 
written  by  the  facile  pen  of  the  Rev.  Francis  Tiffany : — 

ACTING   IN    A   DARK   C^VE. 

Few  parlor  amusements  set  on  more  riotous  laughter  than,  in 
a  brilliantly  lighted  room,  a  game  of  blind  man's  bufif.  With  a 
handkerchief  so  tightly  bound  round  his  eyes  as  to  shut  him  up 
in  total  darkness,  the  actor-in-chief  finds  himself  beset  by  a  dozen 
or  more  lively  young  girls  and  young  fellows,  each  eager  to  give 
him  a  light  buff  or  buffet  and  then  to  slip  away  before  the  semi- 
helpless  victim  can  know  who  touched  him.  Once  he  can  lay  so 
much  as  the  tip  of  a  linger  on  his  assailant,  the  unhappy  offender, 
girl  or  spry  young  chap,  has  to  surrender  unconditionally  and  then 
take  a  turn  at  being  blindfolded  and  fooled  with  himself. 

All  this  is  pretty  much  the  same  lively  spectacle  to  witness  as 
would  be  the  desperate  chances  of  an  individual  eyeless  fish  just 
escaped  from  the  Mammoth  Cave  in  Kentucky  into^a^river  where 


S3 

he  finds  himself  suddenly  exposed  to  the  attacks  of  a  swarm  of  perch 
or  pike,  each  fitted  out  with  a  pair  of  the  sharpest  of  eyes,  only  that 
the  odds  in  favor  of  the  Mammoth  Cave  fish  are  far  greater,  seeing 
that  he  has  enjoyed  the  advantage  of  age-long  education  in  a  geologic 
"Perkins  Asylum  for  the  Blind,"  where  he  has  been  taught  how  to 
handle  himself,  flipper  and  fin,  in  the  pitchiest  of  pitch-black  dark- 
ness. Indeed,  it  would  hardly  do  to  risk  one's  money  too  rashly 
on  the  question  of  which  of  the  two  parties  will  whip,  so  many  dodges 
in  the  way  of  availing  himself  of  his  other  senses  is  the  sightless  fish 
up  to. 

Reflections  like  these  came  very  natural  to  all  who  were  favored 
on  the  afternoon  of  Washington's  birthday  last  Monday  to  witness 
the  performance  at  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind  in  South 
Boston  of  Shakespeare's  play  of  "As  You  Like  It."  There — though 
in  an  infinitely  more  serious  and  even  pathetic  sense— was  the  whole 
game  of  blind  man's  buff  enacted  over  again;  that  is,  there  were  the 
performers  shut  up  to  total  darkness,  and  there  the  spectators 
sitting  in  the  full  light  of  day.  It  required  a  strenuous  effort  of 
imagination  to  take  in  the  actual  situation.  There  on  the  stage 
was  the  exciting  play  going  on — Orlando,  Rosalind,  Touchstone, 
Audrey  and  Jaques  making  one  laugh  or  cry  as  the  plot  thickened — 
and  there  on  the  benches  sat  the  frequent-applauding  audience. 
Was  it  possible  to  take  it  in  that  up  there  on  the  stage  boards  reigned 
midnight  darkness,  on  which  no  glaze  of  glaring  footlights  could 
fling  the  faintest  ray,  while  below  on  the  seats  and  in  the  broad  glare 
of  day  were  visible  each  flower  in  the  bonnets  and  each  smile  on 
the  faces  of  the  responsive  audience,  enjoying  every  feature  of  the 
play  enacted  in  that  blind  cave?  The  full  blaze  of  the  sun  on  one 
side  of  the  moon,  total  darkness  of  eclipse  on  the  other — no  more 
impressive  an  astronomical  conception  to  grasp,  the  one  than  the 
other! 

Yet  how  admirably  well  did  the  blind  actors  acquit  themselves. 
They  were  some  twenty  or  thirty  in  all,  and,  it  is  to  be  remembered, 
entirely  amateurs.  Rarely,  however,  does  one  see  a  troupe  of  ama- 
teurs averaging  so  well  in  evenness  of  playing,  so  up  to  everything 
that  goes  under  the  name  of  the  "business"  of  a  play,  so  perfect 
in  memorizing,  so  skilful  in  effective  grouping  and  in  exits  and  en- 
trances. Indeed,  in  the  purity  of  their  English,  in  intelligent  ap- 
preciation of  the  force  of  every  word,  in  making  it  carry  to  the  far- 
thest end  of  the  hall,  in  swiftness  and  assurance  of  unflagging  pace 


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through  scene  after  scene,  it  would  be  the  rarest  thing  to  encounter 
any  company  of  simple  amateurs  whose  sight  would  enable  them  to 
average  throughout  as  well  as  these  sightless  ones.  The  rendering 
of  Touchstone  and  Audrey — not  to  speak  of  other  parts — would 
have  brought  down  again  and  again  the  audience  of  any  theatre  in 
Boston. 

The  play  of  "As  You  Like  It"  is  one  of  such  quick-shifting  va- 
riety of  situations  that  every  kindly-natured  spectator  would  stand 
ready  with  abundant  excuses  for  any  troupe  of  amateurs  who  should 
incontinently  tumble  over  one  another  on  a  dozen  occasions,  or 
rush  in  three  minutes  behind  time  as  bride  at  a  wedding  service, 
or  precipitately  announce  a  bloody  death  at  the  claws  of  a  lion  quite 
an  interval  before  the  lion  scratched  his  victim.  Besides,  even  with 
the  best  of  sight,  it  is  always  hard  to  dash  in  with  headlong  momen- 
tum and  then  bring  up  short  as  an  express  train  at  a  station,  before 
pitching  into  somebody,  and  he  perhaps  a  duke,  entirely  unused 
to  such  uncourtly  liberties.  It  was,  then,  a  triumph  of  touch  versus 
sight,  of  intellectual  appreciation  of  time  and  space  versus  plain 
sense-perception,  to  note  how  these  blind  actors  avoided  collisions 
as  deftly  as  so  many  delicately-winged  bats  guided  by  mere  sense 
of  atmospheric  pressure  from  coUiding  with  ceiling  or  wall.  The 
sympathy  of  the  audience  was  completely  won,  as  evidenced  in  rounds 
of  applause.  And  yet,  be  it  repeated,  ever  and  anon  one  had  to 
stick  a  pin  into  his  sluggish  imagination  to  make  it  body  forth  the 
idea  that  here  were  actors,  themselves  in  total  darkness,  evoking 
enthusiastic  handclappings  from  an  audience  swallowed  up,  to 
their  sightless  eyes  at  least,  in  equal  night  of  darkness.  No  visible 
hands  a-clapping,  and  still  such  a  din! 

Yes,  very  interesting  all  this,  no  doubt,  and  a  wonderful  feat  to 
achieve,  but  of  what  possible  use  is  the  education  of  the  bhnd  ?  many 
may  unreflectingly  ask. 

Such  people  should  have  listened  to  the  admirable  Httle  address 
made  on  the  spot  by  Mr.  Anagnos,  director  of  the  institute.  Born 
himself  a  Greek,  and  with  all  the  instincts  in  his  blood  of  the  race 
that  had  first  Hfted  the  drama  to  world-wide  recognition  as  the 
master  educator  of  man,  he  clearly  brought  out  what  a  quickener 
of  the  senses,  stimulant  to  the  imagination  and  vivifier  of  the  tangible 
and  palpable  life  of  the  world  the  drama  must  prove  itself  to  the 
bUnd,  cut  off  by  defect  of  sight  from  one  grand  avenue  of  actual 
contact  with  so  much  of  concrete  life.     It  teaches  the  blind  to  act  to- 


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gether  in  subordination;  it  enlarges  their  range  of  appreciation  of 
flesh  and  blood  characters;  it  brings  them  into  touch  with  the  pas- 
sions, ambitions  and  heroisms  of  the  grand  characters  of  history, 
or  with  the  grace,  humor,  charm  and  glancing  wit  of  the  choicest 
circles  of  the  social  world.  Their  own  carriage,  intonation  of  voice, 
ease  of  self-confidence,  sense  of  reality  in  the  action  and  reaction 
of  human  beings  on  one  another  are  all  immensely  enhanced. 

The  worst  danger  of  the  bhnd — so  the  speaker  urged — is  that  of 
falling  into  recluse  hermit  habits — monotonous,  formless,  colorless 
and  unhealthy.  Shakespeare's  world,  so  vivid,  so  humorous,  so 
heroic,  so  tender  and  so  sublime,  summons  them  out  of  such  brood- 
ings,  and  for  vague,  impalpable  shapes  gives  them,  distinct  and 
clear-cut,  Falstaff,  Malvolio,  Hamlet,  Macbeth,  Portia,  Juliet.  Al- 
together convincing  was  every  word  of  Mr.  Anagnos'  short  address, 
till  actually  impersonating  the  characters  of  "As  You  Like  It"  stood 
out  to  every  eye  as  plain  and  practical  a  part  of  the  education  of 
the  blind  as  handling  tools  at  the  sloyd  workbench. 

From  Mr.  Sanborn's  weekly  letter  published  in  the 
Springfield  Republican  on  the  27th  of  February  1904, 
we  reprint  the  following  extract: — 

While  the  larger  theatres  have  had  their  manifold  attractions  this 
week,  a  more  select  and  unusual  pleasure  was  enjoyed  by  those  who 
saw  and  heard  in  the  fine  new  hall  of  the  Perkins  Institution  at 
South  Boston,  Shakespeare's  comedy,  "As  You  Like  It,"  performed 
by  two  dozen  boys  of  that  school  for  the  blind.  Many  have  seen 
blindness  imitated  on  the  stage  by  actors  and  actresses,  and  it  is 
always  pathetic,  but  here  was  actual  blindness  assuming  the  atti- 
tudes and  playing  the  active  parts  of  that  beautiful  drama.  Two 
of  the  characters,  Robinson,  who  played  Charles  the  wrestler,  and 
Everett  Davison,  who  was  Touchstone,  have  sight  enough  to  guide 
them  about  the  stage;  but  most  of  the  others  are  quite  blind.  The 
wrestler  had  light  enough  to  be  properly  overcome  by  Barnard  Levin, 
who  played  Orlando;  and  Touchstone  could  dimly  see  to  guide  his 
dancing  steps  and  show  him  Audrey  munching  apples;  but  the  wonder 
was  to  see  the  others  taking  their  positions  properly  and  giving 
the  effect  of  seeing  what  they  were  showing  us.  This  was  the  result 
of  long  training,  and  surprisingly  good  w^as  also  their  training  in  the 
elocution  and  spirit  of  the  play,  while  their  rendering  of  the  songs, 


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"Under  the  Greenwood  Tree"  and  "Blow,  Blow,  Thou  Winter 
Wind,"  was  much  better  than  is  commonly  heard  on  the  stage  in 
this  piece, — music,  vocal  and  instrumental,  being  the  specialty  of 
this  school  ever  since  Dr.  Howe  established  its  system  seventy  years 
since.  Mr.  Anagnos,  his  son-in-law  and  successor,  has  enlarged  this 
system,  and  now  carries  education  some  degrees  higher,  besides  be- 
ginning earlier  in  the  kindergarten,  and  so  making  the  advanced 
pupils  more  receptive  of  what  they  are  to.  learn.  In  a  short  and  en- 
thusiastic speech  between  the  acts  he  gave  his  view  of  how  important 
dramatic  literature  is  in  the  training  of  the  young  and  the  culture 
of  the  races,  regretting  that  the  Hebrews  did  not  admit  dramatic 
representation  as  a  part  of  their  wonderful  religious  literature.  It 
did  not  need  the  compassion  that  we  unavoidably  feel  for  the  blind 
to  make  this  play  go  off  well;  it  was,  in  fact,  given  in  greater  aver- 
age excellence  than  most  companies  render  it  in  Boston;  and  Touch- 
stone was  a  genuine  star.  The  fine  part  of  old  Adam  was  also  per- 
fectly rendered  by  Frederick  Walsh,  with  all  that  innocent  generosity 
of  the  aged  serving  man,  which  brought  out  in  this  part  some  of  the 
best  verses  that  Shakespeare  ever  wrote.     Such  are  the  lines: — 

When  service  should  in  my  old  limbs  lie  lame, 
And  unregarded  age  in  corners  thrown, — 

to  say  nothing  of  "All  the  world's  a  stage." 


The  Education  of  the  Blind  Deaf-mutes. 

'Tis  worth  a  wise  man's  best  of  life, 
'Tis  worth  a  thousand  years  of  strife, 
If  thou  canst  lessen  but  by  one 
The  countless  ills  beneath  the  sun. 

— John  Sterling. 

The  deliverance  of  Laura  Bridgman  from  the  fearful 
and  most  desolate  imprisonment  in  everduring  darkness 
and  stillness,  to  which  the  destruction  or  impairment 
of  all  her  senses  but  that  of  touch  had  seemingly  con- 
demned her,  was  one  of  the  grandest  and  most  benefi- 
cent achievements  of  the  nineteenth  century.  It  was 
a  great  triumph  of  patience  and  ingenuity  over  appal- 


THOMAS  STRINGER. 


EDITH   THOMAS. 


MARION   ROSTRON. 


ELIZABETH    ROBIN. 


CORA   ADELIA   CROCKER. 


ling  difficulties, — a  victory  of  keen  insight  and  persever- 
ance over  formidable  obstacles.  It  was  a  marvellous 
proof  of  the  power  of  hope  and  faith  to  break  through 
the  well-nigh  impenetrable  walls  of  triple  affliction  and 
to  carrv  light  into  the  domain  of  intellectual  darkness. 
Through  this  achievement  it  was  not  a  single  human 
soul  alone  that  was  freed  from  its  fetters,  but  the  means 
of  access  to  minds  imprisoned  by  the  closing  of  the  gate- 
ways of  sense  were  procured  for  all  time  to  come,  a  fresh 
impulse  was  given  to  the  science  of  education,  a  wide 
field  for  philosophical  and  psychological  investigation 
and  study  was  opened,  and  a  new  gem  was  added  to  the 
crown  of  philanthropy. 

This  marvellous  discovery  secured  for  its  author  a 
prominent  place  in  the  pantheon  of  the  great  benefac- 
tors of  mankind,  and,  as  the  poet  puts  it, — 

Whenever  the  bright  sun  of  heaven  shall  shine, 
His  honor,  and  the  greatness  of  his  name,  shall  be. 

But  it  did  more  than  this;  it  illuminated  the  pathway 
of  the  successors  and  disciples  of  Dr.  Howe  and  indi- 
cated the  route  to  be  traversed  by  them.  The  course 
of  training,  which  he  marked  out  for  them  and  which 
has  ever  since  been  followed,  is  so  straight  and  direct 
and  so  free  from  any  shadow  of  ambiguity  that  there  is 
no  ground  for  serious  apprehension  of  failure  on  their 
part.  There  are  no  uncertain  problems  to  solve,  no 
untried  experiments  to  make,  no  doubtful  ventures  to 
undertake  and  no  trackless  forests  to  explore.  Their 
task  is  simple,  clear  and  well  defined.  The  finger- 
boards pointing  to  the  right  way  are  visible  everywhere. 
The  methods  and  processes  employed  in  Laura's 
case  were  so  wisely  devised  and  so  skilfully  arranged 
that  thev  have  become  the  standard  ones  and  are  now 


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generally  used  in  both  hemispheres.  As  a  matter  of 
course  they  have  undergone  such  modifications  and  im- 
provements as  experience  suggested  or  as  the  results 
of  recent  scientific  investigations  and  the  propagation 
of  Froebel's  rational  ideas  and  views  on  education  de- 
manded. Nevertheless  the  fundamental  principles  re- 
main unaltered.  The  records  which  have  been  preserved 
and  transmitted  to  us  by  Dr.  Howe  prove  that  he  had 
studied  the  matter  in  all  its  aspects  so  carefully  and  had 
covered  the  ground  so  thoroughly  that  the  only  thing 
which  he  left  undone  was  the  training  of  Laura  to  utter 
articulate  sounds  and  to  use  oral  speech.  In  one  of  his 
reports  he  expressed  his  firm  conviction  that  this  could 
be  done,  and  his  experiments  with  Laura,  who  was 
taught  to  pronounce  more  or  less  distinctly  a  number  of 
words,  justified  this  opinion.  An  effort  was  afterwards 
made  in  Lausanne,  Switzerland,  to  teach  articulation  to 
a  lad  named  Meystre,  but  with  very  limited  success. 
Finally  the  feat  was  fully  accomplished  sixteen  years 
ago  by  the  superintendent  of  the  school  for  the  deaf  in 
Christiania,  Norway,  Mr.  Elias  H.  Hafgaard,  to  whom 
belongs  the  credit  of  having  taught  Ragnhild  Kaata, 
a  girl  both  blind  and  deaf,  to  speak  very  distinctly  and 
also  to  understand  what  is  said  to  her  by  touching 
with  two  fingers  the  mouth  and  teeth  of  those  who  con- 
verse with  her.  With  this  solitary  exception  no  addition 
of  any  great  consequence  has  been  made  to  the  discovery 
of  Dr.  Howe. 

Where  he  fixed  his  heart  he  set  his  hand 

To  do  the  thing  he  willed,  and  bore  it  through. 

Doubtless  there  are  persons  who,  impelled  by  the 
thirst  for  notoriety  and  by  eagerness  to  have  their  names 
linked  with  those  of  distinguished  teachers,  do  not  hesi- 


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tate  to  exaggerate  the  value  of  their  service  and  over- 
praise their  work  and  to  go  so  far  in  their  pretensions  as 
to  arrogate  to  themselves  the  credit  of  the  invention  of 
new  ways  and  means  unknown  to  their  predecessors  and 
contemporaries,  and  of  having  performed  w^onders  there- 
w^ith.  But  when  we  investigate  their  claims  we  find  that 
they  are  not  only  without  foundation,  but  that  those  who 
make  them  have  by  a  singular  coincidence  borrowed 
bodily  from  Dr.  Howe's  reports  many  of  the  phrases  in 
which  they  describe  their  achievements. 

In  accordance  with  the  decision  made  in  the  autumn 
of  1892,  the  blind  and  deaf  children  of  whom  we  have 
charge  were  placed  in  the  regular  classes  and  subjected 
to  the  same  rules  as  others,  the  only  difference  being  the 
presence  of  their  special  teachers  as  interpreters.  This 
arrangement  continues  to  work  admirably  well,  and  the 
benefits  which  it  confers  upon  the  hapless  victims  of  a 
double  affliction  are  inestimable.  It  brings  them  out 
of  dreary  seclusion  and  enables  them  to  participate  in 
the  exercises  of  the  school,  to  enjoy  the  blessings  of 
companionship,  to  come  in  contact  with  persons  of  dif- 
ferent temperaments  and  modes  of  thinking  and  acting, 
and  to  receive  impressions  and  information  from  a  vari- 
ety of  desirable  sources.  Thus,  by  means  of  this  asso- 
ciation and  of  these  opportunities,  their  intellectual 
faculties  are  systematically  developed,  their  views  broad- 
ened and  thir  moral  character  and  social  nature  culti- 
vated in  a  healthful  manner. 

Experience  and  common  sense  both  recommend 
this  plan.  For  obvious  reasons  a  pupil  who  is  plunged 
in  the  abyss  of  physical  darkness  and  awful  stillness 
needs  more  than  any  one  else  to  have  constant  intercourse 
and  to  be  in  close  communion  with  as  many  of  his  fellow 
men  and  women  as  possible.     This  is  indispe;nsable  for 


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his  mental  and  spiritual  growth  as  well  as  for  his  social 
welfare.  To  keep  him  under  the  absolute  control  of  a 
single  teacher  and  apart  from  all  other  influences  would 
be  very  detrimental  to  him  in  more  ways  than  one.  Even 
under  favorable  circumstances  it  may  be  questioned 
whether  the  effects  of  exclusiveness  and  isolation  are  not 
harmful. 

Edith  M.  Thomas. 

O  me!  come  near  me;   now  I  am  much  ill. 

—Shakespeare, 

Would  you  were  not  sick. 

— Idem. 

We  are  sincerely  grieved  to  be  obliged  to  report  that, 
owing  to  the  precarious  condition  of  her  health,  Edith 
Thomas,  who  has  been  under  our  care  since  1888,  has 
recently  ceased  to  be  a  pupil  of  this  school. 

More  than  eighteen  or  twenty  months  ago  Edith  began 
to  show  signs  of  lassitude  and  inertia  and  a  lack  of  mental 
energy  and  of  power  to  grasp  ideas.  In  the  course  of 
the  school  year  which  ended  in  June,  1903,  she  became 
weary,  listless,  indifferent  to  her  studies  and  uncon- 
cerned about  her  work  in  general. 

A  languor  came 
Upon  her,  gentle  sickness  gradually 
Weakening,  till  she  could  do  no  more. 

It  was  evident  that  there  was  some  striking  change 
in  Edith's  mental  condition  and  a  decided  diminution 
in  her  activity,  but  there  seemed  to  be  no  visible  nor  direct 
cause  to  which  these  could  be  attributed.  Hence  at  first 
we  were  inclined  to  believe  that  her  apathy  or  dullness 
was  the  result  of  some  temporary  ailment  or  of  a  freak 
of  feeling  and  not  an  indication  of  serious  disorder.     A 


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few  weeks  later,  however,  the  symptoms  of  her  trouble 
were  so  aggravated  as  to  convince  us  that  she  was  the 
victim  of  a  deep-seated  malady,  which  was  rapidly  de- 
veloping and  which  soon  had  reached  such  a  degree  of 
severity  as  to  render  it  necessary  for  her  family  to  place 
her  in  a  hospital  for  treatment. 

Thus  Edith  is  no  longer  with  us,  having  been  unex- 
pectedly compelled  to  sever  her  relations  with  the  insti- 
tution before  she  was  prepared  to  graduate.  Never- 
theless she  is  held  in  affectionate  remembrance  by  her 
teachers  and  schoolmates  and  is  greatly  missed  by  each 
and  all  of  them.  She  has  left  behind  her  a  host  of  friends 
who  think  most  highly  of  her  and  who  are  strongly  at- 
tached to  her  on  account  of  her  candor  and  veracity, 
her  womanly  modesty  and  simplicity  of  manners,  her 
unswerving  loyalty  to  the  school  and  her  grateful  appre- 
ciation of  the  benefits  which  she  has  derived  from  it. 

In  some  respects  Edith  has  been  one  of  the  most  force- 
ful and  interesting  deaf-blind  students  who  have  been 
under  instruction  since  the  time  of  Laura  Bridgman. 
Born  and  brought  up  in  New  England,  she  is  well  en- 
dowed with  the  moral  and  spiritual  qualities,  which 
distinguish  the  natives  of  this  section  of  the  country, 
namely  strength  of  character  and  the  love  of  truth  and 
righteousness.  She  despises  duplicity,  loathes  insin- 
cerity and  hates  hypocrisy.  She  is  a  rare  type  of  self- 
relying  personality.  Her  mind  and  heart  were  cast 
in  puritanic  moulds.'  Without  possessing  in  a  marked 
degree  either  mental  keenness  or  intellectual  brilliancy, 
she  has  been  a  persevering  worker  and  has  overcome 
difficulties  of  various  kinds  by  steady  effort  and  unre- 
mitting toil.  Persistence  is  stamped  on  her  frank,  honest, 
open  countenance.  She  has  always  been  a  brave,  gen- 
uine, sterling  young  woman,  full  of  kindness  and  gener- 


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osity,  with  no  streaks  of  falsity  or  meanness  in  her  nature. 
She  has  been  absolutely  free  from  the  craving  for  public 
notoriety,  and  from  the  odious  sin  of  base  ingratitude, 
which,  as  Sir  R.  L'Estrange  justly  remarks,  "is  abhorred 
both  by  God  and  man."  Her  head  and  hands  have 
worked  together  in  perfect  harmony  to  conquer  the  con- 
ditions brought  about  by  her  affliction.  In  her  studies 
she  has  accomplished  all  that  could  be  reasonably  ex- 
pected from  a  girl  of  average  mental  ability;  but  she  has 
displayed  great  manual  dexterity  and  has  accomplished 
marvels  with  her  nimble  fingers.  She  is  especially  skil- 
ful with  her  needle  and  scissors  and  knows  how  to  do 
everything  in  the  line  of  sewing,  from  darning  a  pair  of 
stockings  neatly  to  measuring,  cutting,  fitting  and  mak- 
ing the  daintiest  dresses  and  nicest  underclothing  for 
handsomely  attired  dolls. 

The  untimely  departure  of  this  dear  girl  from  our 
midst  is  deeply  lamented  and  sincerely  mourned  by  every 
member  of  our  school,  and  she  has  our  best  wishes  for 
her  speedy  restoration  to  health. 


Elizabeth  Robin. 

Her  face  betokened  all  things  dear  and  good; 

The  light  of  somewhat  yet  to  come  was  there 

Asleep,  and  waiting  for  the  opening  day, 

When  childish  thoughts,  like  flowers,  would  drift  away. 

— Jean  Ingelow. 

This  beautiful  girl  continues  to  be  one  of  the  most 
interesting  pupils  in  our  school.  She  has  a  striking  per- 
sonality and  a  fine  physique.  She  is  tall  and  well  formed 
with  symmetrical  features,  erect  carriage  and  fresh  com- 
plexion. She  is  graceful  and  dignified  in  bearing,  scrupu- 
lously neat  in  person  and  in  dress,  good  at  heart,  cheer- 


ELIZABETH    ROBIN. 


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ful  in  disposition,  gentle  and  refined  in  manner.  She 
lives  a  busy,  happy,  loving  life.  Perfect  purity,  honesty 
and  sincerity,  these  are  the  qualities,  which  she  admires 
most  and  to  which  she  tries  unceasingly  to  attain.  She 
is  blessed  with  the  jewel  of  content, — 

Which  can  soothe,  where'er  by  fortune  placed, 
Can  rear  a  garden  in  the  desert  waste. 

The  year  which  has  just  closed  is  regarded  as  an  in- 
portant  one  in  Elizabeth's  intellectual  development.  It 
is  characterized  by  a  diligence  and  interest,  which  have 
been  productive  of  significant  results. 

Elizabeth  has  been  thoroughly  awake  to  every  task 
that  has  been  set  before  her  and  has  not  been  easily 
daunted  by  obstacles.  She  is  now  so  persistent  in  her 
efforts  and  has  such  power  of  concentrating  her  atten- 
tion, that  success  in  her  studies  is  assured.  She  often 
turns  with  reluctance  from  a  problem  in  geometry  or 
from  other  study  toward  the  pleasures  of  a  recreation 
hour.  Her  interest  in  the  work  is  no  longer  momentary 
and  fleeting;  it  is  genuine,  and  her  teachers  feel  that 
they  can  now  rely  upon  it.  The  stimulus  of  pride,  which 
a  year  ago  urged  her  to  attain  equality  with  "the  best 
pupil"  in  her  class,  has  deepened  into  a  delight  in  any 
work,  which  can  bring  the  keen  satisfaction  of  creditable 
achievement. 

Elizabeth's  mental  growth  is  nowhere  more  evident 
than  in  her  work  in  geometry.  She  tjegan  to  take  an 
interest  in  this  subject  as  soon  as  she  was  able  to  judge 
for  herself  of  the  correctness  of  her  work.  Since  then 
she  has  gained  steadily  in  logical  power  and  in  the  ability 
to  prove  the  theorems  for  herself,  and  as  she  has  been 
unwilling  to  receive  any  assistance  until  she  had  tested 
the  strength  of  a  difficulty  through  her  own  efforts. 


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Although  Elizabeth  has  become  earnest  and  serious 
in  the  classroom,  she  has  lost  none  of  her  lightsome  merri- 
ment and  sweet  grace,  which  constitute  in  so  generous  a 
measure  the  charm  of  her  attractive  nature.  She  is  full 
of  spirit,  enthusiasm  and  energy.  Industry  and  self- 
reliance  are  salient  traits  in  her  character.  She  is  so 
agreeable,  so  gracious  and  so  winsome  that  she  makes 
friends  w^herever  she  goes  and  gains  the  confidence  and 
affection  of  those  with  whom  she  becomes  acquainted. 
It  is  in  accordance  with  her  natural  disposition  to  be  kind, 
helpful  and  courteous  to  everybody.  She  is  invariably 
sympathetic,  thoughtful  and  joyous.  The  freshness  of 
youth  is  upon  her  features,  goodness  is  in  her  heart,  and 
the  light  of  happiness  shines  in  her  countenance.  There 
is  something  singularly  spiritiielle  and  charming  in  her 
appearance. 

Her  looks  are  full  of  peaceful  dignity. 
They  do  argue  her  replete  with  modesty. 

A  full  account  of  what  Elizabeth  has  accomplished 
during  the  past  twelve  months  is  given  below.  This 
statement  of  facts,  prepared  with  scrupulous  care  and 
good  taste  by  Miss  Anna  Gardner  Fish,  who  has  per- 
formed a  similar  task  in  previous  years,  is  correct  in  every 
particular.  It  is  a  resume  of  the  journals  kept  with  pains- 
taking accuracy  by  Miss  Vina  C.  Badger,  who  has  occu- 
pied the  place  of  special  teacher  to  Elizabeth  since  1896 
and  who  has  been  her  efficient  and  indefatigable  instruc- 
tor, devoted  friend  and  wise  guide.  Here  is  the  story 
of  Elizabeth's  work  as  told  by  Miss  Fish. 

The  story  of  Elizabeth's  progress  during  the  past  year  shows  an 
encouraging  gain  in  every  direction, — a  strengthening  of  the  finer 
qualities  which  have  developed  more  and  more  in  her  always  re- 
fined character,  an  added  depth  to  her  sunny  nature  and  a  firmer 
poise  in  her  mental  processes.     This  upward  path  has  led  not  only 


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along  sunny  slopes,  unvexed  by  stern  conditions,  but  has  at  times 
been  pursued  under  storm  clouds,  which  fortunately  were  soon  dis- 
persed, and  over  many  obstacles,  which,  however,  never  proved  to 
be  insurmountable.  Such  a  comparison  is  an  especially  appropriate 
one  for  Elizabeth  who  loves  out-door  sports  and  is  never  happier 
than  when  tramping  through  rough  ways,  heedless  of  detaining 
briars  and  intruding  branches,  or  climbing  to  the  top  of  rugged  hills, 
untroubled  by  the  rocks  that  beset  her  road  if  only  she  can  emerge, 
rosy  and  laughing,  at  the  goal  toward  which  she  has  bent  her  way. 

Although  her  intellectual  triumphs  never  produce  in  her  the  same 
fine  elation,  there  is  nevertheless  a  very  real  satisfaction  to  Elizabeth 
herself  when  her  patient  and  earnest  efforts  have  conquered  tedious 
or  difficult  tasks. 

The  most  trying  of  these  occurred  in  the  study  of  geometry  which 
was  entered  upon  this  year.  In  no  other  subject  could  her  besetting 
sins  of  carelessness  and  inaccuracy  be  more  apparent  or  an  evidence 
of  sequence  in  thought  and  of  logical,  methodical  work  be  more 
greatly  needed.  The  fact  that  at  first  these  latter  qualities  were 
absent  in  her  case  and  that  her  most  triumphant  demonstration  of 
a  theorem  sometimes  failed  to  prove  its  point  might  have  been  dis- 
couraging to  Elizabeth  and  to  her  teacher  if  such  a  feeling  were  ever 
admitted  in  connection  with  any  classroom  work.  Instead  of  al- 
lowing these  drawbacks  to  dominate  the  situation,  some  special  and 
individual  work  was  instituted  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  Eliza- 
beth's status  in  relation  to  the  subject.  It  was  thus  evident  that, 
although  not  quick  in  accomplishing  her  tasks,  Eb'zabeth  might 
secure  a  fair  measure  of  success  by  paying  careful  attention  to  her 
work.  As  a  result  of  this  discovery,  Elizabeth's  responsibility  for 
her  own  achievements  was  much  increased  by  limiting  her  oppor- 
tunities for  seeking  assistance  or  for  depending  upon  the  repetition 
of  helpful  suggestion.  In  this  way  greater  attention  and  more  ear- 
nest thought  in  the  classroom  were  secured  as  well  as  a  corresponding 
gain  in  her  grasp  of  the  subject  and  in  her  ability  to  demonstrate 
a  theorem  clearly  and  logically. 

At  first  Elizabeth  was  much  exercised  over  the  degree  of  her  per- 
sonal accountability  for  her  work  and  inclined  to  be  cast  down  by 
the  weight  of  her  burdens.  Although  never  rebellious  against  the 
decrees  of  her  teachers,  she  betrayed  by  many  little  remarks  how  wist- 
fully her  thoughts  turned  to  the  freedom  of  her  southern  home  and 
how  tempting  it  seemed  to  her  to  exchange  close  mental  application 


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for  a  vigorous,  out-door  existence  there,  far  from  the  restraint  of 
lessons.  But  the  natural  buoyancy  of  her  temperament  soon  lifted 
her  out  of  her  despondency  and  she  fell  to  work  in  good  earnest  to 
prove  her  ability  to  labor  independently  accepting  in  full  the  re- 
sponsibility for  what  she  did.  The  new  rule  worked  well.  Eliza- 
beth rose  bravely  to  the  requirements,  and  soon  began  to  show  that 
she  appreciated  how  much  can  be  achieved  by  steady  systematic 
work.  On  one  occasion  she  expressed  this  feeling  by  saying:  "If 
you  had  not  given  me  this  first,  we  could  not  have  done  the  other 
one.  I  think  you  have  arranged  it  well."  She  became  gradually 
more  careful  and  painstaking,  and  her  remark,  "I  find  it  hard  to 
satisfy  myself,"  shows  well  her  attitude  toward  her  lessons.  She 
took  pride  in  her  own  progress  and,  indeed,  finally  reached  a  degree 
of  complacency  which  enabled  her  to  say:  "Geometry  is  easy  for 
me  now  and  I  like  it." 

She  has  studied  angles,  triangles,  quadrilaterals  and  circles  and 
completed  the  course  with  her  class  with  fair  success. 

In  review  she  demonstrates  a  theorem  from  a  mental  conception 
of  the  figure,  but  in  advance  work  she  draws  the  diagram  with  great 
care  in  preparation  for  proving  a  proposition. 

This  study,  with  its  demand  for  logical  methods  of  thought,  for 
concentration  of  mind  and  for  painstaking  work  has  proved  to  be 
a  distinct  advantage  to  Elizabeth,  not  only  in  the  immediate  further- 
ance of  her  knowledge  of  mathematics  but  also  in  its  disciplinar}- 
influence  upon  her  whole  nature. 

In  the  stress  of  this  mental  training,  the  study  of  English  literature 
came  as  daily  refreshment  to  Elizabeth.  "Nearly  every  hour  gives 
pleasure  because  of  Elizabeth's  attention  and  intelligent  interest," 
is  her  teacher's  testimony  to  the  excellence  of  her  work.  She  has 
studied  the  works  of  the  poets  of  the  nineteenth  century,  and  although 
they  in  their  turn  necessitated  close  application  she  acceded  gladly 
to  the  demand  upon  her  intellect  and  enjoyed  for  the  most  part  the 
gems  of  imagery  which  were  offered  for  her  delight. 

In  view  of  her  pronounced  preference  for  simple  narration,  it 
was  feared  that  she  would  find  irksome  the  selections  from  the  poems 
of  Scott,  Wordsworth,  Coleridge,  Shelley,  Keats,  Byron  and  Tenny- 
son, which  were  chosen  for  her  study;  and  an  evidence  of  her  dis- 
taste for  "deep  things"  did  appear  in  her  comment  on  Wordsworth's 
Lines  written  above  Tintern  Abbey.  Her  study  of  this  poem  led  her 
to  say:   "I  shouldn't  like  him  [Wordsworth]  for  a  friend.     I  like  the 


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confusion  of  the  world,''  and  then  in  clear,  well-chosen  language  she 
gave  excellent  expression  to  her  own  love  of  action  and  human  com- 
panionship as  opposed  to  Wordsworth's  delight  in  meditation  and 
solitude,  adding  in  conclusion :  "I  shall  never  be  like  Wordsworth . 
I  shall  always  be  gay  and  happy  and  young — if  I  can." 

Yet  in  spite  of  her  instinctive  restlessness  under  an  enforced  con- 
sideration of  a  poet's  underlying  motive,  her  spontaneous  remarks 
on  several  occasions  showed  that  she  was  not  oblivious  of  the  weight 
of  meaning  with  which  the  verse  was  freighted. 

In  reading  Tennyson's  The  Brook,  she  referred  to  the  water  as 
"stumbling"  over  the  rocks.  In  response  to  a  criticism  of  the  use 
of  that  word  she  said:  "I  don't  think  of  the  water  as  graceful  in 
getting  over  so  many  stones." 

At  the  conclusion  of  her  study  of  The  A  ncient  Mariner  she  showed 
her  appreciation  of  the  poem  by  saying  thoughtfully:  "I  liked  it. 
He  learned  a  lesson.  It  was  like  the  Golden  Rule:  Do  unto  others 
as  ye  would  that  others  should  do  unto  you;  that  he  should  not 
hurt  a  harmless  creature."  She  chose  as  the  part  which  she  liked 
the  best,  "where  he  sees  the  church  in  his  own  country." 

In  the  poems  of  Shelley  Elizabeth  seemed  for  the  first  time  to  be 
touched  by  the  power  of  the  purely  lyrical  form  and  to  surrender 
herself  willingly  to  a  real  enjoyment  of  the  emotional  in  verse,  with- 
out reference  to  the  influence  of  narration,  thus  manifesting  a  de- 
cided advance  in  her  ability  to  grasp  the  meaning  of  poetic  expres- 
sion and  to  appreciate  more  fully  the  charm  of  word-painting  in 
itself.  Indeed  in  all  her  work  in  literature  this  year  she  has  shown 
a  surer  comprehension  of  figurative  language  and  a  quicker  response 
to  its  appeal  to  her  intellect. 

She  has  found  pleasure  in  comparing  the  characteristics  of  her 
book-friends  of  whom  she  has  a  list  that  lengthens  with  some  rapidity, 
now  that  she  is  able  to  find  delight  in  literature  for  her  leisure  hours 
as  well  as  for  periods  of  study. 

In  English  history  Elizabeth  has  done  excellent  work  and  achieved 
satisfactory  results.  Her  recitations  have  been  good,  and  her  written 
exercises  have  compared  favorably-  with  those  of  the  other  members 
of  her  class. 

The  stories  of  individuals  who  have  contributed  to  the  making  of 
history  awaken  her  personal  interest  and  excite  her  warm  admira- 
tion or  condemnation.  "It  seems  as  if  the  bad  kings  were  stronger 
than  the  good  ones,"  she  remarked  mournfuUv  when  the  roval  will 


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was  not  in  her  opinion  in  accordance  with  the  principles  of  right. 
WTien  the  commonweaUh  was  under  discussion  Elizabeth's  sym- 
pathies were  entirely  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  the  Commons.  "Par- 
liament was  not  to  be  treated  as  if  it  were  a  cat!"  she  exclaimed 
indignantly,  being  much  affected  by  the  attitude  of  Charles  I.  and 
his  duplicity. 

Upon  reviewing  the  year's  work  it  was  evident  that  she  had  ac- 
quired a  good  understanding  of  the  development  of  constitutional 
government  in  England.  Her  examination  papers  indicated  a  very 
desirable  increase  in  mental  control,  and  the  final  mark  for  the  year 
granted  her  the  percentage  of  eighty-six. 

WTien  it  was  proposed  that  Elizabeth  should  be  assigned  regular 
tasks  in  English  composition  she  accepted  the  edict  with  her  usual 
good  grace  but  intimated  plainly  that  there  was  little  need  of  im- 
provement in  her  case.  As  the  work  proceeded  it  was  interesting 
to  note  the  gradual  change  in  Elizabeth's  sentiment,  her  conscious- 
ness of  superiority  giving  place  to  a  more  scholarly  attitude  of  ear- 
nest desire  for  better  results.  In  this  new-born  humility  she  begged 
for  an  addition  to  the  number  of  hours  devoted  to  this  subject,  the 
need  of  which  she  had  formerly  flouted.  As  a  direct  consequence 
of  this  finer  purpose,  her  efforts  were  crowned  by  an  increasing  meas- 
ure of  success,  until  before  the  end  of  the  year  her  papers  showed 
a  creditable  gain  in  condensation, — a  quality  much  to  be  desired  in 
Elizabeth's  compositions, — and  she  won  well-deserved  commenda- 
tion for  her  good  work  in  this  direction. 

When  the  arrangement  was  first  made,  of  which  we  have  already 
spoken,  that  she  should  not  seek  assistance  in  her  work,  Elizabeth 
felt  deeply  the  sense  of  responsibihty  and  was  almost  inclined  to 
falter  beneath  the  weight  of  her  burden.  She  came  to  her  teacher 
and  said:  "I  feel  as  if  I  would  like  to  give  up  English  literature  till 
we  come  to  a  poet  more  like  Scott.  I  liked  him  better  than  Words- 
worth for  I  cannot  understand  deep  things.  And  I  would  like  to 
give  up  geometry  till  we  come  to  something  I  can  accomplish."  It 
was  explained  to  her  that  this  attitude  was  not  a  courageous  one, 
and  the  conclusion  of  the  discussion  left  Elizabeth  with  a  more  hope- 
ful outlook  upon  her  immediate  duties  and  a  more  cheerful  accept- 
ance of  the  situation. 

When  Elizabeth  had  once  begun  to  realize  that  the  power  to  cope 
with  each  difficulty  lay  within  herself  she  grew  in  intellectual  strength 
to  meet  the  exigency.     Her  hold  upon  a  subject  increased  with  her 


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attention  to  it;  her  ambition  with  her  mental  grasp;  her  earnestness 
of  purpose  with  the  stimulus  to  its  exercise.  Toward  the  close  of 
the  year  there  was  a  marked  advance  in  the  development  of  her 
power  of  reasoning,  and  she  had  grown  in  intelligence,  independence 
and  determination  as  in  no  corresponding  period. 

Elizabeth  has  gained  a  clearer  idea  of  the  necessity  for  careful 
preparation  of  her  daily  tasks  and  is  better  able  to  judge  when  she 
is  not  sufficiently  grounded  in  a  subject  and  to  arrange  her  study- 
periods  so  as  to  meet  the  need.  She  has  sometimes  denied  herself 
pleasures  when  she  considered  that  her  lessons  presented  a  more 
pressing  duty. 

Her  principal  relaxations  from  study  have  been  occasional  trips 
into  the  country  where  renewed  vigor  awaits  her  in  the  bright  sun- 
shine and  fresh  air  and  in  the  unhampered  out-door  exercise  which 
she  so  dearly  loves  and  from  which  she  returns  in  her  happiest  mood . 
No  less  delightful  are  her  frequent  visits  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whiting 
who  are  as  tender  as  ever  in  their  truly  parental  care  of  this  young 
girl.  Thither,  as  to  her  own  home,  she  was  carried  when  an  attack 
of  measles  broke  in  upon  her  school-life  and  made  her  isolation  from 
the  other  pupils  necessary. 

From  these  devoted  friends  she  has  continued  to  receive  a  weekly 
allowance  which  she  uses  for  the  small  expenses  of  her  life  at  school . 
The  principal  items  of  expenditure  are  for  presents  for  the  beloved 
home-people  apd  for  car-fares,  but,  although  these  demands  make 
large  inroads  upon  her  resources,  she  has  managed  to  save  a  little 
from  week  to  week.  She  keeps  a  'mental  account  of  her  financial 
afifairs  and  knows  exactly  how  she  stands  in  monetary  matters. 

Ehzabeth  has  acted  as  treasurer  of  the  secret  society  to  which  she 
belongs  and  has  found  that  the  position  is  not  without  its  difficul- 
ties. As  the  transactions  take  place  behind  closed  doors,  it  could 
only  be  surmised  that  at  one  time  the  treasury  had  become  so  de- 
pleted as  to  lead  Elizabeth  to  advance  money  for  its  replenishment. 
The  members  were  assessed  to  make  up  the  deficiency,  but  as  some 
failed  to  respond  Elizabeth  was  temporarily  embarrassed  in  her 
capacity  as  treasurer  as  well  as  in  her  private  purse.  Her  reelec- 
tion to  the  treasurership  was  extended  and  accepted  as  a  delicate 
compliment  to  the  ability  which  she  had  exhibited  in  relieving  the 
club  from  its  embarrassment. 

Ehzabeth  has  enjoyed  thoroughly  the  meetings  and  social  gather- 
ings of  the  clubs  of  which  she  is  a  member  and  enters  fullv  into  their 


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plans.  On  one  occasion  of  festivity,  which  took  the  form  of  a  fancy- 
dress  party,  she  chose  to  go  as  a  Puritan  maiden  and  undertook  with 
enthusiasm  the  necessary  preparation  of  her  costume,  in  the  details 
of  which,  however,  she  was  glad  to  receive  assistance.  When  one 
of  the  societies  gave  A  Midsummer  NighVs  Dream,  EHzabeth  took 
the  part  of  Snug,  the  joiner,  and  although  her  roar,  as  lion,  was  not 
awe-inspiring,  her  merriment  at  least  was  contagious  and  her  de- 
light in  the  performance  was  pleasant  to  behold. 

Elizabeth  has  felt  deeply  the  enforced  absence  of  Edith  Thomas 
from  school  and  has  missed  the  companionship  which  was  such  an 
enjoyable  feature  of  the  daily  life  of  both  of  the  girls.  Toward  the 
close  of  the  school  year  Elizabeth  went  to  see  her  friend,  and  the 
meeting  was  full  of  pathos  in  the  intensity  of  feeling  which  the  two 
girls  displayed.  Edith  was  the  more  demonstrative,  but  both  were 
profoundly  aflfected  and,  when  the  hour  for  parting  came,  each  clung 
to  the  other  as  if  loth  to  separate.  Elizabeth  spoke  seriously  of 
Edith's  ill  health,  which  has  been  the  cause  of  this  interruption  in 
their  pleasant  intercourse  and  seemed  to  realize  the  gravity  of  the 
unfortunate  girl's  condition. 

With  the  two  younger  deaf-blind  pupils,  Cora  and  Marion,  Eliza- 
beth is  on  excellent  terms,  but  they  cannot  fill  the  place  left  vacant 
by  Edith's  absence.  At  times  Elizabeth  seems  to  disapprove  of 
their  exuberance  of  spirits  and  feels  called  upon  to  assume  the  atti- 
tude of  an  elder  sister  towards  them  and  to  give  them  the  benefit  of 
her  observations  upon  their  actions  and  expressions.  Fortunately 
the  two  girls  take  her  advice  in  good  part  and  are  apparently  always 
glad  of  an  opportunity  for  a  conversation  with  Elizabeth. 

She  is  as  fond  as  ever  of  entertaining  and  of  being  entertained 
and  exerts  herself  to  contribute  to  the  enjoyment  of  those  with  whom 
she  comes  in  contact,  in  the  school,  on  the  pleasant  little  journeys 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whiting's  planning  and  on  rarer  visits  to  other 
friends,  which  come  as  diversions  in  the  midst  of  the  engrossing  duties 
of  her  regular  school-life. 

Formerly  her  tasks  indicated  to  her  mind  merely  the  path  leading 
to  release  from  such  labors  when  the  successful  completion  of  her 
course  should  have  permitted  her  to  return  to  her  dearly  loved  family 
toward  whom  her  affectionate  thoughts  are  constantly  winging  their 
way.  But  this  year,  for  the  first  time,  she  has  suggested  that  she 
may  continue  her  studies  after  the  proud  eminence  of  graduation 
has  been  reached.     Indeed,  her  whole  attitude  toward  her  school- 


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work  today  is  indicative  of  a  desire  to  strive  for  higher  ends  than 
she  has  hitherto  admitted  into  the  plans  for  her  future,  and  it  is  a 
satisfaction  to  note  how  her  ambition  keeps  ever  in  advance  of  her 
attainments. 

In  this  broader,  finer  outlook  upon  the  life  which  is  before  her 
may  be  found  the  brightest  sign  of  promise  for  the  school-days  yet 
to  come. 


Cora  Adelia  Crocker. 

Life  is  ordained  to  bear,  like  land, 
Some  fruit,  be  fallow  as  it  will. 

— Richard  Monckton  Milnes. 

The  regular  training,  which  Cora  has  received  during 
the  past  year,  has  had  a  good  effect  upon  her  physical 
condition,  her  mental  energy  and  her  moral  develop- 
ment. It  has  fostered  in  her  a  positive  inclination  to 
industry,  has  stimulated  her  power  of  thought  and  ac- 
tion and  has  strengthened  her  desire  to  improve  her- 
self and  to  do  that  which  is  right  and  proper.  Her  mind 
has  grown  in  some  respects,  and  she  has  manifested 
greater  readiness  to  learn  than  formerly  was  the  case. 

Cora  has  striven  to  control  her  temper;  to  comply  with 
the  requirements  of  good  conduct  and  to  be  docile  and 
quiet,  but  she  has  not  been  entirely  successful  in  her 
efforts.  Although  not  so  disobedient  and  boisterous 
as  in  the  past,  yet  she  continues  to  show  now  and  then 
that  she  is  more  or  less  herself  and  that  there  has  been 
no  radical  change  in  her  disposition.  The  sparks  of 
trouble  are  still  there,  which  may  at  any  time  be  fanned 
into  a  blaze,  demanding  some  effort  and  skill  for  its 
extinguishment  and  to  prevent  it  from  doing  harm. 

Miss  Helen  L.  Smith,  who  has  been  Cora's  special 
teacher  during  the  past  year,  has  written  the  following 


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account,  which  presents  in  a  condensed  form  the  story 
of  her  pupil's  work  and  general  improvement. 

During  the  past  year  Cora  has  been  a  regular  member  of  a  class 
in  the  third  grade.  The  most  important  feature  of  her  progress  is 
a  gain  in  the  power  of  application.  The  stubborn  resistance  to 
disagreeable  tasks  has  weakened  as  she  has  grown  more  familiar 
with  the  requirements  of  school  life. 

Arithmetic  has  been  the  cause  of  her  hardest  struggles.  Her 
teachers  have  found  it  exceedingly  difficult  to  present  this  subject 
to  her  mind  in  such  a  way  as  to  awaken  her  active  interest.  The 
year's  work  has  comprised  practice  in  reading  and  writing  numbers 
as  high  as  tens  of  thousands,  exercises  in  addition,  subtraction,  mul- 
tiplication by  units,  and  short  division,  together  with  oral  and  writ- 
ten problems  involving  the  use  of  these  fundamental  processes. 
Throughout  the  year  Cora  has  been  required  to  spend  two  hours 
of  each  day  in  the  study  of  arithmetic ;  but,  even  with  this  time  for 
extra  work,  she  failed  to  reach  the  class  standard  and  at  the  end  of 
the  year  she  was  not  promoted. 

The  reading  lessons  have  been  a  source  of  evident  pleasure  to 
Cora.  She  has  read  in  class,  The  King  0}  the  Golden  River^  Little 
Lord  Fauntleroy,  selections  from  Hawthorne's  Wonder  Book  and 
some  fairy  stories. 

It  was  at  first  difficult  to  induce  Cora  to  attempt  the  pronuncia- 
tion of  unfamiliar  words;  but  her  reluctance  was  gradually  overcome 
as  confidence  was  gained  through  daily  practice.  Cora  has  always 
manifested  a  desire  to  know  the  meaning  of  new  words,  but  if  they 
are  not  impressed  by  frequent  repetition  they  pass  quickly  from 
her  mind.  Her  own  desire  to  have  a  firm  grasp  of  "new  words" 
has  been  happily  evinced  again  and  again  in  the  course  of  her  read- 
ing lessons.  When  her  fingers  have  come  upon  a  word  which  has 
once  been  explained  to  her  she  has  asked  her  teacher  to  let  her  ''think 
it  out." 

In  her  recreation  hours  Cora  has  read  a  portion  of  the  delightful 
story  of  Little  Women.  The  books  which  have  been  read  to  her 
during  the  year  are  Little  Miss  Phoebe  Gay,  The  Adventures  of  a 
Brownie,  Five  Little  Mice  in  a  Mousetrap  and  short  stories  selected 
from  many  sources. 

The  basis  of  Cora's  work  in  the  writing  class  has  been  the  con- 
struction of  sentences  requiring  the  use  of  the  period,  comma,  apos- 


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trophe,  hyphen  and  marks  of  quotation,  interrogation  and  excla- 
mation. Much  attention  has  also  been  given  to  the  proper  forma- 
tion of  letters  and  figures  and  to  the  correct  use  of  capitals.  From 
time  to  time  tales  of  American  history  have  been  reproduced  by  way 
of  observing  the  anniversaries  of  the  occurrence  of  important  events 
in  the  history  of  our  country.  The  first  of  these  stories,  which  was 
given  to  the  class,  was  a  simple  account  of  Thanksgiving  Day.  It 
was  read  to  Cora  three  times  before  she  was  willing  to  make  any 
attempt  to  reproduce  it,  and  her  final  response  was  so  listless  as  to 
show  clearly  her  inability  to  perform  the  task  with  any  degree  of 
independence.  A  strong  contrast  to  this  helpless  attitude  came  in 
June,  when  the  class  was  asked  to  tell  in  written  words  the  story  of 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  After  the  story  had  been  read  to  Cora 
once,  she  immediately  began  to  write  it,  and  her  earnest  appHca- 
tion  continued  without  any  suggestion  from  her  teacher  until  the 
task  was  finished. 

In  every  branch  of  manual  training  Cora  has  done  her  work  with 
interest,  intelligence  and  creditable  skill.  She  has  had  daily  prac- 
tice in  knitting  and  sewing  and  has  completed  her  third  and  last  year 
of  wood  sloyd. 

Of  the  time  which  Cora  has  spent  in  the  gymnasium  it  may  be 
said  that  she  has  joined  with  zest  in  the  games,  the  apparatus  work 
and  the  dancing,  but  in  concerted  work,  where  it  has  been  necessary 
for  her  to  receive  and  execute  class  orders  promptly  and  in  good 
form,  her  mark  has  been  far  below  the  class  standard. 

In  Cora's  moral  development  considerable  gain  in  self-control 
has  been  noted.  At  the  beginning  of  the  year  any  criticism  of  her 
conduct  made  her  angry,  but  she  has  now  reached  the  point  where 
she  receives  correction  in  quite  a  docile  spirit.  She  has  often  ac- 
knowledged that  she  was  naughty  and  expressed  a  desire  to  do  bet- 
ter. She  appears  to  have  genuine  respect  for  goodness  in  other 
people.  She  says  that  she  likes  Beth  best  of  all  the  characters  in 
Little  Women,  "because  she  was  good."  She  has  grown  less  bois- 
terous in  all  her  ways,  and  the  effects  of  this  change  have  been  felt 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  school.  The  people  with  whom  Cora  has 
spent  her  vacations  have  expressed  their  gratification  at  this  marked 
improvement  in  her  conduct. 

She  has  appeared  to  take  pride  in  being  a  member  of  a  class  of 
girls  and  at  times  has  seemed  anxious  to  keep  pace  with  her  class- 
mates in  their  work.     Unfortunately,  however,  her  zeal,  in  most 


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instances,  has  not  been  sufficiently  strong  to  insure  the  amount  of 
appHcation  necessary  for  the  attainment  of  this  end. 

At  the  expiration  of  her  term  of  service  Miss  Helen 
L.  Smith,  who  has  done  excellent  work  for  Cora  during 
the  past  year,  has  been  promoted  to  another  department 
of  the  school,  and  the  vacancy  thus  created  has  been  filled 
by  the  appointment  of  Miss  Abby  G.  Pottle,  a  young 
woman  of  intelligence,  ability  and  firmness  of  character. 


Marion  Rostron. 

No  sound,  no  sound!     I  dwell  alone,  alone. 
In  silence  such  as  reigns  in  deepest  grave. 

— Angie  Fui.lkr  Fisher. 

The  record  of  the  year's  work  of  this  unfortunate 
girl  is  far  from  being  satisfactory.  It  shows  clearly 
that  she  has  made  slight  progress  in  reading  and  in  arith- 
metic and  none  whatever  in  sewing, 

Marion  lacks  lamentably  the  power  of  application  and 
of  concentrating  her  mental  faculties  on  a  given  point 
and  indeed  she  takes  little  interest  in  work  of  any  kind. 
She  dislikes  exertion ;  she  is  easily  provoked  and  prone  to 
become  rebellious  when  urged  with  firmness  to  perform 
her  simple  tasks.  Her  sight  is  keener  and  stronger  than 
it  has  heretofore  been,  but  strange  as  this  may  appear, 
the  improvement  in  her  visual  sense,  instead  of  being 
helpful  to  her  in  her  studies,  is  a  positive  hindrance  to 
her  advancement,  because  it  diverts  her  attention  from 
one  thing  to  another  and  prevents  it  from  being  fixed 
upon  a  particular  object. 

But  while  Marion  has  shown  no  signs  of  intellectual 
awakening,  no  indications  of  the  slightest  change  in  her 
mental  and  moral  condition,  she  has  on  the  other  hand 
presented   repeatedly   emphatic   evidence   of   unsatisfac- 


MARION    ROSTRON. 


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tory  conduct  and  of  ungovernable  temper.  Apart  from 
being  habitually  obstinate  and  constantly  refractory, 
she  is  addicted  to  periodical  violent  outbursts  of  anger, 
which  at  times  are  so  vehement  and  so  tempestuous  as  to 
disturb  the  peace  of  the  school  and  to  upset  the  order 
of  whole  classes  of  students.  These  fits  of  rage  have  of 
late  assumed  such  a  serious  character  that  they  demand 
an  effectual  remedy.  Under  these  circumstances  it  will  be 
hardly  possible  for  us  to  put  off  much  longer  the  adop- 
tion of  a  final  decision  as  to  whether  we  can  keep  among 
our  pupils  an  element  of  constant  turbulence  and  dis- 
order. 

Both  Marion's  work  during  the  past  year  and  her 
attitude  of  indifference  towards  it  are  briefly  described 
in  the  following  statement  written  by  her  special  teacher 
Miss  Evelyn  Rice: — 

Marion's  progress  during  the  past  year  has  been  somewhat  re- 
tarded by  the  mental  attitude  which  she  often  takes  toward  her  work. 
Though  all  her  studies  have  been  pursued  in  a  class  with  other  girls, 
the  influence  of  her  classmates  has  not  given  her  the  desired  impulse 
to  greater  effort. 

It  was  especially  hard  for  her  to  become  accustomed  to  reading 
aloud  in  the  presence  of  others  and  frequently  it  was  not  until  after 
showing  much  nervousness  and  irritability  that  she  could  be  made 
to  read.  Later  in  the  year  she  improved  considerably  in  this  respect, 
although  she  was  occasionally  obstinate  if  there  were  hard  words  in 
the  lesson.  She  now  learns  the  pronunciation  of  words  more  quickly 
than  she  did  last  year  and  remembers  them  better.  She  has  for 
the  last  few  months  shown  more  interest  in  the  reading  lessons 
than  during  the  first  part  of  the  year.  She  has  read  the  Fourth 
Book,  the  second  part  of  In  the  Child's  World,  Through  the  Farm- 
yard Gate,  and  several  stories  in  the  Sixth  Book.  Her  vocabulary 
has  been  greatly  increased  through  the  reading  lessons,  as  well  as 
by  other  means, — notably  the  evening  readings  which  were  a  source 
of  much  pleasure  to  her. 

In  number  work  Marion  has  been  slow,  but  she  improved  as  the 
year  advanced.     She  has  learned  the  multiplication  tables  as  far 


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as  six  times  six,  but  she  finds  some  of  them  hard  to  remember  and 
needs  much  drill  in  multiplying  and  dividing.  She  has  also  learned 
the  Roman  numerals  as  far  as  one  hundred  and  has  had  some  prac- 
tice in  reading  and  writing  fractions.  Her  work  in  problems,  both 
oral  and  written,  is  usually  good,  if  she  really  tries  to  think. 

Marion  has  generally  done  well  in  writing.  She  forms  most  of 
the  letters  well  and  her  spacing  is  much  better  than  it  was  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year,  but  she  sometimes  makes  careless  mistakes 
in  copying.  From  time  to  time  the  girls  have  been  required  to  write 
reproductions  of  stories  which  they  have  read  or  heard.  At  first 
this  work  was  very  hard  for  Marion,  but  she  became  able  to  do  it 
much  more  easily. 

Marion  enjoys  some  of  the  simpler  gymnastic  exercises,  but  she 
does  not  like  the  more  difficult  ones.  Toward  the  end  of  the  year 
she  was  transferred  from  the  lowest  class  to  a  more  advanced  one, 
as  it  was  thought  that  the  more  vigorous  movements  would  utiUze 
some  of  her  superfluous  physical  energy  and  that  it  would  be  good 
for  her  to  have  to  conform  to  a  higher  standard.  Marion  was 
pleased  with  the  change,  and  worked  better  than  in  the  other  class. 

Her  work  in  manual  training  is  as  yet  elementary.  She  has  done 
plain  knitting  and  sewing,  the  latter  consisting  of  basting  and  simple 
hemming.  Her  partial  sight  continues  to  be  a  hindrance  in  this 
work.  While  she  has  made  some  improvement  this  year,  it  has  not 
been  marked :  she  cannot  be  depended  upon  to  do  good  work  always. 
She  has  made  several  models  in  wood,  but  she  is  apt  to  make  mis- 
takes in  these  as  in  other  things. 

Marion  still  has  much  to  fight  against  in  her  hot  temper  and  her 
innate  dislike  for  hard  work,  especially  that  requiring  mental  effort. 
She  has,  in  some  instances,  successfully  struggled  with  her  temper, 
but  on  many  occasions  she  has  either  made  no  attempt  to  check  an 
outburst,  or  has  utterly  failed  in  the  attempt.  She  is  still  a  child 
mentally  and  morally  and  has  not  learned  to  apply  herself  earnestly 
to  her  tasks,  as  we  hope  she  will  when  she  matures. 

Marion  often  shows  the  affectionate  side  of  her  nature,  and  takes 
pleasure  in  doing  for  others.  By  kindness  to  new  pupils  and  by 
various  little  thoughtful  acts  performed  for  her  teachers  and  school- 
mates, she  has  made  herself  helpful.  She  has  learned  during  the 
year  to  do  some  things  for  herself  that  were  formerly  done  for  her, 
and  she  has  improved  somewhat  in  her  manners  and  general  appear- 
ance. 


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After  a  year's  earnest  and  faithful  work,  Miss  Rice 
has  declined  to  renew  her  engagement  for  another  term 
of  service,  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Hoxie  has  been  appointed 
in  her  stead.  Miss  Hoxie  is  well  fitted  for  the  task  both 
by  professional  attainments  and  force  of  will  and  is 
striving  to  do -for  Marion  as  much  as  can  be  done  in  such 
a  case. 


Exhibit  at  the  St.  Louis  Exposition. 

It  shows  our  spirit  or  it  proves  our  strength. 

— Young. 

In  response  to  an  official  request,  made  by  the  proper 
authorities  of  the  Louisiana  purchase  exposition,  we  sent 
last  spring  to  Saint  Louis  an  educational  exhibit,  which 
was  shown  in  three  cases  and  in  the  wall  space  above 
them,  and  which  was  the  largest  and  most  comprehen- 
sive of  its  kind.  It  expressed  both  the  spirit  of  the 
school  and  the  character  of  its  work.  We  use  no  ex- 
aggerated form  of  speech  in  saying  that  its  like  was 
never  presented  in  any  of  the  world's  great  interna- 
tional fairs,  which  have  been  held  since  the  middle  of  the 
nineteenth  century,  in  either  of  the  hemispheres  of  the 
globe. 

Although  the  display  of  the  various  articles  was  very 
imperfectly  made,  owing  to  the  inadequacy  or  unfitness 
of  the  official  cases,  nevertheless  it  gave  a  correct  idea  of 
what  the  school  is  accomplishing  along  educational  lines 
and  of  the  continuity  and  definite  purpose  of  its  cur- 
riculum. 

All  the  grades  of  the  school  from  the  kindergarten  to 
the  highest  were  fairly  represented  in  the  exhibit. 

We  subjoin  a  partial  list  of  the  specimens  of  work 
sent  to  the  exposition  from  the  boys'  and  girls'  depart- 


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ments  of  the  high  and  grammar  schools: — A  number 
of  bound  books,  written  in  Braille  point  and  on  the 
type-writer .  and  containing  exercises  in  English,  history, 
geography,  science  and  mathematics,  the  latter  being 
supplemented  by  special  papers  on  algebra  and  by  geo- 
metrical diagrams;  a  series  of  letters  in  German,  written 
also  on  the  type- writer  and  in  the  Braille  punctography; 
cushion  maps  and  samples  of  writing  in  square  hand;  an 
induction  coil  constructed  entirely  from  beginning  to  end 
by  one  of  the  students;  about  twenty  models  of  sloyd 
made  by  the  boys  in  plain  and  matched  woods,  together 
with  a  very  large  and  interesting  display  of  sewing, 
knitting  and  fancy  work  by  the  girls;  two  albums  of  photo- 
graphs of  various  sorts  and  also  separate  pictures  of  most 
of  the  classes  and  of  the  interior  of  the  different  rooms. 

The  exhibit  from  the  primary  department  contained 
written  samples  of  the  children's  work  in  English  and 
the  elementary  branches  of  study  and  models  of  sloyd 
in  wood,  while  that  from  the  kindergarten  comprised  a 
considerable  number  of  specimens  of  paper  weaving, 
ring  designing,  modelling  in  clay,  making  cushion  maps, 
and  of  sewing  and  knitting. 

No  person  making  a  careful  examination  of  the 
numerous  articles  representing  different  departments 
of  the  school,  who  should  note  their  significance  as 
legitimate  products  of  a  well  organized  system  of  educa- 
tion, could  help  observing  that  there  existed  a  close 
relationship  between  the  work  of  the  head  and  that  of 
the  hand. 

The  entire  exhibit  filled  ten  large  boxes  and  was  for- 
warded to  Saint  Louis  about  the  middle  of  March.  It 
was  unpacked  and  set  up  under  the  direction  of  our  dear 
friend,  Mr.  Benjamin  B.  Huntoon,  the  superintendent 
of  the  school  for  the  blind  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  to 


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whom  we  owe  a  great  debt  of  gratitude  for  his  efficient 
help.  Mr.  Huntoon  was  very  favorably  impressed  with 
the  work  of  our  school  and  exceedingly  generous  in  his 
kind  comments  upon  it,  and  we  take  the  liberty  of  making 
the  following  extracts  from  his  letters  to  us: — 

I  was  very  much  impressed  with  your  exhibit  and  regret  that  the 
exhibition  cases  are  utterly  inadequate  for  any  purpose,  except  for 
wing  cases. 

The  kindergarten  display  was  beautiful.  The  tiles  showing  ears 
of  corn  were  remarkable.  The  articles  were  most  admirably  packed, 
and  all  with  the  exception  of  three  small  pieces  of  unbaked  clay  came 
out  intact.  .  .  . 

I  shall  ask  our  board  of  trustees  to  send  three  or  four  of  our  teach- 
ers to  Saint  Louis  just  to  study  your  exhibit.  I  think  it  will  be 
worth  the  expense. 

.  .  .  The  only  thing  I  regret  in  connection  with  your  wonderful 
exhibit  is  its  practical  burial  in  those  contemptible  official  display 
cases.  ...  It  will  require  determination  and  patience  on  the  part  of 
an  interested  investigator;  but,  if  he  will  take  the  needed  pains, 
his  researches  will  be  rewarded  by  finding  before  his  eyes  a  most 
beautiful  and  astonishing  record  of  what  the  teaching  of  the  blind 
can  accomplish  and  has  accomplished  in  this  country. 

This  testimony,  coming  as  it  does  from  a  most  com- 
petent judge  and  impartial  critic,  carries  with  it  far 
greater  value  than  any  formal  official  recognition. 


Conclusion. 

Hoc  quoque  quam  volui  plus  est. 

— Ovid. 

In  looking  over  what  I  have  written  in  the  foregoing 
pages  in  review  of  the  history  of  the  past  twelve  months, 
I  am  forcibly  reminded  by  the  quotation  from  the  great 
Roman  poet  that  I  have  already  said  enough,  if  not 
"more  than  I  wished  to  say."     Hence  I  must  here  close 


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this  account  of  another  year's  work.  There  is  in  this 
record  a  great  deal  to  call  for  thanksgiving  and  rejoic- 
ing and  not  a  little  to  strengthen  our  hope  and  increase 
our  aspirations  for  better  results  in  the  future. 

We  deem  it  a  great  privilege  to  be  able  to  state  that 
the  school  is  in  an  excellent  condition.  Its  material 
equipment  has  never  been  so  good  nor  so  well  adapted  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  a  system  of  liberal  education 
as  it  is  now.  The  improvements  and  repairs  in  the 
buildings  made  a  year  ago  provide  ample  accommodations 
and  facilities  for  the  health,  comfort,  safety  and  thorough 
training  of  the  pupils.  The  teachers,  forty-four  in  num- 
ber, are  exceptionally  able  and  admirably  fitted  for  their 
respective  duties;  they  work  harmoniously  together  under 
the  leadership  of  the  heads  of  the  different  departments 
and  in  genuine  loyalty  to  the  best  interests  of  the  estab- 
lishment. The  students  are  industrious,  docile  and 
generally  obedient  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
households.  The  officers  of  administration  are  faith- 
ful to  their  trust,  and  peace  and  prosperity  prevail  within 
our  walls. 

We  need  scarcely  say  that  the  institution,  despite  the 
assistance  which  it  receives  from  the  state  of  Massachu- 
setts, needs  additional  funds  to  enable  it  not  only  to 
carry  on  its  beneficent  work  successfully  on  the  present 
scale,  without  encroaching  upon  its  endowment  for  paying 
current  expenses,  but  to  enlarge  the  field  of  its  operations 
and  to  open  new  avenues  of  happiness  and  usefulness  to 
the  blind  of  New  England.  The  needs  of  the  school  are 
unquestionably  very  pressing;  but  our  faith  in  the  gen- 
erosity and  goodness  of  our  benefactors  is  also  very  great 
and  abiding.  Our  financial  burdens  are  constantly  in- 
creasing; so  are  our  friends  and  helpers,  and  their  hands 
are  sure  to  bestow  the  means  and  the  power  that  will 


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sustain  the  institution  and  make  it  a  public  blessing  in 
the  future  as  it  has  been  in  the  past. 

Grateful  for  the  confidence  reposed  in  me  by  the 
trustees  and  for  the  sympathy  and  benefactions  of  friends 
of  the  establishment,  I  pledge  myself  to  bear  the  respon- 
sibilities of  my  office  for  another  year  with  full  measure 
of  earnestness  and  devotion. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

MICHAEL   ANAGNOS. 


LIST  OF  PUPILS. 


Allen,  Mary  K. 
Anderson,  Elizabeth  D. 
Bailey,  Minnie. 
Browne,  Mary  I. 
Burke,  Norah. 
Burns,  Nellie. 
Crocker,  Cora  A. 
Crockett,  Marion  S. 
Cross,  Ida. 
Dart,  M.  Fernette. 
Deveau,  Evelyn  M. 
Dodd,  E.  Elizabeth. 
Dolan,  Ellen  F. 
Dubreuil,  Maria. 
Durant,  Rose  M. 
Elmer,  Edith  M. 
Elwell,  Gertrude. 
Fisher,  Annie  J. 
Flaherty,  Margaret  ^I. 
Forbush,  V'innie  F. 
Foss,  Jessie  E. 
Gavaghen,  Annie. 
Gavin,  Ellen  A. 
Gilman,  Lura. 
Goullaud,  E.  Edna. 
Grifl5n,  Martha. 
Hamlet,  Ethel. 
Harvey,  Ida  M. 
Healey,  Mary  J. 
Hilgenberg,  Johanna. 
Hill,  Ethel  S. 
Hinckley,  Gussie  P. 
Howard,  Lily  B. 
Ingham,  Beatrice  E. 
Jones,  Louise. 
Jones,  Maud  E. 


Keegan,  Margaret  M. 
Kennedy,  Annie  M. 
Kennedy,  NeUie  A. 
Knap,  Mary  G. 
Landregan,  Annie. 
Langdon,  Margarita. 
LawTence,  Anna. 
Lee,  Sarah  B.  K. 
Lewis,  Jessie. 
McClintock,  Mary. 
McKenzie,  Ethel. 
McKenzie,  ^largaret. 
McVay,  Catherine. 
Miller,  A.  IVIarion. 
Miller,  Mildred  H. 
Montgomery,  Ethel  A. 
Morris,  Mary  E. 
Muldoon,  Sophia  J. 
Murphy,  Frances  A. 
Norton,  Agnes  E. 
Ovens,  Emily  A. 
Paine,  Elsie  G. 
Perella,  Julia. 
Puffer,  Mildred  E. 
Reed,  Nellie  Edna. 
Robin,  EHzabeth. 
Rostron,  Marion. 
Ryan,  Margaret. 
Sheehy,  Margaret  M. 
Sheffield,  Emma  J. 
Skinner,  Maggie. 
Smith,  Nellie  J. 
Spring,  Genevra  S. 
Stearns,  Gladys  L. 
Stewart,  Margaret  C. 
Traynor,  Rose. 


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Velandre,  Corinna. 
Viles,  Alison  P. 
Wells,  M.  Esther. 
Wilde,  Agnes. 
Aberg,  George  H. 
Adler,  Morris. 
Amadon,  Charles  H. 
Bardsley,  William  E. 
Barnard,  Richard  J.  C. 
Bartlett,  Joseph. 
Bates,  Harold  W. 
Bixby,  Charles  A. 
Black,  Charles. 
Bradley,  Edward  F. 
Butters,  Albert  W. 
Clark,  George  H. 
Cotton,  Chesley  L. 
Crandall,  Daniel  L. 
Cummings,  Edwin. 
Cunningham,  James  H. 
Curran,  John. 
Davison,  Everett  H. 
Deming,  Harold  B. 
De  Roche,  Gilbert  H. 
Diamond,  Francis. 
Dodge,  Wilbur. 
Drew,  Francis. 
Farley,  Charles  E. 
Furrow,  George. 
Fyrberg,  Oscar  A. 
Gibson,  Leon  S. 
Gordon,  Allen  G. 
Gosselin,  Napoleon. 
Govereau,  Edward. 
Graham,  William. 
Hagopian,  Krikor  D. 
Hamlett,  Clarence  S. 
Harvey,  Lyman  K. 
Heroux,  Alfred  N. 


Hickey,  Bernard. 
Hurd,  Harrison  J. 
lerardi,  Francesco. 
Kettlewell,  Gabriel. 
Kirshen,  Morris. 
Levin,  Barnard. 
Lombard,  Horace  V. 
Lucier,  George. 
Lund,  Olaf  H. 
McQueeney,  William. 
Mills,  George. 
Muldoon,  Henry  M. 
Muldoon,  Robert  D. 
Nelson,  Ralph. 
Nilson,  Frank. 
Osborne,  Patrick. 
Pierce,  Charles  F. 
Pratt,  William. 
Rand,  Henry. 
Ransom,  Francis. 
Ray,  Edward  R. 
Robinson,  William  E. 
Ryan,  Edward  D. 
Sacco,  Nicola. 
Stamp,  Charles. 
Sticher,  Frank  W. 
Stover,  Alfred. 
Stringer,  Thomas. 
Stuart,  Edwin. 
Thompson,  Robert. 
Van  Vliet,  Henry. 
Vaughn,  William  M. 
Velandre,  Daniel. 
Viggers,  Frederick. 
Walsh,  Frederick  V. 
Walsh,  William. 
Wetherell,  John. 
White,  Thomas  E. 
Wolpe,  Aaron  D. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


Among  the  pleasant  duties  incident  to  the  close  of  the  year  is 
that  of  expressing  our  heartfelt  thanks  and  grateful  acknowledgments 
to  the  following  artists,  litterateurs,  societies,  proprietors,  managers, 
editors,  and  publishers,  for  concerts  and  various  musical  enter- 
tainments, for  operas,  oratorios,  lectures,  readings,  and  for  an  ex- 
cellent supply  of  periodicals  and  weekly  papers,  books,  and  speci- 
mens of  various  kinds. 

As  we  have  said  in  previous  reports,  these  favors  are  not  only 
a  source  of  pleasure  and  happiness  to  our  pupils,  but  also  a  valuable 
means  of  aesthetic  culture,  of  social  intercourse,  and  of  mental  stimu- 
lus and  improvement.  So  far  as  we  know,  there  is  no  community 
in  the  world  which  does  half  so  much  for  the  gratification  and  im- 
provement of  its  unfortunate  members  as  that  of  Boston  does  for 
our  pupils. 

I. — Acknowledgments  for  Concerts,  Recitals  and  Lectures. 

To  Major  Henry  Lee  Higginson,  through  Mr.  Fred  R.  Comee, 
for  thirty  tickets  for  the  course  of  symphony  concerts  in  Sanders 
Theatre,  Cambridge. 

To  Mr.  Richard  Newman,  for  an  average  of  twenty-five  tickets 
to  each  of  a  series  of  recitals  and  concerts  in  Steinert  Hall,  and 
to  Mr.  Richard  Piatt,  who  shared  his  beneficence  on  one  occasion. 
Mr.  Newman's  great  kindness  to  our  school  is  gratefully  appreciated. 

To  Prof.  Carl  Faelten,  for  an  average  of  ten  tickets  to  each 
of  a  series  of  six  recitals  by  him  in  Huntington  Chambers  Hall.  We 
owe  a  debt  of  deep  gratitude  to  Prof.  Faelten  for  his  constant  remem- 
brance of  our  pupils. 

To  the  Cecilia  Society,  through  its  secretary,  Mr.  Edward  A. 
Studley,  for  eighteen  tickets  to  each  of  two  concerts. 

To  Mr.  Georg  Longy,  through  Mr.  Lenom,  for  eighteen  tickets 
to  each  of  three  concerts  by  the  Longy  Club. 

To  Mr.  John  M.  Flockton,  for  an  average  of  sixteen  tickets 
to  each  of  three  concerts  by  the  Verdi  Orchestral  Club. 

To  Mr.  Ralph  Flanders,  for  an  average  of  thirty-five  tickets 


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to  each  of  a  series  of  recitals  in  Jordan  Hall,  New  England  Con- 
servatory. 

To  the  Boston  Singing  Club,  through  its  conductor,  Mr.  Hii;am 
G.  Tucker,  and  its  secretaries,  Mr.  Charles  Delmont  and  Mr.  George 
H.  Weale,  for  seventy-two  tickets  to  each  of  its  two  "forenight" 
concerts. 

To  the  Apollo  Club,  through  its  secretary,  Mr.  Horace  J.  Phipp^^ 
for  eight  tickets  to  one  of  its  concerts. 

To  Mr.  Ernst  Perabo,  for  ten  tickets  to  one  of  his  recitals, 
through  Messrs.  Chickering  and  Sons,  and  for  fifty  tickets  to  another, 
and  for  a  general  invitation,  through  Mr.  R.  H.  Oliver,  to  a  concert 
for  the  benefit  of  Mr.  Claude  Fisher  at  Chickering  Hall. 

To  Mrs.  H.  H.  A.  Beach,  for  seven  tickets  to  the  concert  at  Sym- 
phony Hall  in  honor  of  Signor  Rotoli.  ,  , 

To  Miss  Edith  E.  Torrey,  for  fifty  tickets  to  a  concert  of  modern 
songs  at  Jordan  Hall,  New  England  Conservatory. 

To  Mr.  J.  Wallace  Goodrich,  for  a  general  invitation  to  tjje 
pupils  to  attend  a  concert  by  the  Choral  Art  Society. 

To  Miss  Jessie  Davis,  for  seventeen  tickets  to  a  recital  in  Chick- 
ering Hall. 

To  the  Music  Department  of  Boston,  for  thirty-six  tickets  to 
the  municipal  concert  at  the  South  Boston  High  School.  ■  ^ 

To  Dr.  Ralph  M.  Cole,  for  thirty  tickets  to  an  entertaininent 
at  Phillips  Church,  South  Boston. 

To  Mrs.  J.  Carleton  Nichols,  for  sixty-six  tickets  to  a  lecture 
by  the  Rev.  Charles  Fleischer  at  the  Hawes  Church,  South  Boston.  , 

To  the  Rev.  J.  R.  Cltshing,  for  ten  tickets  to  a  song  recital  at 
the  City  Point  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South  Boston. 

To  Mrs.  John  H.  Morison,  for  the  use  of  two  tickets  to  a  public 
rehearsal  by  the  Boston  Symphon}-  Orchestra. 

To  the  Band  of  the  Gordon  Highlanders,  for  a  general  invita- 
tion to  the  pupils  to  attend  a  concert  in  Tremont  Temple. 

To  the  Swedish  Glee  Club,  through  its  secretary,  Mr.  Elmer 
Sanden,  for  a  general  invitation  to  the  pupils  to  attend  a  concert 
in  Parker  Memorial  Hall. 

To  the  managers  of  the  Merchants'  and  Manufacturers' 
Exposition,  for  a  general  invitation  to  the  pupils  to  attend  the  fair 
in  Mechanics  Hall. 

To  Mrs.  Clarke,  through  Miss  Mary  E.  Watson,  for  a  ticket 
to  a  performance  at  the  Castle  Square  Theatre. 


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//. — Acknowledgments  for  Recitals  and  Lectures  given  in  our  Hall. 

To  Mr.  William  Leonard  Benedict,  who  very  kindly  arranged 
for  an  organ  recital  by  Mr.  B.J.  Whelpley. 

To  Prof.  Arlo  Bates,  for  a  lectvire  on  "Charles  Dickens."  Our 
teachers  and  pupils  listen  with  very  great  pleasure  to  the  lectures  of 
Prof.  Bates,  which  they  class  among  the  most  delightful  events  of  the 
year. 

To  Mrs.  H.  B.  Gushing,  Mrs.  Farrar  and  Miss  Const.a.nce 
Gushing,  for  an  entertainment. 

To  Miss  McQuesten,  reader,  and  Miss  White,  harpist,  for  an 
entertainment. 

To  Mr.  J.  Dudley  Hall,  organist,  assisted  by  Mr.  J.  Chester 
White,  tenor,  and  Mr.  A.  F.  Palmer,  bass,  for  a  recital. 

To  Mr.  Charles  P.  Scott,  organist,  assisted  by  Mr.  David 
Newland,  tenor,  and  Miss  Violet  Irene  Wellington  and  Miss  Fanny 
Webb,  readers,  for  an  entertainment. 


///. — Acknowledgments  for  Books,  Specimens,  etc. 

For  various  books,  specimens,  and  the  like,  we  are  indebted  to  the 
following  friends: 

To  Miss  Harriet  Robb,  New  York  City,  Mr.  Joeln  F.  Twombly, 
Miss  Frances  E.  Pope,  Miss  Emilie  S.  Perry,  Mrs.  Augustus 
R.  KiEFFER,  Bradford,  Penn.,  Messrs.  Houghton  and  Dutton 
and  the  Xavier  Free  Publication  Society  for  the  Blind,  New 
York. 

IV. — Acknowledgments  for  Periodicals  and  Newspapers. 

The  editors  and  pubhshers  of  the  following  reviews,  magazines 
and  semi-monthly  and  weekly  papers  continue  to  be  very  kind  and 
liberal  in  sending  us  their  pubhcations  gratuitously,  which  are 
always  cordially  welcomed  and  perused  with  interest : — 


The  N.E.  Journal  of  Education, 
The  Atlantic,    . 
Boston  Home  Journal, 
Youth's  Companion, 
Our  Dumb  Animals, 
The  Christian  Register, 


Boston,  Mass. 


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The  Missionary  Herald, 

The  Well- Spring, 

Woman's  Journal,    . 

St.  Nicholas, 

Collier's  Weekly, 

American  Annals  of  the  Deaf 

The  Etude, 

The  Mentor,      . 

Daily  Advocate, 

The  Silent  Worker,  . 

The  News, 

The  Ohio  Chronicle, 

The  Web-Foot, 

The  Messenger, 

The  Tablet, 

The  Washingtonian, 

The  Colorado  Index, 


Boston,  Mass. 


New  York,  N.  Y. 


Washington,  D.C 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

.     Inst.  }or  Deaj-Mutes,  Malone,  N.  Y. 

Inst,  for  Deaf-Mutes,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Inst,  for  the  Deaf-Mutes,  Trenton,  N.J. 

Inst,  for  Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Inst,  for  the  Deaf-Mutes,  Columhils,  O. 

School  for  Deaf-Mutes,  Salem,  Ore. 

.   Ala.  Academy  for  the  Blind. 

West  Va.  School  for  Deaf-Mutes  and  Blind. 

School  for  the  Deaf,  etc.,  Vancouver. 

Colorado  School  for  Deaf  and  Blind. 


The  Sunday-School  Weekly  (embossed). 


Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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ANALYSIS   OF   MAINTENANCE   ACCOUNT. 


Meats,  37,100  pounds, $3,636.20 

Fish,  5,228  pounds, 262.91 

Butter,  5,370  pounds 1,069.77 

Bread,  flour,  meal,  etc., 774-46 

Potatoes  and  other  vegetables,      1,241.65 

Fruit,  fresh  and  dried, 402.84 

Milk,  40,351  quarts, 2,190.60 

Sugar,  10,804  pounds, 523-52 

Tea  and  coflfee,  1,534  pounds, 391-5° 

Groceries, 1,406.52 

Gas  and  oil,      593-33 

Coal  and  wood, ' 7,979.27 

Sundry  articles  of  consumption, 1,064.44 

Wages,  domestic  service, 8,629.26 

Salaries,  superintendence  and  instruction, 32,902.88 

Medicines  and  medical  sundries,      85.67 

Furniture  and  bedding, 1,887.40 

Expense  of  stable, 347-47 

Musical  instruments,      698.26 

Manual  training  suppUes,      258.24 

Stationery,  printing,  etc., 1,601.37 

Construction  and  repairs, 4,3°i-Si 

Taxes  and  insurance,      2,061.10 

Travelling  expenses, 183.02 

Sundries, 634.06 

$75>i27-25 


WORK   DEPARTMENT. 


Statement  for  the  Year  ending  August  31,  1904. 

Receipts. 

Cash  received  from  sales, $22,461.90  _^'> 

Stock  on  hand  and  bills  re- 
ceivable August  31,  1904,    .     $9,269.04 

Stock  on  hand  and  bills  re- 
ceivable August  31,  1903,  .       8,540.58 

728.46 

$23,190.36 

Expenditures. 

Cash  paid  for  salaries  and  wages,     .    .    .       $10,784.83 
Cash  paid  for  rent,  stock  and  sundries,  .         11,342.74 

22,127.57 

Gain, $1,062.79 


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The  following  account  exhibits  the  state  of  property  as  en- 
tered upon  the  books  of  the  institution,  September  i,  1904  : — 


Building,  288-290  Devonshire  street, 

$69,800.00 

Building,  250-252  Purchase  street,     . 

76,800.00 

Building,  174-178  Congress  street,     . 

97,200.00 

Building,  205-207  Congress  street,     . 

74,100.00 

Building,  150-152  Boylston  street,     . 

115,000.00 

Building,  363  Boylston  street,        .     . 

40,000.00 

Building,  379-385  Boylston  street,     . 

90,000.00 

House,  1 1  Oxford  street,       .... 

8,500.00 

House,  402  Fifth  street, 

4,300.00 

Houses,  412,  414,  416  Fifth  street,     . 

9,300.00 

Houses,  424,  426,  428  Fifth  street,     . 

15,300.00 

Houses,  430-440  Fifth  street  and   103- 

105  H  street, 

47,200.00 

Building,  442  Fifth  street  to  1 1 1  H  street 

21,300.00 

House,  537  Fourth  street,     .... 

3,900.00 

Houses,  541,  543  Fourth  street,     .     . 

7,800.00 

House,  542  Fourth  street,     .... 

7,800.00 

House,  555  Fourth  street,     .... 

2,000.00 

Houses,  557,  559  Fourth  street,     .     . 

14,900.00 

Houses,  583,  585,  587,  589  Fourth  street. 

18,700.00 

Houses,  591,  593,  595  Fourth  street, 

15,400.00 

Houses,  99-101  H  street,      .... 

3,000.00 

House,  527  Broadway, 

8,400.00 

House,  132  Hudson  street,  Somerville, 

2,900.00 

Building,  383-385-  Centre  street,  .     . 

5,400.00 

Real  estate,  corner  Day  and  Centre  street 

s,           22,500.00 

$781,500.00 

Real  estate,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 

33,328.00 

Real  estate   at  Wachusett  street,  Foresi 

Hills,  left  to  the  kindergarten  by  tht 

will  of  the  late  Ezra  S.  Jackson,  sub 

ject  to  a  life  annuity  to  Mrs.  Jackson 

7,600.00 

Real  Estate  used  by  the  Institution. 

Real  estate,  Broadway  and  Fourth  street 

$345,000.00 

House,  418  Fifth  street, 

3,100.00 

House,  422  Fifth  street,        .... 

3,700.00 

351,800.00 

Real   estate   used   for  school   purposes 

Jamaica  Plain, 

279,000.00 

Unimproved  land,  South  Boston, 

5,196.00 

Mortgage  notes, 

92,500.00- 

Railroad  Stock. 

Boston  &  Providence  R.R.,  100  shares 

cost, 

$25,048.75 

Amounts  carried  forward,  .     .     . 

$25,048.75 

$1,550,924.00- 

127 


Amounts  brought  forward,  .  .  . 
Fitchburg  R.R.,  preferred,  250  shares, 

cost, 

Boston  &  Maine  R.R.,  31  shares,  cost,  . 
Boston  &  Albany  R.R.,  209  shares,  cost, 
Old  Colony  R.R.,  70  shares,  cost,  .  . 
West  End  Street  Railway,  200  shares, 

cost,       

Consolidated  R.R.  of  Vermont,  4  shares. 
New   York,    New   Haven  &    Hartford 

R.R.,  5  shares, 

Railroad  Bonds. 
Eastern  R.R.,  one  6%  bond,  cost,      .     . 
New    York    Central   &   Hudson   River 

(Lake  Shore)  R.R.,  20  bonds,    .     .     . 
New   York   Central   &  Hudson    River 

R.R.,  25  4s,  cost, 

Central  Vermont  R.R.,  5  4s,  cost,  .  . 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.R.,  22 

4s,  cost, 

Chicago,   Burlington    &  Quincy  R.R., 

Illinois  division,  2  bonds,  cost,  .     .     . 
Northern    Pacific     &    Great    Northern 

R.R.,  46  4s,  cost, 

Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  R.R.,  10 

4s,  cost, 

Kansas    City,    Chnton     &    Springfield 

R.R.,  3  5s,  cost,       

Kansas    City,    St.    Joseph     &    Council 

Bluffs  R.R.,  5  7s,  cost, 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  R.R.,  20  5s,  cost,  . 
St.  Paul,  Minnesota  &  Manitoba  R.R., 

10  4s,  cost, 

Sundry  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

United  States  Hotel  Company,  68  shares, 

Ground  Rent  Trust,  one  share,     .     .     . 

Suffolk  Real  Estate  Trust,  15  shares, 

Albany  Trust,  100  shares, 

ScoUay  Building  Trust,  200  shares,    .     . 

Calumet  &  Hecla  Mining  Company,  5 
shares, 

Louisville  &  Jeffersonville  Bridge  Com- 
pany, 5  4S,  cost,       

Illinois  Steel  Company,  35  5s,  cost,    .     . 

American  Bell  Telephone  Company,  15 
4s,  cost, 

Amounts  carried  forward,  .... 


1525,048.75 

23.973-33 

3,938-96 

43,540.08 

14,630.00 

17,987-50 
400.00 


$1,550,924.00 


$1,270.00 

18,875.00 

24,438.89 
4,006.25 

21,190.00 
2,000.00 

37,36388 
5,277.01 

3,051-25 

6,375-oo 
23,628.60 

8,800.00 


$10,840.50 

900.00 

15,480.00 

10,000.00 

20,000.00 

2,625.00 

4,950.00 
36,360.26 

14,801.25 


130,518.62 


156,275.88 


$115,957.01 


$1,837,718.50 


128 


Amounts  brought  forward,       .     .     . 
American  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, $50,000,  5%  notes,     .... 

Cash, 

Household  furniture,  South  Boston,  .     . 
Household  furniture,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Provisions  and  supplies.  South  Boston,  . 
Provisions  and  supplies,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Coal,  South  Boston, 

Coal,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Work  Department. 
Stock  and  bills  receivable, 

Musical  Department. 
Instruments  at  South  Boston: — 

Fifty-seven  pianofortes, 

Tuning  pianofortes, 

One  three  manual  pipe  organ,    .     .     . 

Four  small  reed  organs, 

Eighty-two  orchestral  instruments. 

Musical  library, 

Instruments  at  Jamaica  Plain: — 

Nineteen  pianofortes, 

Twenty  orchestral  instruments,      .     . 

Printing  Department. 

Stock  and  machinerj', 

Books,       

Electrotype  and  stereotype  plates,      .     . 

Miscellaneous. 
School  furniture  and  apparatus,     .     .     . 
Library  of  books  in  common  print,    .     . 
Library  of  books  in  embossed  print. 
Special  library, 

Boys'  shop, 

Stable  and  tools, 


$115,957.01 

$1,837,718.50 

51,472.50 

167,429.51 
16,078.31 

$17,900.00 
17,600.00 

$1,480.00 
800.00 

35,500.00 
2,280.00 

$3,918-75 
1,812.25 

S»73i-oo 

9,269.04 

$9,400.00 

300.00 

9,000.00 

100.00 

2,588.00 
1,350.00 

3,800.00 

200.00 

26,738.00 

$2,100.00 

12,200.00 

27,154.00 

41,454.00 

$7,300.00 

23,300.00 

6,000.00 

14,000.00 

36,600.00 
132.00 
400.00 

$2,193,330.36 

129 

The  foregoing  property  represents  the  following  funds  and 
balances  and  is  answerable  for  the  same:  — 


INSTITUTION   FUNDS. 

General  fund  of  the  institution 

Stephen  Fairbanks  fund 

Harris  fund, 

Richard  Perkins  fund, 

Stoddard  Capen  fund 

In  memoriam  Mortimer  C.  Ferris,  .     .     . 

Legacies : — 

Mrs.  Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker, 

Miss  Lucy  A.  Barker,       ....... 

Thompson  Baxter, 

J.  Putnam  Bradlee 

Robert  C.  Billings, 

Robert  C  Billings  (deaf,  dumb  and  blind), 

T.  O.  H.  P.  Burnham 

Miss  Mary  Bartol 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Colburn 

I.  W.  Danforth 

John  N.  Dix, 

Albert  Glover, 

Joseph  B.  Glover, 

Joseph  B.  Glover  (deaf,  dumb  and  blind), 

Benjamin  Humphrey, 

Mrs.  Susan  B.  Lyman, 

The  Maria  Spear    Legacy  for  the  Blind, 

Stephen  W.  Marston, 

Edward  D.  Peters, 

Henry  L.  Pierce, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  P.  Putnam 

Mrs.  Charlotte  B.  Richardson,      .     .     .     . 

Mrs.  Matilda  B.  Richardson 

Miss  Mary  L.  Ruggles, 

Samuel  E.  Sawyer, 

Joseph  Scholfield, 

Mary  F.  Swift, 

Alfred  T.  Turner, 

Mrs.  Ann  White  Vose, 

Joseph  K.  Wait, 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  P.  Weld, 

Thomas  ^A/yman, 

Charles  L.  Young, 

Cash 

PRINTING   FUND. 

Capital 

Legacy,  Joseph  H.  Center, 

Additions 

KINDERGARTEN   FUNDS. 

Mrs.  William  Appleton  fund, 

Nancy  Bartlett  fund, 

Amounts  car7'ied  forward, 


5113,444.80 
10,000.00 
80,000.00 
20,000.00 
13,770.00 
1,000.00 


2,500.00 

5-953  2 1 

322.50 

100,000.00 

25,000.00 

4,000  00 

5,000.00 

300.00 

5,000.00 

2,500  CO 

10,000.00 
1,000.00 
5,000  00 
5,000.00 

25,000.00 
4,809.78 

15  000.00 

5,000.00 

500.00 

20,000.00 

I,COO.OO 

40,507.00 

300.00 

3,000.00 

2.17477 

2,500.00 

1,391  00 

1,000.00 

12,994.00 

3,00000 

2, GOO. 00 

20,000.00 

5,000.00 


5108,500.00 

1,000.00 

55,512.18 


$13,000.00 
500.00 


$13,500.00 


$574,967.06 
9,619.84 


165,012.18 


$749,599-08 


I30 


Amounts  brought  forward, 

Miss  Helen  C.  Bradlee  fund, 

In  memory  of    William    Leonard    Bene- 
dict. Jr., 

Miss  Harriet  Otis  Cruft  fund, 

Mrs.  M.  Jane  Wellington  Danforth  fund, 
Mrs.  Helen  Atkins  Edmands  fund,  .     .     . 

Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay  fund, 

Mrs.  Eugenia  F.  Farnham  fund,       .     .     . 

Albert  Glover  fund 

In  memoriam  "A.  A.  C," 

Moses  Kimball  fund, 

Mrs.  Emeline  Morse  Lane  fund,        .     .     . 
Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews  fund,     .     .     .     . 

Mrs.  Warren  B.  Potter  fund, 

Georpe  F.  Parkman  fund, 

Miss  Jeannie  Warren  Paine  fund,    .     .     . 
Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rotch  fund,      .     .     .     . 

John  M.  Rodocanachi  fund, 

Memorial  to  Frank  Davison  Rust,  .     .     . 

Mary  Lowell  Stone  fund, 

Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  fund, 

Transcript  ten  dollar  fund, 

Mrs.  George  W.  Wales  fund, 

In  memory  of  Ralph  Watson, 

Legacies  :  — 

Mrs.  Harriet  T.  Andrew, 

Mrs.  Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker, 

Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Baker, 

Sidney  Bartlett 

Thompson  Baxter, 

Miss  Harriet  Tilden  Browne, 

Robert  C.  Billings 

Samuel  A.  Borden 

Mrs.  Sarah  Bradford, 

John  W^.  Carter 

Mrs.  Adaline  M.  Chapin,       

Benjamin  P.  Cheney, 

Charles  H.  Colburn 

Miss  Susan  T.  Crosby, 

Miss  Sarah  Silver  Cox, 

George  E.  Downes, 

Miss  Caroline  T.  Downes,     ...... 

Mrs.  Lucy  A.  Dwight, 

Mary  B.  Emmons, 

Miss  Mary  Eveleth 

Mrs.  Susan  W.  Farwell 

John  Foster, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  W.  Gay, 

Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Gifford, 

Joseph  B.  Glover, 

Miss  Matilda  Goddard 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  Greenleaf, 

Mrs.  Jane  H.  Hodge 

Mrs.  Josephine  S.  Hall, 

Amounts  carried  forward, 


$13,500.00 

140,000.00 

1 ,000.00 
6,ooo.co 

1 1,000.00 
5,000.00 

1 1 ,000.00 

1,015.00 

1 ,000.00 

500.00 

1,00000 

500.00 

1 1,000.00 

30,000.00 
3,000.00 
1 ,000.00 
8,500.00 
1,250.00 
5,000.00 
1,500.00 
500.00 
5.666.95 

10,000.00 
237-92 


5,000.00 

2,500.00 

13,040.65 

10,000.00 

322.50 

2,000.00 

10,000.00 

4,675.00 

100.00 

500.00 

400.00 
5,000.00 
1 ,000.00 

100.00 
5,000.00 
3,000.00 
12.350.00 
4,000.00 
1 ,000.00 
1 ,000.00 

500.00 
5,000.00 
7,931.00 
5,000.00 
5,000.00 

300.00 
3,000  00 

300.00 
3,000.00 


)f749.S99o8 


50,109.02 


)?749. 599-08 


131 


Amounts  brought  forward, 

Mrs.  Olive  E.  Hayden, 

Mrs.  Ann  E.  Lambert, 

Elisha  T.  Loring, 

Miss  Rebecca  S.  Melvin, 

Augustus  D.  Manson, 

Miss  Sarah  L.  Marsh, 

Miss  Helen  M.  Parsons, 

Mrs.  Richard  Perkins, 

Edward  D.  Peters, 

Mrs.  Mary  J.  Phipps, 

Mrs.  Caroline  S.  Pickman, 

Francis  S.  Pratt 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  C.  Reed, 

Miss  Dorothy  Roffe, 

Miss  Rhoda  Rogers, 

Miss  Edith  Rotch 

Miss  Rebecca  Salisbury, 

Joseph  Scholfield, 

Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Seymour 

Benjamin  Sweetzer, 

Mrs.  Cornelia  V.  R.  Thayer 

Mrs.  Delia  D.  Thorndike, 

Mrs  Elizabeth  L.  Tilton 

Mrs.  Betsey  B.  Tolman, 

Royal  W.  Turner, 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Turner, 

George  W.  Wales 

Mrs   Charles  E.  Ware 

Miss  Rebecca  P.  Wainwright,      .... 

Mary  H.  Watson, 

Mrs.  Julia  A.  Whitney, 

Miss  Betsey  S.  Wilder, 

Mrs.  Jennie  A.  (Shaw)  Waterhouse,     .     . 

Miss  Mary  W.  Wiley, 

Miss  Mary  Williams, 

Almira  F.  Winslow 

Funds  from  other  donations, 

Real  estate  subject  to  annuity, 

Cash  in  the  treasury, 

Buildings,  unimproved  real  estate  and  per- 
sonal property  in  use  of  the  institution. 
South  Boston, 

Land,  buildings  and  personal  property  in 
use  of  the  kindergarten,  Jamaica  Plain,  .     . 


$380,189.02 

4,622.45 

700.00 

5,000.00 

23.S45-5S 

8,134.00 

1,000.00 

500.00 

10,000.00 

500.00 

2,000.00 

1,000.00 

100.00 

5,000  00 

500.00 

500.00 

10,000.00 

200.00 

3,000.00 

5,000.00 

2,000.00 

10,000.00 

5,000.06 

300.00 

500.00 

24,082.00 

7,582.90 

5,000.00 

4,000.00 

1,00000 

100.00 

100.00 

500.00 

565-84 

150.00 

5,000.00 

306.80 

93,894.21 


)i^749.S99-o8 


621,572.77 
7,600.00 
6,458.47 


504,887.79 

303,212.25 

$2,193,330.36 


Whole  amount  of  property  belonging  to  the 
kindergarten, 

Whole  amount  of  property  belonging  to  the 
institution  proper, 


«5938.84349 

1,254,486.87 

5152,193,330.36 


132 


LIST  OF  EMBOSSED   BOOKS 


Printed  at  the  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for 
THE  Blind,  Boston,  1904. 


Title  of  Book. 


JUVENILE  BOOKS. 

Alcott,  L.  M.     Little  Women, 

Andersen,  Hans.     Stories  and  Tales, 

Arabian  Nights,  six  selections  by  Samuel  Eliot,     .     .     . 

Arnold's  Primer, 

Baldwin,  James.     Story  of  Siegfried, 

Burnett,  F.  H.     Little  Lord  Fauntleroy,       

Carroll,  Lewis.     Alice's  Adventures  in  Wonderland, 

Child's  Book,  first  to  seventh, 

Children's  Fairy  Book,  arranged  by  M.  Anagnos,      .     . 

Chittenden,  L.  E.     Sleeping  Sentinel, 

Coolidge,  Susan.    What  Katy  Did, 

Cyr,  E.  M.     Interstate  Primer  and  First  Reader,       .     . 

Eclectic  Primer, 

Ewing,  J.  H.     Story  of  a  Short  Life,        

Greene,  Homer.     Blind  Brother, 

Pickett's  Gap, 

Harte,  Bret.     Queen  of  the  Pirate  Isle, 

Kingsley,  Charles.     Greek  Heroes, 

Water  Babies, 

Little  Ones'  Story  Book, 

Poulsson,  Emilie.     Bible  Stories  in  Bible  Language, 

In  the  Child's  World,  Part  I.,  .     .     . 

In  the  Child's  World,  Part  II.,     .     . 

In  the  Child's  World,  Part  III.,   .     . 

Stories  for  Little  Readers,   .... 

Through  the  Farmyard  Gate,  .     .     . 
Richards,  L.  E.     Captain  January  and  other  stories,  .     . 

Ruskin,  John.     King  of  the  Golden  River, 

Sewell,  Anna.    Black  Beauty, 

Spyri,  Johanna.    Heidi,  translated  by  Mrs.  Brooks,  .     . 

Standard  Braille  Primer,  revised, 

Thompson,  Ernest  Seton.     Wild  Animals  I  Have  Known, 

Turner's  First  Reader, 

Twelve  Popular  Tales,  selected  by  H.  C.  Lodge,   .     .     . 

Wiggin,  K.  D.     Christmas  Dinner, 

Story  of  Patsy, 


No. 
of 

Vols. 


133 


Title  of  Book. 


Youth's  Library,  arranged  by  M.  Anagnos, 

Script  and  point  alphabet  sheets,  per  hundred, 

GENERAL  LITERATURE. 

American  Prose, 

Anagnos,  J.  R.     Longfellow's  Birthday, 

Burt,M.E.     Odysseus,  the  Hero  of  Ithaca, 

Cervantes  Saavedra,  Miguel  de.     Don  Quixote,      .... 

Cooke,  R.T.     Deacon's  Week, 

Cooper,  J.  F.     Pilot, 

Dickens,   Charles.     Christmas  Carol,  with  extracts  from 

Pickwick  Papers,       

David  Copperfield, 

Old  Curiosity  Shop, 

Don't;  or,  Directions  for  Conduct  and  Speech, 

Eliot,  George.     Adam  Bede,       

Janet's  Repentance, 

Silas  Marner, 

Emerson,  R.  W.     Essays, 

Extracts  from  British  and  American  Literature,    .... 

Francillon,  R.  E.     Gods  and  Heroes, 

Goldsmith,  Oliver.     Vicar  of  Wakefield, 

Hawthorne,  Nathaniel.     Scarlet  Letter, 

Tanglewood  Tales, 

Twice  Told  Tales, 

Irv'ing,  Washington.     Alhambra, 

Sketch  Book, 

Johnson,  Samuel.     Rasselas,  Prince  of  Abyssinia,      .     .     . 

Kingsley,  Charles.     Hypatia, 

Lubbock,  Sir  John.     Beauties  of  Nature, 

Lytton,  Edward  Bulwer.  Last  Days  of  Pompeii,  .  .  . 
Macaulay,  T.  B.     Essays  on  Milton  and  Hastings,    .     .     . 

Martineau,  Harriet.     Peasant  and  the  Prince, 

Most  Celebrated  Diamonds,  translated  by  J.  R.  Anagnos,  . 
Ruskin,  John.     Selections  by  Edwin  Ginn, 

Sesame  and  Lilies, 

Saint  Pierre,  J.  H.  B.  de.     Paul  and  Virginia, 

Scott,  Sir  Walter.     Quentin  Durward, 

Talisman, 

Thackeray,  W.  M.     Henry  Esmond, 

POETRY. 

Anagnos,  J.  R.     Stray  Chords, 

Bryant,  W.  C.     Poems, 

Byron,  Lord.     Hebrew  Melodies  and  Childe  Harold,     .     . 


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Title  of  Book. 


No. 

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.1        . 

Byron,:  Lord.     Poems  selected  by  Matthew  Arnold,  .     .     . 

Holmes,  O.  W.     Poems, 

Homer.     Iliad,  translated  by  Alexander  Pope,      .... 

Longfellow,  H.  W.     Evangeline, 

Evangeline,  and  other  poems,    .     .     . 

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Merchant  of  Venice, 

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Tennyson,  Alfred.     Idylls  of  the  King, 

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Duruy,  Victor.     General  History  of  the  World, 4 

Fiske,  John.     War  of  Independence, i 

Washington  and  his  Country, 3 

Freeman,  E.  A.     History  of  Europe, i 

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Hymn  Book, 

New  Testament, '. 

Paley,  William.     Natural  Theology, 

Swedenborg,  Emanuel.     Selections,* 

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Buckley,  A.  B.  Life  and  Her  Children,  a  reader  of  natural 
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Caesar.     Commentaries  on  the  Gallic  War, 

Cicero.     Orations, 

Collar  and  Daniell.     Beginner's  Latin  Book, 

Latin-English  Vocabulary,     .... 

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English-Greek  Vocabulary  (Braille), 

Eysenbach,  William.  German-English  Vocabulary,  .  .  . 
German  Grammar,         

Geometrical  Diagrams, 

Gleason,  C.  D.     Handbook  of  Crochet, 

Handbook  of  Knitting, 

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Guyot,  A.  H.     Geography, 

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Howe,  S.  G.     Cyclopaedia, 

Huxley,  T.  H.     Introductory  Science  Primer, 

Latin-English  Lexicon,  vol.  I., 

Latin  Selections, 

Riehl,  W.  H.     Der  Fluch  der  Schonheit, 

Scribner,  Charles.     Geographical  Reader, 

Seymour,  J.  O.  Vocabulary  to  Keep's  Iliad  of  Homer 
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Townsend,  Mabel.     Elementary  Arithmetic, 

Walsh,  John  H.     Problems  and  Exercises, 

Wentworth,  G.  A.     Grammar-school  Arithmetic,  .... 

White,  J.  W.     Beginner's  Greek  Book  (Braille),   .... 

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MUSIC. 
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Bach,  J.  S.  Fifteen  Two-voiced  Inventions.  (Peters),  . 
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Henselt.     If  I  were  a  Bird, i  .15 

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Little  Rider,  Op.  '66, i  .06 

Hofmann,  H.     Along  the  Brook, i  .12 

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138 


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Hofmann,  H.    Gestaendnis,  Op.  52, 

Gavotte  from  "Donna  Diana,"  .     .     . 

In  the  Month  of  May, 

MinneHed, 

On  the  Rivulet, 

The  Nightingale  Sings, 

Zur  Laute, 

Jadassohn,  S.     Scherzo,  Op.  35, 

Jensen,  A.     Berceuse  in  A, 

Barcarole,  Op.  33, 

Canzonetta,  Op.  42, 

Erster  Walzer  and  Zweiter  Walzer,  Op.  ^;^, 

Irrlichter,  Op.  17, 

Polonaise,  Op.  ^^y 

Reigen,  Op.  33, 

Reiterlied,  Op.  ;}^, 

Trompeterstiicklein,  Op.  33,     ...     . 

Widmung,  Op.  ^^, 

Jungmann,  A.     Will  o' the  Wisp,  Op.  217,  .... 

Kirchner,  Th.     Album  Leaf,  Op.  7, 

Valse  Impromptu, 

Kohler.     Coming  from  School,  Op.  210, 

Kuhlau.     Sonatina,  Op.  20,  No.  i, 

Sonatina,  Op.  20,  No.  3, 

Kullak,  Th.     From  Flower  to  Flower  (octave  study), 

Im  Gruenen,  Op.  105, 

Scherzo,       

The  Little  Huntsman, 

Twelve  Pieces,  Op.  62,  vol.  i,  .     .     .     . 

Landon.     Pianoforte  Method, 

Lange.     In  Rank  and  File, 

Playfulness, 

Dressed  for  the  Ball, ' 

Meadow  Dance, 

Valse  Champetre, 

Happy  Meeting, 

Lavall^e.     Caprice  (The  Butterfly), 

Lichner.     Waltz,  Op.  270, 

Morning  Song,  Op.  174, 

Liszt.     La  Regal  a  Veneziana, 

Loeschhom.     Arabeske  No.  i, 

Arabeske  No.  3, 

fitudes,  Op.  65,  Book  i, 

£tudes,  Op.  65,  Book  2, 

£tudes,  Op.  66,  Book  i, 

Hungarian, 

Lysberg.     The  Thrashers,  Op.  71, 


139 


Title  of  Book. 


Mason,  Wm.     Touch  and  Technic.     Vol.  i, 

Mathews,  W.  S.  B.     Standard  Graded  Course  of  Studies, 

Vol.  I, 

Mendelssohn.     Christmas  Gift,  Op.  72, 

Prelude  in  E  minor, 

Rondo  Capriccioso,  Op.  14, 

Scherzo,  Op.  16,  No.  2, 

Song  without  Words,  Op.  19,  No.  4,  .  .  . 
Song  without  Words,  Op.  30,  No.  9,  .  .  . 
Song  without  Words,  Op.  38,  No.  14,  .  . 
Song  without  Words,  Op.  67,  No.  34,  .  . 
Song  without  Words,  Op.  102,  No.  45,  .  . 
Song  without  Words,  Op.  102,  No.  47,  .  . 
Song  without  Words,  Op.  102,  No.  48,   .     . 

Merkel.     Fnihlingsbotschaft,  Op.  27, 

Impromptu,  Op.  18, 

In  the  Beautiful  Month  of  May, 

Jolly  Huntsman, 

Pleasures  of  May,  Op.  81, 

Spring  Song, 

The  Hunter's  Call, 

Moszkowski.     Waltz  in  A  flat, 

Mozart.     Sonata  No.  2  in  F  (A.  P.  Schmidt), 

Sonata  No.  8  in  C  (A.  P.  Schmidt), 

Nicode,  J.  L.     Barcarolle,  Op.  13, 

Oesten,  Th.     White  Roses,  Op.  276, 

No.  I.     In  the  Spring. 
No.  2.     A  Little  Story. 
No.  5.     In  the  Summer. 
No.  6.     Rural  Pleasures. 

Parker,  H.  W.     £tude  Melodieuse,  Op.  19, 

Nocturne,  Op.  19, 

Romanza,  Op.  19, 

Scherzino,  Op.  19, 

Porter,  F.  A.     "In  the  Springtime,"  Book  i, 

"In  the  Springtime,"  Book  2,      .... 

Raflf,  J.     The  Echo,  Op.  75, 

Ravina.     Arabeske, 

Reinecke.     Gondoliera, 

Minuetto, 

30  Pianoforte  pieces  for  young  people.  Op.  107 

(Litolff  edition), 

Reinhold.     Suite  Mignonne,  Op.  45, 

Impromptu,  Op.  28, 

Rheinberger.    Ballade,  Op.  7, 

Impromptu,  Op.  183, 

Roeske.     Capitol  March,       


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Roeske.    Dover  Galop, 

Electric  Polka, 

Happy  Thoughts  Polka, 

The  Hub  Waltz,    / 

Rosenhain.     Andante  and  Rondo, 

Rummel.     Little  March,        

Little  Waltz, 

Saran.     Phantasie  Stuck,  Op.  2, 

Scharwenka,  P.     Tanz  Vergniigen,  Op.  68, 

Schubert.     Impromptu,  Op.  142, 

Schumann.     Album  for  yoimg  Pianists, 

Cradle  Song, 

Novellette,  in  F, 

Valse  Noble,  Op.  9, 

Op.  15,  No.  2, 

Op.  15,  No.  3, 

Schytte.     Bird-trills  in  the  Wood, 

Hide  and  Seek, 

Playing  Ball,  Op.  66, 

Youth  and  Joy,  Op.  66, 

Strong,  T.     Danse  des  Sabots, 

Thoma.     Polish  Dance, 

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Urbach.     Prize  Piano  School, 

WoUenhaupt.     fitude  in  A  flat, 

Organ. 
Allen,  N.  H.     Themes  with  varied  basses, 

Vocal. 

Songs  for  Solo  Voice. 

Beach,  Mrs.     June, 

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Brahms.     Cradle  Song,* 

Chadwick.     I  said  to  the  W^ind  of  the  South,* 

O  let  Night  Speak  of  Me,* 

Sweetheart  thy  Lips  are  Touched  with  Flame,* 

Cowen.     To  a  Flower, 

Franz.     Dearest  Friend,* 

From  Grief  I  cannot  Measure,* 

In  Autumn,* 

Marie,* 

Oh!  why  so  soon,* 

The  Mourner,* 

Grieg.    A  Swan,* 


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Grieg.     Departed,* 

Strolling  Minstrel's  Song,* 

Mendelssohn.     Afar,* 

O  God  have  Mercy,* 

Moir.     Best  of  All, 

Schubert.     Songs  in  the  original  keys,  Augener  &  Co.  ed. 

By  the  Sea, 

Hark,  hark!   the  Lark  (high  voice),      .     .     .     . 
Hark,  hark !  the  Lark  (low  voice),       .     .     .     . 

Hedge  Roses, 

Her  Portrait, 

Huntsman's  Even  Song,    . 

Impatience, 

Morning  Greeting, 

My  Sweet  Repose, 

To  be  Sung  on  the  Waters, 

Wanderer's  Night  Song, 

Wandering, 

Who  is  Sylvia? 

Schumann.     Ah  Sweet,  when  in  thine  Eyes, 

Beside  the  Rhine's  Sacred  Waters,    .     .     .     . 
My  Soul  will  I  Steep  with  Longing,  .     .     .     . 

The  Rose  and  the  Lily, 

When  May  shed  Loveliness  around, 

Where'er  my  Tears  have  Fallen, 

Woman's  Life  and  Love,  Nos.  i-8,   .     .     .     . 

Sibley.     When  Dreaming,* 

Storace.     My  Native  Land  I  bade  Adieu,* 

Wagner.     Prize  Song  from  "Die  Meistersinger,"   .     .     .     . 
Whelply.     The  Nightingale  has  a  Lyre  of  Gold,     .     .     .     . 

Duets. 
Smart,  Henry.     The  Fairy  Haunted  Spring, 

Part  Songs  for  Male  Voices. 

Abt.     Night  Song, 

The  Parting  Day, 

Bank,  C.     Evening  Song, 

Becker.     Vocal  March, 

Boieldieu.     Praise  of  the  Soldier, 

Chwatal,  F.  X.     Lovely  Night, 

Cramer.     How  Can  I  Leave  Thee, 

Gounod,  Ch.     The  Chase, 

Hatton,  J.  L.     Tar's  Song, 

Bugle  Song, 

Sailor's  Song, 


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Knowles.     Our  Flag, 

Kreutzer.     Serenade, 

Kiicken.     O  Wert  Thou  in  the  Cauld  Blast, 

The  Banner's  Wave, _   . 

The  Rhine,        

Macfarren,  G.  A.     Now  the  Sun  has  Mounted  High,  .     .     . 

Mendelssohn.     The  Huntsman's  Farewell, 

Farewell, 

The  Cheerful  Wanderer, 

Parting  Song, 

Rhine, 

Serenade, 

Pflueger,    Carl.     The    Bugler.     Song    for    medium    voice 

with  male  chorus, 

Weber.     Bright  Sword  of  Liberty, 

Champagne  Song, 

A  Nation's  Day  is  Breaking, 

O  How  Lovely  the  Face  of  the  Deep, 

Werner.     Two  Roses, 

Part  Songs  for  Female  Voices. 

Gumbert.     Maidens' Spring  Song  (trio), 

Hiller.     Dame  Cuckoo  (trio), . 

Mendelssohn.     Hearts  Feel  that  Love  Thee  (trio),    .     .     . 
O  Vales  with  Sunlight  Smiling  (trio),    .     . 

Wagner,  R.     Spinning-wheel  Chorus  (trio), 

Wiegand.     A  Meadow  Song, 

Mixed  Voices. 

Hatton,  J.  L.     Let  All  with  Merry  Voices  Sing,    .... 

Mendelssohn.     On  the  Sea, .' 

Smart,  Henry.     Wake  to  the  Hunting, 

Chorals,  Anthems,  Hymns. 

Bach,  J.  S.     Sixteen  German  Chorals  edited  by  John  S. 

Dwight,        

Gounod.     Praise  be  to  the  Father  (anthem), 

Hymns.     Collection  of  Forty-five  Hymn  Tunes,    .... 

Selected.     Words  and  music, 

Weber.     God  of  the  Fatherless  (anthem), 

Vocal  Exercises. 

Concone.     Fifty  exercises.  Op.  9  (medium  voice),     .     .     . 
Scala.     Twenty-five  Concise  Vocal  Exercises, 


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Music  for  Children. 

Children's  Souvenir  Song  Book,  Selections  from.  Arr.  by 
William  L.  Tomlins: 

Chadwick,  J.  W.     The  Brook, 

Faning,  Eaton.     Boat  Song, 

Foote,  A.     Land  to  the  Leeward, 

Foster.     Every  Night, 

Johns,  Clayton.     The  Fountain, 

Osgood,  G.  L.     Happy  Spring  Waltz, 

Parker,  H.  W.     Even  Song, 

Roeske,  C.  C.     Collection  of  Songs,  Duets,  and  Trios,   .     . 

Orchestra. 

Bach.     Adagio  (Quintet  for  Strings  and  Clarinet),    .     .     . 
Beethoven.     Andante  con  moto,  from  Symphony  No.  i,  .     . 

Menuetto  from  Septet,  Op.  20, 

Scherzo  from  Septet,  Op.  20, 

Bendix.     Cradle  Song, 

Boccherini.     Minuet  in  A,* 

Minuet  No.  2  in  A,* 

Eichberg.     Andante, 

Eilenberg.     The  Mill  in  the  Forest, 

Fahrbach.     Mazurka,  In  the  Forest, 

Godard.     Berceuse, 

Oregh,  L.     Joyous  Serenade, 

Passacale,       

Grieg,  E.     Anitra's  Tanz  from  Peer  Gynt  Suite,*  .     .     .     . 
Gavotte  from  Holberg  Suite,*    .     .     .     .     .     . 

Rigaudon  from  Holberg  Suite,* 

Haydn.     Symphony  No.  5,  First  Movement, 

Symphony  No.  11,  First  Movement, 

Symphony  No.  11,  Allegretto, 

Symphony  No.  11,  Minuet, 

Symphony  No.  11,  Finale, 

Symphony  No.  13,  Largo, 

Hoffmann,  H.     Serenade,  Op.  65,  First  Movement  (Flute 

and  Strings), 

Hoffman,  R.     No.  i  from  Suite,  Op.  60,* 

Jungmann.     Will  0'  the  Wisp  (Quintet  for  Strings  and 

Harp), 

Mascagni.     Intermezzo  from  "Cavalleria  Rusticana,"    .     . 

Mendelssohn.     Festival  March, 

Priests'  March  from  "Athalie,"    .... 

Mozart,  W.  A.     Andante  from  E-flat  Symphony,      .     .     . 

Andante  from  the  8th  Quartette,    .     .     . 


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Mozart,  W.  A.    Divertimento,    No.    2,    D     major    (First 

Movement),       

Magic  Flute  Overture, 

Menuetto  from  the  Jupiter  Symphony,    . 
Menuetto  from  E  flat  Symphony   (com- 
posed 1788), 

Reinecke.     Pastoral,* 

Marchen  Vorspiel,* 

Aus  Tausend  und  eine  Nacht,* 

Frieden  der  Nacht,* 

Ballet  Music,* 

(The  above  numbers  from  Zwolf  Tonbilder). 

Schubert,  F.     March  Militaire,       

Moment  Musical, 

Symphony,  B  minor,  First  Movement,    .     . 

Schumann,  R.     Traumerei, 

Strauss.     Light  and  Shade  Waltzes, 

Wagner.     Vorspiel  from  Lohengrin,* 

Waldteufel.     Invitation  a  la  Gavotte, 

Violin. 

Accolay.     Concerto, 

Bach.     Concerto  for  Two  Violins, 

Dancla,  C.     First  Air  Varie,  Op.  89, 

De  Beriot.     Fantasie  Ballet,  Op.  100, 

Method  for  the  Violin,  Part  L,  2d  and  3d  Po- 
sitions,    

Eichberg,  J.     Complete  Method  for  the  Violin,    .... 

Godard,  B.     Canzonetta,       

Berceuse  from  "Jocelyn," 

Hauser.     Longing  (Le  Desir), 

Mendelssohn.     Concerto,  Op.  64  (Andante), 

Mlynarski.     Mazur, 

Moffat.     Sarabanda  (Leclare  Album,  No.  5), 

Schradieck.     Technical  Studies,  Book  i, 

Sitt.     £legie.  Op.  73, 

Preludium,  Op.  73, 

Tarantelle,  Op.  73, 

Spring  Song,  Op.  73, 

Wieniawski.     Chanson  Polonaise,  Op.  12, 

Violoncello. 

Bruch.    Kol  Nidrei, 

Romberg.     Concertino, 

Schumann.     Stuck  im  Volkston, 


♦For  string  orchestra. 


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Title  of  Book. 


String  Quartet. 
Haydn.    Quartet  No.  12  (Adagio),  Peters  Edition,   .     .     . 

Military  Band. 

Bach,  Charles.     Twelfth  Andante  and  Waltz, 

Balfe.     Fantasia  from  "Satanella," 

Balfe-Claus.     Selection,  "  Bohemian  Girl," 

Balfe-Wiegand.  Selection,  "Puritan's  Daughter,"  .  .  . 
Beyer,  E.  Fantasia  from  "Le  Val  d'Amour."  Arr.,  .  . 
Bizet.     Selection  from  "Carmen."     Arr.  by  Beyer,   .     .     . 

Toreador's  song  from  "  Carmen," 

Catlin,  E.  N.     Overture,  "Welcome," 

Donizetti.     Nocturne  from  "Don  Pasquale,"* 

Ringleben.     Polka  Mazurka,* 

Sponholtz.     Peace  of  Mind,* 

Donizetti.     Sextette  and  Finale  from  "Lucia," 

Flotow.     Selection  from  "Martha," 

Fantasia  from  "Stradella."    Arr.  by  Heinicke,     . 

Gilmore,  P.  S.     22d  Regiment  March, 

Gotmod-Heinicke.     Selection  from  "Faust," 

Halevy-Heinicke.  Selection  from  "The  Jewess,"  .  .  . 
Heinicke.     Grand  National  Melody  Potpourri,    .... 

Military  Prize  Quickstep, 

Hungarian  Quickstep.     Arr., 

Reminiscences  of  Verdi, 

Herman,  A.     Overture,  "L'Espoir  de  I'Alsace."     Arr.  by 

Claus, 

Laurendeau.     Overture,  "Lilliput," 

Lavallee,  C.     Overture,  "The  Bridal  Rose," 

Mendelssohn.  Priests'  War  March  from  "Athalie,"  .  . 
Meyerbeer-Heinicke.  Selection  from  "Les  Huguenots,"  . 
Meyerbeer-Meyrelles.     Coronation  March  from  "Le  Pro- 

phete," 

Mozart.     Overture,  "The  Magic  Flute," 

Prendiville,  H.     Little  Rose  Waltz, 

Rollinson,  T.  H.     The  Color  Guard  March, 

Day  Dreams, 

Schubert-Vaughan.     Arr.  of  Serenade, 

Sousa.     Semper  Fidelis  March, 

Suppe.     Banditenstreiche,  overture, 

Supp^-Wiegand.     Overture,  "Morning,  Noon  and  Night 

in  Vienna," 

Troop-Heinicke.     Arr.  of  Second  Andante  and  Waltz,  .     . 

Verdi.     Scene  and  Aria  from  "Emani."     Arr.  by  Claus, 

Selection  from  "Emani."     Arr.  by  Heinicke,    .     . 


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Viviani.     The     Silver    Trumpets.    (Grand     Processional 

March), 

Wagner.     Selection  from  "The  Flying  Dutchman,"   .     .     . 
Weber-Heinicke.     Selection  from  "Der  Freischutz,"     .     . 

Clarinet. 
Klose.     Conservatory  Method  for  the  Clarinet,  Part  I.,  .     . 

Cornet. 

Arban.     Fantasie  Brillante, 

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French  Horn  and  Pianoforte. 
Beethoven.    Sonata,  Op.  17  (First  Movement),    .... 

Miscellaneous. 

Braille's  Musical  Notation,  Key  to, 

Bridge,  J.  F.    Counterpoint, 

Double  Counterpoint, 

Cole,  S.  W.     N.  E.  Conservatory  Course  on  Sight  Singing,  . 
Fillmore,  John  C.     Lessons  in  Musical  History,    .... 

Musical  Characters  used  by  the  Seeing, . 

Norris,  Homer  A.     Practical  Harmony, 

RoUinson,  T.  H.     Popular  Collection  for  Comet  and  Piano, 

Streatfeild,  R.  A.     The  Opera, 

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THE  Blind. 


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EIGHTEENTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 


Kindergarten  for  the  Blind 


AUGUST  31,  1904 


BOSTON 

PRESS  OF  GEO.  H.  ELLIS  CO. 

1905 


¥omml,  lasst  uns  ben  Tinbtru  Itbnt 


FRIEDRICH  FROEREL. 


OFFICERS    OF   THE   CORPORATION. 
1904-1905. 


FRANCIS    H.  APPLETON,  President. 
AMORY    A.  LAWRENCE,  Vice-President. 
WILLIAM    ENDICOTT,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
MICHAEL    ANAGNOS,  Secretary. 


BOARD    OF    TRUSTEES. 


FRAN'CIS  H.  APPLETON. 
\VM.  LEONARD  BENEDICT. 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT. 
Rev.  p.  R.  FROTHINGHAM. 
CHARLES  P.  GARDINER. 
N.  P.  HALLOWELL. 


J.  THEODORE  HEARD,  M.D. 
EDWARD  JACKSON. 
GEORGE  H.  RICHARDS. 
WM.  L.  RICHARDSON,  M.D. 
RICHARD  M.  SALTONSTALL. 
S.  LOTHROP  THORNDIKE. 


LADIES'   VISITING    COMMITTEE. 

Mrs.  WILLIAM  APPLETON,  President. 

Mrs.  ELIZABETH  C.  AGASSIZ,  Vice-President. 

Janicary,     .   .   .      Miss  Constance  G.  Lee  July,  .   .   .     Mrs.  E.  Winchester  Donald 

Febritary Mrs.  Thomas  Mack  August,      .   .   .   Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott 

March,    .   .   .      Mrs.  John  Chipman  Gray  September,.    .    .   .  Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motley 

April, Miss  Agnes  Brooks  October,      ....    Miss  Annie  C.  Warren 

May, Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  November,     Mrs.  George  Howard  Monks 

June, Mrs.  Kingsmill  Marrs  December,      .   .      Mrs.  George  A.  Draper 


OFFICERS    OF    THE   KINDERGARTEN. 

MICHAEL    ANAGNOS,  Director. 

HENRY   W.  BROUGHTON,  M.D.,  Attending  Physician. 

FRANCIS    I.  PROCTOR,  M.D.,  Ophthalmic  Surgeon. 


Boys'  Section. 

Miss  Nettie  B.  Vose,  Matron. 
Miss  Flora  C.  Fountain,  Assistant. 
Miss  Ellen  Reed  Mead,  Kinder gartner. 
Miss  L.  Henrietta  Stratton,  Teacher. 
Miss  Minnie  C.  Tucker,  Music  Teacher. 


Girls'  Section. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Hill,  Matron. 

Miss  Cornelia  M.  Loring,  Assistant. 

Miss  W.  Humbert,  Kinder  gartner. 

Miss  Alice  M.  Lane,  Teacher. 

Miss  Helen  M.  Hinolf,  Music  Teacher' 


Miss  Laura  A.  Brown,  Teacher  of  Manual  Training. 


PRIMARY    DEPARTMENT. 
Boys'  Section.  Girls'  Section. 


Miss  Mary  J.  Jones,  Matron. 
Miss  Katherine  Sweeney,  Teacher. 
Miss  Isabelle  C.  Bixby,  Teacher. 
Miss  Lydia  Howes,  Music  Teacher. 
Miss  Sigrid  Sjolander,  Sloyd. 


Miss  Blanche  Barrett,  Matron. 
Miss  Ada  S.  Bartlett,  .Assistant. 
Miss  Bertina  Dyer,  Teacher. 
Miss  Maria  L.  Church,  Teacher. 
Miss  B.  C.  Chamberlain,  Music  Teacher. 
Miss  Kittie  I.  Fish,  Music  Teacher. 
Miss  Inger  Wuk,  .Sloyd. 


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GIFTS   IN   LIFE   AS   WELL   AS    IN    DEATH. 

Dear  Friend: — ^Are  you  thinking  of  making  your  \vill  and  of 
disposing  of  the  whole  or  a  part  of  your  estate  for  educational  and 
benevolent  purposes?  If  so,  do  not  forget  the  Kindergarten  for 
the  Blind  in  Jamaica  Plain.  Pray  bear  in  mind  the  fact  that  this 
institution  is  doing  a  holy  work  for  the  needy  little  sightless  children, 
its  object  being  to  mitigate  the  sad  effects  of  their  affliction,  to  im- 
prove their  condition  physicall}-,  intellectually  and  morally,  and  to 
free  them  from  the  fetters  of  helplessness  and  dependence. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST. 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  corporation  of  the  Perkins  In- 
stitution and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  Boston,  Mass., 
for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind,  the 
sum  of  dollars. 


FORM    OF    DEVISE    OF    REAL    ESTATE. 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  corporation  of  the  Perkins 
Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  Boston,  Mass., 
for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind  (here 
describe  the  real  estate  accurately),  with  full  power  to  sell,  mort- 
gage and  convey  the  same,  free  of  all  trusts. 


KINDERGARTEN  FOR  THE  BLIND. 


REPORT   OF  THE   TRUSTEES. 


To  the  Members  of  the  Corporation. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  :— We  beg  leave  to  present 
for  your  consideration  the  eighteenth  annual  report  of  the 
kindergarten  for  the  financial  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
■of  August,   1904. 

It  gives  us  great  pleasure  to  state  that  the  little  school 
is  in  a  highly  satisfactory  condition  in  all  its  departments 
and  that  the  tendency  towards  improvement,  which  has 
marked  its  course  in  the  past,  is  as  strong  now  as  ever. 

In  reviewing  the  work  which  has  been  done  for  the 
benefit  of  the  little  pupils  since  the  publication  of  our 
last  annual  report,  we  believe  that  the  friends  and  bene- 
factors of  the  kindergarten  have  ample  reason  to  feel 
that  progress  has  been  made  fully  equal  to  if  not  beyond 
that  of  any  previous  year. 

The  children  have  been  placed  under  the  most  favor- 
able conditions  for  development  and  growth.  They  have 
been  kindly  treated  and  lovingly  cared  for,  while  the 
quickening  of  their  intelligence,  the  unfolding  of  their 
mental  faculties  and  the  training  of  their  muscles  have 
been  prosecuted  with  praiseworthy  diligence  and  admir- 
able results. 

The  kindergarten  was  established  in  the  spirit  of 
benevolence  and  with  the  distinct  purpose  of  doing 
justice  to  the  little  blind  children  by  providing  for  them 


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the  opportunity  and  the  means  for  an  early  and  systematic 
education.  Through  the  generosity  of  its  benefactors 
it  has  prospered  and  has  become  a  fountain  of  blessings 
and  a  source  of  intellectual  and  moral  light  to  those  who 
have  been  committed  to  its  care;  without  it  most  of  these 
would  probably  have  remained  "like  the  heath  in  the 
desert"  wild  and  untrained. 


Need  of  Early  Training  for  Blind  Children. 

Every  child,  born  into  the  world,  comes  with  a  full 
supply  of  instincts,  inclinations,  propensities,  disposi- 
tions and  passions,  which  are  stored  in  his  brain,  nerves, 
muscles  and  vital  organs.  Some  of  these  prepossessions 
and  proclivities  are  of  the  right  kind  and  should  be 
nurtured  and  cultivated,  while  others  are  very  detri- 
mental and  should  be  repressed  and  nipped  in  the  bud. 

Both  experience  and  reflection  show  that  this  course 
of  educational  treatment  or  pruning  process  is  impera- 
tively needed  in  the  case  of  all  children,  but,  for  reasons 
which  can  be  easily  explained  and  clearly  understood, 
it  is  especially  necessary  in  that  of  the  blind. 

The  loss  of  the  visual  sense  is  no  ordinary  depriva- 
tion or  unimportant  mishap;  it  is  a  grievous  bereave- 
ment and  a  severe  calamity.  It  acts  injuriously  upon 
all  living  creatures  and  interferes  most  seriously  with 
the  natural  development  and  normal  growth  of  little 
human  beings.  It  affects  them  physically,  intellectu- 
ally, morally  and  spiritually,  and  its  effect  is  some- 
what like  that  of  light  coming  upon  a  plant  from  one 
side  only  and  causing  it  to  grow  crooked.  It  circum- 
scribes the  movements  and  restricts  the  action  of  its 
victims  and  disturbs  more  or  less  the  usual  order  and 
regularity    of    mental    development.     By    shutting    off 


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the  whole  of  the  visible  world  from  their  view  or  by 
rendering  it  a  black  mass  to  them,  it  diminishes  the 
force  of  their  sensuous  impressions,  limits  the  extent 
of  their  perceptions,  narrows  the  channels  of  their 
objective  knowledge  and  lessens  the  sources  of  its  variety. 
Finally  it  tends  to  modify  their  organic  or  primary 
tendencies  of  temper  and  temperament,  to  foster  whims, 
increase  oddities  and  intensify  peculiar  idiosyncrasies. 

In  order  to  obviate  these  effects  as  far  as  possible 
and  to  supplant  them  by  such  conditions  as  are  favor- 
able to  a  normal  development,  early  rational  training, 
pursued  in  a  systematic  and  judicious  manner,  and 
a  salutary  environment  are  indispensable.  Indeed, 
they  constitute  the  only  agency  that  can  be  employed 
with  a  strong  hope  of  success  to  redeem  and  fit  for 
future  usefulness  a  large  number  of  helpless  children. 
They  are  calculated  to  prevent  or  remedy  some  of  the 
ills  which  are  engendered  by  the  destruction  of  the  sense 
of  sight  and  to  invigorate  the  victims  of  this  infirmity 
and  render  them  well  prepared  and  capable  of  receiving 
a  good  education  and  of  becoming  active  and  independent. 

We  are  very  glad  to  be  able  to  state  that  for  the  achieve- 
ment of  this  great  purpose  the  kindergarten  for  the  blind 
at  Jamaica  Plain  affords  ample  means  and  rare  oppor- 
tunities. 

In  this  beneficent  institution  the  little  boys  and  girls 
live  in  bright  and  well-ordered  homes,  which  abound  in 
uplifting  and  civilizing  influences  and  in  which  love  is 
the  rule  and  kindness  the  school-mistress.  Here  the 
tiny  pupils  are  placed  under  the  supervision  and  guidance 
of  able  and  faithful  tutors  and  caretakers  and  are  brought 
up  by  these  in  the  best  possible  way.  Here  they  are 
provided  with  a  wholesome  regimen  and  have  ample 
grounds  for  play  and  uncommon  facilities  for  physical 


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exercise,  which  make  them  grow  hale,  strong  and  healthy. 
Here  they  receive  at  the  most  plastic  period  of  their  lives 
a  training  of  the  hand,  the  ear,  the  voice  and  the  mind, 
that  tells  powerfully  in  the  subsequent  years  of  their 
course  at  school,  while  a  most  profound  and  lasting  im- 
pression is  stamped  upon  the  social,  moral  and  aesthetic 
sides  of  their  nature.  Here  their  powers  of  invention 
are  quickened  and  their  muscles,  brain  and  soul  are  de- 
veloped by  action.  Here  they  are  imbued  w^ith  the  spirit 
of  truthfulness  and  uprightness  and  are  taught  lessons  of 
sympathy  and  cooperation,  of  self-reliance  and  useful- 
ness, of  obedience  and  exertion.  Altruism  and  gentle- 
ness, helpfulness  and  interest  in  the  workings  of  nature, 
self-activity  and  spontaneity,  these  form  the  sum  and 
substance  of  Froebel's  educational  philosophy  and  are 
earnestly  fostered  and  wisely  cultivated  at  this  juvenile 
school,  which  has  been  not  inappropriately  called  by  Dr. 
Alexander  McKenzie  of  Cambridge  a  ''university  of 
humanity." 

Broadly  speaking,  we  venture  the  opinion  that  the 
work  of  the  kindergarten  is  so  delicate  and  intimate, 
so  large  in  aggregate  and  so  admirably  effective  that 
nowhere  is  there  an  educational  and  humane  force  in 
operation  greater  in  interest,  more  rational  in  methods, 
more  sound  in  principle  or  better  adapted  to  the  benefi- 
cent purpose  of  obliterating  or  at  least  reducing  to  their 
minimum  the  results  of  blindness  and  of  enabling  its 
victims  to  grow  and  expand  in  accordance  with  the  laws 
of  their  being,  than  is  the  juvenile  school  in  Jamaica  Plain. 


Condition  and  Work  of  the  Kindergarten. 

The   kindergarten   is   thoroughly  organized   and   well 
equipped  in  all  its  appointments,  and  the  school  year 


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has  begun  with  excellent  prospects  for  good  work  and 
for  the  achievement  of  even  better  results  than  those 
heretofore  attained. 

The  new  building  which  was  opened  in  the  autumn 
of  1903  has  been  a  valuable  addition  to  our  accommo- 
dations and  has  enabled  us  to  receive  all  applicants  for  ad- 
mission promptly  and  without  loss  of  time  tcr  any  of  them. 

The  children  in  attendance,  instead  of  living  together 
under  one  roof,  are  divided  into  families,  each  of  which 
lives  separately  by  itself  and  is  entirely  independent  of 
the  others.  They  occupy  four  houses,  and  these,  together 
with  the  music  hall  and  gymnasium,  form  a  group  of 
buildings,  which  are  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  purposes 
of  a  school  like  ours  and  are  kept  in  perfect  condition. 
Moreover,  in  order  to  meet  the  demands  created  by  the 
enlargement  of  the  capacity  of  the  kindergarten  and  by 
the  increase  in  number  of  the  recipients  of  its  benefits, 
the  collections  of  appliances  and  apparatus  and  of  tools 
and  instruments  of  every  kind  have  been  correspondingly 
augmented. 

This  outward  material  growth  of  the  school  has  been 
accompanied  by  a  corresponding  development  on  the 
intellectual  and  spiritual  side,  showing  itself  in  the 
form  of  order,  discipline,  intelligence  and  enthusiasm. 
These  alone  give  value  to  the  machinery  of  education. 

Considering  the  facts  placed  before  us  we  feel  per- 
fectly justified  in  saying  that  the  educational  advantages 
provided  for  our  little  scholars  with  a  liberal  hand  are 
productive  of  admirable  results  and  that  it  would  be 
hardly  possible  to  find  in  any  boarding  school  a  class  of 
children  more  thoroughly  trained,  better  behaved,  hap- 
pier or  more  contented  and  peaceful  than  those  who  live 
in  the  kindergarten  and  grow  under  its  beneficent  in- 
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Exercises  at  the  Boston  Theatre. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  commencement  exercises  of 
the  Perkins  Institution,  at  the  Boston  Theatre,  June 
7,  1904,  the  little  people  from  the  kindergarten  presented 
a  most  attractive  appearance,  clustered  upon  the  stage, 
in  rows  upon  rows  of  white-clad  little  figures,  with  bright 
faces,  full  of  the  happiness  of  the  day  and  conscious  of 
their  important  relations  to  it. 

As  soon  as  the  opening  orchestral  number  had  ceased 
and  released  them  from  the  enchantment  of  its  strains, 
two  little  girls  and  two  little  boys,  the  excellence  of  whose 
daily  work  in  the  occupations  of  the  kindergarten  had 
won  for  them  this  proud  distinction,  took  their  places 
at  the  low  tables  in  the  foreground  of  the  stage  and  be- 
came speedily  engrossed  in  their  allotted  tasks.  While 
their  tiny  fingers  were  busily  flying  to  and  fro  in  the  ac- 
complishment of  their  mission.  President  Francis  H. 
Appleton  introduced  the  speaker  of  the  day,  the  Rev. 
George  L.  Perin,  to  whose  eloquent  words  the  attention 
of  the  audience  was  gladly  accorded.  His  address  was 
as  follows: — 

Address  or  Rev.  George  L.  Perix. 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: — I  suppose  that  every 
thoughtful  and  earnest  man  has  times  when  he  wonders  whether 
he  has  ever  been  able  or  ever  shall  be  able  to  do  anything  really 
worth  while.  No  doubt  there  are  many  reasons  for  this,  but  one 
reason  is  because  we  often  compare  ourselves  with  people  who 
have  made  some  conspicuous  success,  whose  deeds  may  be  isolated 
and  who  stand  out  conspicuously  before  the  world  and  ourselves, 
and  in  comparison  it  seems  to  us  that  we  have  done  very  little.  I 
used  to  be  sorry  in  reading  the  story  of  Isaac  for  the  place  he  occu- 
pied in  history.  He  was  sandwiched  in  between  Abraham  on  the  one 
side  and  Jacob  on  the  other  side;  both  of  these  great  men  stood  moun- 
tain-high, and    he   seemed  Httle  in  comparison;  and  when  I  have 


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thought  of  Isaac,  I  have  been  reminded  sometimes  of  what 
WiUiam  Lloyd  Garrison  2d  is  said  once  to  have  uttered  humor- 
ously concerning  his  own  situation.  He  said  that  he  had  the  mis- 
fortune to  be  sandwiched  between  WilHam  Lloyd  Garrison, — the 
great  anti-slavery  leader,  his  father,— and  his  own  son,  who  was 
a  Harvard  athlete,  and  he  did  not  know  just  where  he  came  in. 
Now,  in  the  case  of  Isaac,  we  need  to  remember  that  he  did  dig 
wells,  and,  considering  the  land  he  lived  in,  he  was  engaged  in  a 
good  business,  for  wells  were  needed,  and  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Gar- 
rison we  have  the  satisfaction  to  know  that  he  is  grappling  with 
the  problems  of  his  own  time. 

Now,  I  suppose  every  one  of  us  raises  this  question:  Shall  we  be 
able  to  do  anything  worth  while?  And  in  the  last  analysis  I  think 
the  answer  will  always  come,  if  it  is  a  true  answer,  in  terms  of  life. 
Jesus  Himself  justified  His  mission  by  the  declaration  that  He  came 
that  men  might  have  life  and  have  it  more  abundantly;  and  every 
man  who  is  doing  anything  worth  while  in  this  world  is  making 
some  contribution  to  life,  either  for  the  enrichment  of  Hfe  or  to  make 
life  more  productive.  We  honor  the  man  who  loves  trees  and  is 
trying  to  make  better  trees  and  save  the  trees  that  are.  We  honor 
the  man  who  loves  the  flowers  and  is  trying  to  develop  a  better  rose 
or  a  better  pink  or  a  better  chrysanthemum,  and  many  a  man  has 
thought  it  worth  while  to  give  his  own  name  to  a  rose  or  a  pink. 
We  honor  the  man  who  loves  the  fruits  and  is  trying  to  make  better 
fruits,  better  strawberries,  better  peaches  and  better  apples,  and 
many  a  man  has  thought  it  worth  while  to  give  his  own  name  to  some 
luscious  fruit.  How  much  more,  then,  should  we  honor  the  man 
who  is  trying  to  contribute  to  life,  whether  it  is  to  make  life  richer 
or  to  make  it  more  productive. 

Here  the  profession  of  medicine  stands  justified.  A  man  is  try- 
ing to  contribute  something  to  make  a  healthier  life,  to  preserve  it 
in  its  normal  conditions,  to  make  men  stronger.  Here  the  profes- 
sion of  the  ministry  stands  justified.  In  a  higher,  nobler  way,  the 
man  who  has  caught  some  spiritual  vision  of  life  is  trying  to  contribute 
to  life,  to  make  it  richer,  to  make  it  more  efficient,  to  make  it  more 
productive;  and  here  the  teacher's  work  also  stands  justified.  It 
is  interpreted  in  terms  of  life,  and  no  one  really  understands  the 
work  of  a  teacher  who  does  not  try  to  interpret  it  in  these  terms. 
It  is  a  question  of  life  in  the  last  analysis,  and  the  contribution  which 


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the  teacher  is  making  is  a  contribution  to  life.  Now,  we  may  very 
well  raise  the  question,  life  to  what  end  ?  We  might  almost,  perhaps, 
be  justified  in  declining  to  analyze  at  all.  "For  its  own  sake," 
we  might  answer;  "life  is  desirable  for  its  own  sake;"  and  yet  we 
need  not  hesitate  to  make  the  analysis.  Life  for  the  sake  of  joy; 
life  for  the  sake  of  happiness;  every  avenue  of  life  which  is 
opened  to  a  man  or  to  a  child  contributes  to  his  happiness.  I  was 
almost  moved  to  tears,  in  reading  the  life  of  Miss  Keller,  to  see 
how  pathetically  she  struggled  with  her  misfortune  and  how  deep 
was  her  darkness,  how  helpless  she  was;  and  my  joy,  it  seems  to  me, 
was  almost  like  hers,  when  I  came  to  that  part  of  her  story  when 
he  was  able  to  read  with  ease  and  freedom,  when  one  and  anothers 
avenue  of  life  was  opened  to  her.  How  her  joy  abounded!  It  is 
ever  thus;  no  man  can  have  a  new  avenue  of  Ufe  opened  to  him  with- 
out having  his  joy  increased. 

But  this  is  not  all;  every  new  avenue  of  life  that  is  opened  makes 
life  more  productive.  A  man's  powers  are  not  to  be  developed  merely 
that  he  may  be  on  exhibition.  A  man  is  not  to  be  educated  merely 
that  he  may  be  seen,  but  rather  that  he  may  be  a  worker  in  the  world. 
One  desires  to  be  a  producer.  These  children  are  not  to  be  edu- 
cated merely  for  the  exhibition  day,  merely  for  what  they  can  show 
you  when  at  last  they  are  graduated  or  when  once  a  year  they  come 
here  for  their  exercises.  WTiat  are  they  educated  for  ?  First  of  all, 
for  the  sake  of  Hfe.  Next,  for  the  sake  of  joy  and  happiness.  Next, 
for  the  sake  of  making  their  labor  productive, — their  labor,  unfor- 
tunate as  they  are,  handicapped  as  they  are, — that  their  labor  may 
be  productive.  Now,  as  we  honor  the  minister,  as  we  honor  the 
physician,  as  we  honor  the  teacher  who  contributes  to  Hfe,  so  we 
honor  the  captain  of  industry,  great  or  small,  who  makes  life's  labor 
productive;  the  railroad  magnate,  the  originator  of  a  shoe  shop 
or  steel  factory  or  woollen  mill,  any  man  who  organizes  other  men 
to  work, — we  should  honor  him. 

I  want  to  raise  this  question :  Whom  should  we  honor  most ;  the 
man  who  begins  at  the  top  and  contributes  to  life  there  or  the  man 
who  begins  at  the  bottom  and  contributes  to  Hfe  there?  I  do  not 
believe  it  requires  much  enthusiasm  or  much  inspiration  for  the 
teacher  of  physical  training  to  select  out  of  a  hundred  boys  the  young 
Apollo  best  developed  and  see  what  he  can  be  made  into  physically. 
It  requires  vastly  more  inspiration  to  take  the  poor,  dwarfed,  stunted 


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weakling,  the  weakest  among  the  hundred,  and  see  what  that  boy 
can  be  made  into.  I  remember  having  attended  an  exercise  in  a 
grammar  school  in  Roxbury  some  years  ago,  when  the  teacher  said  to 
me  at  the  close  of  the  exercise:  "Which  one  of  these  girls  among  the 
forty  do  you  think  I  am  the  proudest  of?"  I  said:  "I  do  not  know." 
"That  one  there,"  she  answered.  "And  why  are  you  the  proudest 
of  that  one?  Is  that  the  brightest  girl  in  your  class?"  She  said: 
"No,  that  is  the  dullest  girl  in  all  the  room,  and  yet,  not  one  girl 
in  all  the  room  has  made  the  progress  that  this  girl  has."  A  greater 
contribution  to  life  had  been  made  in  the  case  of  this  little  one  than 
any  other.  It  requires,  I  warrant,  more  inspiration  to  begin  there 
and  make  that  development  in  the  dullest  one  than  it  requires  to 
carry  the  brightest  one  farther  than  she  found  her.  Now,  dear  friends, 
I  yv^ant  to  make  this  application  to  the  work  we  have  before  us  today. 
As  much  as  I  believe  in  the  divine  call  of  every  teacher  of  the  child 
who  can  see,  as  well  as  the  child  who  is  blind,  the  teacher  of  the  child 
who  hears,  as  well  as  the  child  who  cannot  hear,  as  much  as  I  be- 
lieve in  that  work  and  as  much  as  I  honor  that  work,  yet  more  do 
I  honor  the  work  of  the  teacher  who  takes  these  children,  handi- 
capped as  they  are,  and  contributes  to  their  life  and  undertakes  to 
make  their  Hfe  productive,  and  the  reason  I  honor  them  more  is 
because  it  seems  to  me  it  requires  more  devotion  and  greater  inspi- 
ration to  accomplish  what  they  do  accomplish. 

And  so  it  seems  to  me  we  have  an  illustration  here,  in  the  work 
that  is  being  done,  which  is  beyond  all  praise,  and,  among  the  many 
interesting  things  that  they  are  doing,  it  seems  to  me  that  we  find 
the  most  interesting  in  the  work  of  the  kindergarten;  and  one  rea- 
son why  I  am  interested  in  the  kindergarten,  especially,  is  because 
we  have  here  the  beginnings  of  a  work  with  the  children  at  a  time 
in  hfe  when  we  can  best  study  their  capabilities.  First  of  all,  they 
are  to  Hve;  in  the  next  place,  they  are  to  be  happy;  and  in  the  next 
place,  they  are  to  be  productive,  and  the  kindergarten  is  one  of  the 
best  places  for  the  study  of  their  capabilities,  how  to  contribute  to 
life;  how  to  make  their  labor  productive;  how  to  make  them  happy 
in  the  coming  years.  These  first  years,  when  life  is  pliant,  when  it 
is  ductile;  in  these  first  years,  when  the  child  is  under  the  immediate 
touch  of  a  teacher;  here  is  the  time  when  the  child  may  be  studied 
to  best  advantage,  and  many  a  time  it  will  turn  out  that,  at  the  age 
of  eight  or  ten  years,  the  teacher  understands  what  the  child  is  best 


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fitted  for.  Not  every  child  may  be  developed  into  a  musician;  not 
every  young  man  may  be  developed  into  a  minister,  nor  a  lawyer. 
I  have  often  wondered  why  more  blind  young  men  have  not  en- 
tered the  ministry,  and  if  there  are  any  of  these  here  who  will  come 
to  me,  I  will  tell  them  what  a  splendid  profession  it  is.  But,  at  the 
best,  not  all  of  them  can  be  good  ministers;  not  all  of  them  can  be 
good  merchants;  some  of  them  may  be  mechanics,  but  here  in  the 
kindergarten  where  they  are  studied  young  and  at  first-hand, — 
here  is  where  it  may  be  determined  what  they  are  fitted  for,  so  by 
the  time  they  enter  the  high  school  the  teachers  may  direct  them 
into  some  remunerative  avenue,  where  there  is  a  fair  chance  for 
success.     For  this  reason  I  believe  in  the  kindergarten  for  the  blind. 

Now,  dear  friends,  I  look  upon  this  company,  back  here,  of 
teachers  and  professors,  under  the  leadership  of  Air.  Anagnos,  as 
one  of  the  most  splendidly  organized  expert  corps  of  teachers  in 
this  country.  I  doubt  if  we  can  match  them  anywhere.  Are  we, 
then,  to  leave  the  three  or  four  thousand  blind  people  in  the  com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts  to  their  care  alone?  Are  we  to  rest 
satisfied  that  everything  that  can  be  done  will  be  done  for  them, 
because  we  have  these  experts?  Ah,  there  is  the  trouble.  In  these 
days  we  are  inclined  to  do  everything  by  machinery.  We  organ- 
ize a  big  machine,  and  then  we  turn  over  one  and  another  class  to 
the  machine;  then  we  rest  easy,  because  we  fancy  the  machine  will 
take  care  of  the  business.  They  will  make  their  contribution  to 
life,  the  life  of  these  blind  children.  WTiat  is  the  contribution  that 
we  are  to  make?  We  have  these  experts  in  the  care  of  the  blind, 
but  are  we  therefore  to  shirk  responsibility?  We  cannot,  perhaps, 
use  the  blind  language;  we  are  not  experts  in  the  training  of  these 
young  men  and  women;  these  blind  boys  and  girls.  No,  but  we 
can  equip,  perhaps,  these  institutions  and  put  into  the  hands  of 
these  experts  the  means  they  need. 

And  so  I  was  glad  when  the  president  called  }-our  attention  to 
this  last  paragraph  on  the  last  page  of  our  programme  and  asked 
you  to  read  that  paragraph.  Ah,  but  I  hope  you  will  do  some- 
thing more  than  read  it !  I  asked  one  day  how  the  kindergarten 
for  the  blind  was  supported,  was  it  supported  by  the  state?  Reply 
was  made:  "No,  it  is  not  supported  by  the  state.  It  depends  upon 
the  voluntary  contributions  of  the  people  of  the  city  and  the  com- 
monwealth for  its  support."     And  when  once  we  think  of  it,  that 


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after  all,  should  not  be  so  serious  a  problem.  Wh}-,  it  seems  to  me 
that,  when  we  think  of  the  work  that  is  being  done  there,  money 
ought  to  be  coming  in  steady  streams  for  the  support  of  this  work 
that  Mr.  Anagnos  is  carrying  on,  that  he  should  not  need  to  write 
a  single  letter  in  its  behalf;  that  he  should  scarcely  make  a  single 
appeal  for  the  support  of  the  school;  that  private  individuals,  men 
and  women,  should  be  so  interested,  so  infatuated  by  it,  so  filled 
with  a  sense  of  obligation  that  they  would  write  and  say:  "Tell 
me  what  you  need  next  ?  Ask  and  you  shall  receive.  Tell  me  what 
you  want,  and  I  stand  ready  to  help  you  out."  I  do  not  be- 
lieve that  work  like  this  will  ever  suffer.  The  work  itself  commends 
itself  to  the  people  of  our  city  and  our  commonwealth.  I  do  not 
know  how  you  feel  toward  the  teachers  of  this  country,  but  some- 
times, when  I  think  of  the  contribution  they  are  making  to  American 
citizenship  and  to  life,  I  feel  like  falling  down  in  almost  adoration 
before  them,  their  service  is  so  fine;  what  they  are  doing  is  worth  so 
much  !  And  among  them  all  there  are  no  more  devoted  workers 
than  the  workers  for  the  blind.  We  ask,  sometimes,  whether  the 
age  of  heroism  is  not  passed.  The  age  of  heroism  passed!  Not  so 
long  as  there  are  men  like  Dr.  Howe  and  Mr.  Anagnos. 
You  remember  that  poem  that  asks  the  question: — 

Mother  Earth,  are  the  heroes  dead? 

Do  they  thrill  the  soul  of  the  years  no  more  ? 
Are  the  gleaming  snows  and  the  poppies  red 

All  that  is  left  of  the  brave  of  yore  ? 
Are  there  none  to  fight  as  Theseus  fought, 

Far  in  the  young  world's  misty  dawn  ? 
Or  to  teach  as  the  gray-haired  Nestor  taught  ? 

Mother  Earth,  are  the  heroes  gone  ? 

Gone?     In  a  grander  form  they  rise. 

Dead  ?     We  may  clasp  their  hands  in  ours, 
And  catch  the  light  of  their  clearer  eyes, 

And  wreathe  their  brows  with  immortal  flowers. 
Wherever  a  noble  deed  is  done 

'Tis  the  pulse  of  a  hero's  heart  is  stirred; 
Wherever  the  right  has  a  triumph  won, 

There  are  the  heroes'  voices  heard. 

Their  armor  rings  on  a  fairer  field 

Than  the  Greek  and  the  Trojan  fiercely  trod. 

For  freedom's  sword  is  the  blade  they  wield, 
And  the  light  above  is  the  smile  of  God. 


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So  in  his  isle  of  calm  delight, 

Jason  may  sleep  the  hours  away; 
For  the  heroes  Uve  and  the  sky  is  bright, 

And  the  world  is  a  braver  world  today. 

And  it  is  brighter  and  braver  because  of  work  like  this  which 
you  see  exemplified  today  in  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind. 

Mr.  Perin's  remarks  made  a  profound  impression  upon 
his  hearers,  whose  applause  gave  evidence  of  their  hearty 
assent  to  his  sentiments. 

By  this  time  the  four  little  workers  were  sitting  with 
folded  hands  before  their  completed  models,  their  expres- 
sion denoting  the  pleased  consciousness  of  a  successful 
undertaking.  They  were  now  ready,  at  a  word  of  com- 
mand, to  rise  from  their  little  chairs  and  lift  into  view 
the  objects  which  they  had  made  and  which  were  sym- 
bolic of  the  seasons.  The  first  had  built  a  bee-hive 
which  hinted  at  labors  through  the  long  and  flowery 
summer  days;  the  second  had  moulded  in  clay  the  fruit 
which  represented  autumnal  activities;  the  third  had 
formed  the  semblance  of  a  sled  to  express  the  joys  of  the 
winter  season;  and  the  fourth  had  endeavored  to  suggest 
the  spirit  of  the  springtime  through  his  well-modelled 
birds.  Then  all  the  children  together,  joining  in  songs 
and  games,  abandoned  themselves  to  the  pleasure  of  re- 
producing in  mimic  form  the  activities  of  the  different 
seasons, — the  busy  labors  of  the  bees,  the  care-free  joy- 
ousness  of  the  birds,  the  response  of  the  blossoms  to 
sunshine  and  shower,  the  merriment  of  childish  play, 
the  whirling  of  the  windmill,  the  harvesting  of  the  fruit, 
and  the  building  of  snow  images  which  were  duly  bowled 
over  by  a  well-directed  volley  of  snowballs.  This  ended 
the  round  of  the  merry  year,  and  then,  their  duties  of 
the  commencement  season  over  for  another  twelvemonth, 
the  children  marched  away,  followed  by  ringing  applause 


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from  their  interested  auditors  whose  hearts  had  been 
touched  and  sensibilities  quickened  by  this  object  lesson 
of  happiness  amid  deprivation,  joyousness  in  spite  of 
misfortune. 

Then  the  kinder  orchestra  assembled  upon  the  stage 
and  played  sweetly  and  tunefully  a  waltz  by  Deroy. 
The  excellence  of  their  performance  drew  forth  a  meed 
of  praise  and  a  demand  for  repetition,  which  elicited 
another  simple  melody  from  the  youthful  performers. 

Thus  the  annual  appearance  of  the  little  sightless 
kindergarten  children  serves  to  cement  more  closely 
the  bonds,  attaching  to  their  cause  those  stanch,  true- 
hearted  friends  whose  loyalty  has  aided  so  largely  in  the 
development  of  the  little  school  to  its  present  degree  of 
efficiency. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

FRANCIS  H.  APPLETON, 
WILLIAM  L.  BENEDICT, 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT, 
PAUL  REVERE  FROTHINGHAM, 
CHARLES  P.  GARDINER, 
N.  P.  HALLOWELL, 
J.  THEODORE  HEARD, 
EDWARD  JACKSON, 
GEORGE  H.  RICHARDS, 
WILLIAM  L.  RICHARDSON, 
RICHARD  M.  SALTONSTALL, 
S.  LOTHROP  THORNDIKE, 

Trustees. 


KINDERGARTEN  FOR  THE  BLIND. 


EIGHTEENTH   ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE 
DIRECTOR. 


I  rest  in  faith 

That  man's  perfection  is  the  crowning  flower 
Toward  which  the  urgent  sap  in  life's  great  tree 
Is  pressing — seen  in  puny  blossoms  now, 
But  in  the  world's  great  morrows  to  expand 
With  modest  petal  and  with  deepest  glow. 

— George  Eliot. 

To  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Gentlemen: — Time  in  its  rapid  flight  has  brought  to 
a  close  another  year  in  the  history  of  the  kindergarten, 
and  in  entering  upon  the  duties  of  a  new  year  we  deem  it 
meet  and  proper  to  take  a  retrospective  view  of  the  work 
of  the  past  twelve  months  and  to  give  an  account  of  what 
has  been  done  during  that  period  for  the  physical  welfare 
of  the  little  blind  children  and  for  their  mental,  moral 
and  spiritual  development. 

The  same  degree  of  prosperity  and  success,  which  has 
characterized  this  beneficent  institution  since  its  establish- 
ment, has  been  vouchsafed  to  it  during  the  period  cov- 
ered by  this  report. 

We  have  at  present  io6  children  under  our  care.  Of 
these  53  belong  to  the  kindergarten  proper  and  the  same 
number  to  the  primary  department. 

Although  no  death  has  occurred  among  the  pupils 
during  the  past  year,  the  health  record  has  not  been  en- 


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tirely  satisfactory.  Three  of  the  contagious  diseases, 
which  were  prevalent  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  kinder- 
garten, broke  out  at  different  times  in  the  two  buildings 
occupied  by  the  younger  children  and  interfered  more  or 
less  with  the  regularity  of  the  work  of  the  school.  There 
have  been  in  all  fourteen  cases  of  measles,  five  of  scarlet 
fever  and  four  of  diphtheria.  Owing  to  the  outbreak  of 
the  last  named  disease  it  became  necessary  to  give  up  the 
annual  reception.  The  ladies'  visiting  committee  would 
have  held  this  reception  in  April,  had  the  health  of  the 
establishment  permitted. 

We  are  deeply  grateful  to  the  friends  and  benefactors 
of  the  kindergarten  for  the  continuance  of  their  kind  favor 
and  for  the  generous  donations,  which  have  assisted  us 
greatly  in  carrying  on  this  beneficent  work.  We  cannot 
refrain  from  saying  that  our  chief  reliance  is  upon  these 
good  friends  and  that  without  their  support  our  plans 
and  labors  cannot  meet  with  a  proper  degree  of  success. 
We  beg  to  assure  them  that  no  pains  will  be  spared  on 
our  part  to  make  the  school  even  more  efficient  and  fruit- 
ful in  the  future  than  it  has  been  in  the  past. 


Present  Condition  of  the  Kindergarten. 

Love  works  at  the  centre, 

Heart  hea\'ing  alway, 
Forth  speed  the  strong  pulses 

To  the  borders  of  day. 

— Emerson. 

Never  before  has  the  kindergarten  been  in  such  an  ex- 
cellent condition  as  at  the  present  time.  The  manage- 
ment of  its  internal  affairs  is  placed  in  the  hands  of  faith- 
ful and  trustworthy  persons,  who  discharge  their  respec- 
tive duties  with  good  judgment  and  rare  patience  and 
discretion.     There  predominates  among  the  teachers  and 


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caretakers  a  charming  spirit  of  entire  harmony,  hearty 
cooperation  and  mutual  esteem. 

The  children  are  surrounded  by  wholesome  and  con- 
genial influences  and  are  treated  with  the  utmost  kind- 
ness and  affection.  They  are  developed,  taught  and 
trained  in  accordance  with  the  rational  methods  of  Froe- 
bel's  system  of  education  by  a  corps  of  able  and  devoted 
young  women.  This  band  of  earnest  and  conscientious 
workers  comprises  eight  kindergartners  and  primary 
teachers,  five  instructors  in  vocal  and  instrumental  music 
and  three  in  manual  training.  They  have  all  proved  to 
be  well  adapted  and  adequately  equipped  for  the  position 
which  they  occupy. 

The  houses  are  invariably  found  to  be  clean  and  tidy, 
and  the  excellent  condition  in  which  they  are  kept  bears 
ample  evidence  that  they  are  under  the  care  and  super- 
vision of  watchful,  industrious  and  painstaking  matrons. 
These  ladies  are  admirably  fitted  for  their  positions,  and 
every  one  of  them  has  a  perfect  understanding  of  her 
mission.  They  are  not  content  to  sit  in  an  easy  chair 
and  give  orders  to  their  subordinates  without  having  the 
remotest  idea  of  what  is  going  on  in  the  kitchen  or  in  the 
storeroom,  but  attend  closely  to  their  work  in  its  minutest 
details  and  do  everything  in  their  power  not  only  to  pro- 
mote the  health,  the  comfort  and  the  happiness  of  the 
members  of  the  households  over  which  they  preside,  but 
to  prevent  waste  and  secure  economy  in  the  expenses. 
Their  relations  with  each  other  are  friendly  and  cordial, 
and  the  fruits  of  their  service  are  seen  in  the  neatness 
and  order,  which  prevail  in  the  establishment,  and  in  the 
spirit  of  peace  and  concord,  which  reigns  everywhere. 

All  the  teachers  and  officers  of  administration  deserve 
our  hearty  thanks  for  the  fidelity  and  skill,  with  which 
they  carry  on  the  work  of  the  establishment. 


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Legacies  and  Gifts  to  the  Kindergarten. 

The  sun,  the  moon,  the  stars 

Send  no  such  light  upon  the  ways  of  men 

As  one  great  deed. 

— Tennyson. 

It  is  a  sincere  pleasure  and  satisfaction  to  us  to  be  able 
to  state  that  the  kindergarten  has  already  reached  a  high 
degree  of  development.  At  the  same  time  the  oppor- 
tunity for  extending  its  usefulness  still  farther  and  of 
broadening  its  influence  was  never  so  great  as  it  is  now. 
But,  in  order  to  be  able  to  widen  the  field  of  its  beneficence 
and  render  its  advantages  accessible  to  every  sightless 
child  in  New  England,  it  must  be  adequately  supported 
by  the  public. 

This  fact  is  of  such  a  momentous  significance  that  it 
cannot  be  too  often  brought  forward  or  too  strongly  em- 
phasized. It  must  be  laid  before  the  community  in  the 
clearest  possible  light  and  kept  constantly  in  view,  so  that 
its  vital  importance  as  a  prime  factor  in  the  ultimate  success 
of  one  of  the  most  humane  educational  enterprises  of  the 
age  may  be  distinctly  understood  and  fully  realized. 

We  are  heartily  thankful  to  the  stanch  friends  of  the 
cause  of  the  little  blind  children  for  the  annual  subscrip- 
tions, which  we  receive  from  them  with  encouraging  regu- 
larity and  which  cover  not  a  small  part  of  the  current  ex- 
penses. Indeed,  these  contributions  constitute  a  valu- 
able temporary  expedient  and  a  most  convenient  means 
for  obtaining  a  sufficient  sum  of  money  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  the  kindergarten;  but  they  are  not  unfailing. 
They  form  a  shifting  or  unsteady  financial  basis,  and  it  is 
only  by  strenuous  effort  that  we  keep  them  from  falling 
off  faster  than  they  do.  We  need  a  surer  source  of  reve- 
nue than  that  which  can  be  thus  supplied,  and  this  can  be 
secured  only  by  a  liberal  increase  in  the  permanent  fund 


I/O 

through  bequests  and  generous  gifts,  so  that  the  income 
which  it  will  yield  at  the  prevailing  low  rates  of  interest 
will  suffice  not  only  to  meet  the  present  demands  but  to 
provide  the  sap  for  constant  growth  and  the  motive  power 
for  uninterrupted  advancement. 

It  is  with  a  sense  of  profound  gratitude  that  we  acknow- 
ledge the  receipt  of  se\  eral  legacies,  which  have  been  paid 
to  us  in  the  course  of  the  past  year,  thus  in  some  degree 
lightening  our  anxiety  for  the  future. 

We  spoke  with  great  sorrow  in  our  last  annual  report 
of  the  sad  loss,  which  our  school  had  suffered  in  the  death 
of  Mrs.  Nancy  E.  Rust,  the  beloved  wife  of  Mr.  William 
Augustus  Rust,  and  we  have  alluded  to  her  unfailing  in- 
terest in  the  work  of  the  kindergarten  in  terms  of  the  high- 
est appreciation.  For  many  years  this  kind  lady  had 
been  one  of  the  steadfast  friends  and  valued  helpers  of 
the  little  sightless  children,  and  in  disposing  of  her  earthly 
possessions,  she  remembered  their  cause  most  generously. 
Thanks  to  the  promptness  with  which  the  executors  of 
her  estate,  Messrs.  William  Augustus  Rust  and  Alexander 
F.  Wadsworth,  have  complied  with  her  wishes,  we  have 
received  through  them  a  legacy  of  $5,000.  According  to 
the  direction  left  by  the  testatrix,  this  sum  is  to  be  held  in 
trust  as  a  memorial  to  her  late  son,  Frank  Davison  Rust, 
and  its  income  is  ''to  be  applied  for  the  sole  use  and  bene- 
fit of  the  kindergarten." 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  C.  Reed,  widow  of  Benjamin  T.  Reed, 
died  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four  years,  but  left 
behind  her  a  host  of  friends  by  whom  she  is  greatly  missed 
and  sincerely  mourned.  She  was  a  woman  of  keen  in- 
tellect and  tender  heart,  and  her  contemporaries  often  re- 
ferred to  her  personal  beauty  and  her  wit  in  terms  of  ad- 
miration. She  well  knew  the  joy  of  giving  and  practised 
it  extensively.     Her  interest  in  life  and  in  the  young  was 


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intense,  and  both  her  sympathy  and  her  help  were  always 
ready  for  those  in  distress  or  in  suffering  and  need.  She 
befriended  the  kindergarten  most  generously  and  be- 
queathed to  it  $5,000.  This  amount  has  already  been 
received  by  our  treasurer,  and  we  are  greatly  indebted 
to  the  executors  under  her  will,  Messrs.  Arthur  Wain- 
wright  and  Francis  C.  Welch,  for  their  thoughtful  kindness 
in  paying  over  the  legacy  without  delay. 

The  name  of  Miss  Sarah  Silver  Cox,  who  died  in 
Switzerland  nearly  two  years  ago,  will  be  blessed  by  the 
blind  and  their  helpers  for  generations  to  come.  She 
manifested  a  warm  sympathy  with  the  cause  of  the  little 
sightless  children,  and,  appreciating  most  highly  the  edu- 
cational benefits  which  the  kindergarten  is  affording  to 
them,  left  to  it  a  legacy  of  $5,000.  This  amount  has  been 
promptly  paid  into  our  treasury  by  the  executor  of  her 
will.  Dr.  Octavius  B.  Shreve,  to  whom  we  desire  to  ex- 
press our  earnest  thanks. 

Messrs.  Richard  H.  Dana  and  William  H.  Herrick,  ex- 
ecutors of  the  will  of  Mrs.  Mary  Longfellow  Green- 
leaf,  have  paid  into  our  treasury  $2,000  on  account  of 
the  legacy  which  she  left  to  the  kindergarten. 

The  amount  of  $1,622.45,  obtained  from  the  residue 
of  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Olive  E.  Hayden,  has  been  added 
to  the  legacy  of  $3,000,  which  was  received  from  the  ex- 
ecutors of  her  will  in  1901. 

Miss  Jeannie  Warren  Paine,  a  generous,  sympathetic 
and  noble  woman,  in  whose  kind  heart  there  was  a  warm 
place  for  the  little  blind  children,  left  to  the  kindergarten 
by  her  will  a  bequest  of  $1,000.  This  amount  has  already 
been  received  and  is  to  be  preserved  as  a  permanent  fund, 
to  be  known  under  the  name  of  the  testatrix  for  all  time 
to  come.  In  recording  our  sense  of  deep  gratitude  to 
the  blessed  memory  of  Miss  Paine,  w^e  avail  ourselves  of 


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the  opportunity  to  tender  our  hearty  thanks  to  Mr.  Robert 
D.  Weston  Smith,  the  executor  of  her  estate. 

It  is  with  great  thankfulness  that  we  acknowledge  the  • 
receipt  of  a  bequest  of  $500,  left  to  the  kindergarten  by 
the  will  of  Mrs.  Emeline  Morse  Lane,  late  wife  of  Mr. 
Zenas  M.  Lane  of  Rockland,  Massachusetts.  According 
to  the  directions  given  to  us  by  Mr.  Lane,  this  sum  is  to 
be  kept  as  a  permanent  fund  with  the  name  of  the  testatrix 
attached  thereto,  and  only  its  income  is  to  be  used.  Mrs. 
Lane  was  a  woman  of  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  heart, 
which  led  her  to  become  a  true  friend  of  the  little  blind 
children  and  to  be  of  help  to  them.  As  the  amount  real- 
ized from  the  disposal  of  certain  valuable  articles  did  not 
prove  to  be  equal  to  her  expectations,  her  beloved  hus- 
band, who  is  in  perfect  sympathy  with  her  benevolent 
purposes,  has  taken  appropriate  measures  to  carry  out 
her  wishes  in  due  time. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Taber,  late  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
left  to  the  kindergarten  a  legacy  of  $500,  which,  thanks 
to  the  kindness  of  the  executor  of  her  will,  Mr.  Frank  E. 
Smith,  has  been  promptly  paid  into  our  treasury.  This 
sum  will  form  a  branch  of  the  permanent  endowment 
fund  and  will  be  forever  known  under  the  name  of  the 
''Harriet  Taber  fund."  This  noble  benefactress  of  the 
little  sightless  children  has  shown  a  great  interest  in  their 
welfare,  and  the  provision  which  she  has  made  in  their 
behalf  will  serve  to  preserve  her  name  in  fragrant  remem- 
brance. 

For  nearly  a  score  of  years  Mrs.  Adaline  M.  Chapin, 
late  of  Milford,  Massachusetts,  was  strongly  attached 
to  the  kindergarten  and  from  time  to  time  contributed 
her  mite  toward  its  support.  She  was  always  thinking 
and  planning  to  do  something  for  it  and  when  she  died 
she  bequeathed  to  it  $400,  which  amount  has  been  duly 


paid  to  our  treasurer  by  the  executrix  of  her  will,  Miss 
Emilie  Albee. 

An  additional  sum  of  $425  has  been  received  from  the 
executor  of  the  will  of  the  late  Samuel  A.  Borden,  of 
whose  legacy  to  the  kindergarten  the  amount  of  $4,675 
has  already  been  received. 

It  is  with  a  sense  of  deep  gratitude  and  a  feeling  of 
great  joy  that  we  record  these  bequests.  We  need  hardly 
repeat  here  the  assurance  that  they  will  be  religiously 
preserved  in  their  entirety  and  will  form  ever-during  mon- 
uments to  the  blessed  memories  of  those  whose  honored 
names  are  attached  to  them  and  as  perennial  sources  of 
pride  to  their  descendants  and  relatives. 

Side  by  side  with  the  above  named  legacies  stand  the 
generous  gifts  of  a  number  of  the  living  champions  of 
the  cause,  who  never  forget  it  or  fail  to  aid  it  liberally 
and  to  whose  donations  we  cannot  refrain  from  referring 
here. 

Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews  and  Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay, 
the  two  benevolent  sisters  who  have  stood  fast  by  the 
kindergarten  since  1886,  have  again  shown  during  the 
past  year  their  profound  interest  in  its  welfare  in  a  sub- 
stantial way,  each  adding  the  sum  of  $1,000  to  the  fund 
which  is  known  under  her  name.  We  cannot  possibly 
find  appropriate  words  to  express  adequately  our  sense 
of  obligation  to  these  dear  friends  for  the  munificent  gifts 
with  which  they  have  constantly  favored  the  cause  of  the 
little  sightless  children  and  which  form  solid  permanent 
stones  in  the  foundation  of  our  enterprise. 

That  firm  friend  of  the  kindergarten,  Mr.  George  F. 
Parkman,  whose  bountiful  gifts  to  it  we  have  acknowl- 
edged at  different  times  with  feelings  of  sincere  apprecia- 
tion, has  added  another  sum  of  $500  to  the  permanent 
fund,  which  bears  his  name  and  which  now  aggregates 


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to  $3,000.  With  this  generous  contribution  Mr.  Park- 
man  has  given  to  our  work  his  warm  sympathy,  which  is 
a  part  of  himself  and  the  value  of  which  is  by  no  means 
inferior  to  that  of  material  aid. 

In  addition  to  the  above  named  givers  the  yearly  cata- 
logue of  the  generous  benefactors  of  the  blind  comprises 
the  names  of  Mr.  Thomas  M.  Adams  of  Ashland,  Ken- 
tucky, Miss  Mary  S.  Ames,  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Amory, 
Mrs.  Joseph  Brewer  of  Milton,  Hon.  Elisha  R.  Brown 
of  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  Mrs.  Henry  C.  Clark  of 
Worcester,  Mr.  Zenas  Crane  of  Dalton,  Mrs.  Z.  Marshal 
Crane  of  Dalton,  ISIrs.  George  A.  Draper,  Mrs.  Samuel 
Eliot,  Friend  F.,  Mrs.  Francis  C.  Foster,  Mr.  George  A. 
Gardner,  Miss  Clara  Hemenway,  Mr.  Francis  W.  Hunne- 
well,  Miss  H.  W.  Kendall,  IMrs.  Marcus  M.  Kimball,  Mr. 
Charles  Larned,  Mrs.  Joseph  Lee,  Miss  Susan  G.  Littell, 
Mrs.  Thornton  K.  Lothrop,  Miss  Amelia  Morrill,  Miss 
Fanny  E.  Morrill,  Mrs.  Leopold  Morse,  the  Misses  Pea- 
body  of  Cambridge,  Mr.  Francis  H.  Peabody,  Mr.  Wallace 
L.  Pierce,  the  late  Mrs.  Warren  B.  Potter,  the  Misses 
Sohier,  Mrs.  Mahlon  D.  Spaulding,  JNIrs.  Bayard  Thayer 
of  Lancaster  and  the  late  Col.  William  A.  Tower. 

This  is  by  no  means  a  complete  register  of  the  names 
of  those  who  have  gladly  assisted  the  cause  of  the  little 
blind  children  during  the  past  year.  There  are  hundreds 
of  others  who  have  proved  their  deep  interest  in  the  kin- 
dergarten by  regular  and  unfailing  annual  subscriptions 
to  its  funds  and  whose  names,  together  with  the  amount 
of  their  respective  contributions,  are  printed  in  the  several 
lists  of  acknowledgments,  which  may  be  found  in  an- 
other part  of  this  report. 

The  duty  of  giving  was  never  better  nor  more  wisely 
and  conscientiously  performed  by  any  class  of  people 
than  by  these  representatives  of  the  ideals  of  New  Eng- 


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land  generosity  and  philanthropy.  Fortunate  is  the  land 
which  bears  such  sons  and  daughters!  Happy  is  the 
community  which  includes  among  its  own  members  the 
men  and  women  whose  honored  names  are  to  be  found 
in  the  noble  record  of  the  benefactors  of  the  blind ! 


Appeal  to  Annual  Subscribers. 

That  day  is  best  wherein  we  give 

A  thought  to  others'  sorrow; 
Forgetting  self,  we  learn  to  live, 
And  blessings  born  of  kindly  deeds 

Make  golden  our  tomorrow. 

—Thorpe. 

To  the  friends  oj  the  little  blind  children: 

Again  we  ask  you  to  rejoice  with  us  in  the  growth  of 
the  kindergarten  and  in  the  success  which  has  attended 
its  work.  The  single  cottage,  with  which  the  little  school 
opened  in  1887,  has  been  supplemented  by  three  addi- 
tional dwelling-houses.  We  have  now  four  households, 
containing  more  than  one  hundred  happy  boys  and  girls, 
who  may  be  seen  playing  about  the  grounds  in  the  hours 
for  recreation  bright  and  cheerful  as  seeing  children.  We 
thank  you  one  and  all  very  warmly  for  the  many  gifts 
whether  of  sympathy,  time  or  money,  which  alone  have 
enabled  us  to  carry  on  our  work. 

Our  rejoicing  at  the  generosity  of  the  loyal  friends  of 
the  kindergarten  is  mingled  with  sorrow,  for  again  the 
ranks  of  its  benefactors  have  been  cruelly  thinned  by 
death.  While  we  are  deeply  grateful  for  the  legacies  and 
donations,  which  have  lightened  in  a  measure  our  anxiety 
for  the  future,  we  see  with  serious  concern  the  diminution 
in  the  number  of  our  helpers  caused  by  the  decease  during 
the  past  year  of  many  warm  friends  of  our  enterprise. 
It  will  be  very  difficult  to  carry  on  our  work  upon  a  larger 


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scale  unless  these  sad  gaps  are  Med  by  new  volunteers. 
The  kindergarten  and  the  parent  school,  the  Perkins  In- 
stitution, have  always  received  the  warm  support  and 
hearty  sympathy  of  the  community,  indeed  of  the  whole 
state  and  of  New  England.  These  are  the  life-blood, 
which  keeps  them  alive  and  active,  which  cheers  and  en- 
courages our  teachers  and  enables  the  Massachusetts 
School  to  retain  the  high  position  it  has  always  occupied. 
As  our  old  friends  pass  from  this  world,  leaving  golden 
memories  behind  them,  their  places  must  be  filled  by 
others,  for  our  work,  so  greatly  blessed  in  the  past,  will 
not  be  allowed  to  suffer  now  we  feel  assured,  as  it  must, 
if  our  hands  are  not  held  up  by  the  sympathy  and  liber- 
ality of  our  fellow-citizens. 

There  surely  must  be  many  who  will  be  glad  to  enroll 
their  names  in  the  golden  book  of  the  friends  and  helpers 
of  the  little  blind  children. 

We  would  urge  all  kind-hearted  and  sympathetic  per- 
sons to  visit  the  kindergarten,  for  no  one  can  see  the  tiny 
pupils  there  without  feeling  a  deep  interest  in  their  wel- 
fare. To  quote  from  a  recent  address  of  Mr.  S.  Lothrop 
Thorndike. 

Their  very  presence  is  a  most  touching  and  forceful  appeal,  which 
goes  directly  to  your  hearts.  There  are  no  words  in  any  language, 
which  can  make  the  pathos  more  pathetic.  Still,  do  you  not  feel, 
as  you  sit  here,  that  the  emotion  which  presents  itself  most  vividly 
is  not  pathos  but  cheer?  For  my  own  part  I  must  confess  that, 
when  I  come  here  or  when  I  go  to  South  Boston,  I  find  that  it  is 
not  the  sadness  of  the  pupils  which  strikes  me  and  which  is  upper- 
most or  undermost  in  my  mind;  it  is  the  brightness  that  radiates 
from  the  faces  which  I  behold. 

Thus  light  has  come  to  those  who  sat  in  darkness,  and 
the  light  shines  on  their  little  faces,  blessing  all  who  be- 
hold them,  all  who  have  helped  work  this  miracle. 


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"//  is  not,  however,  benevolence  or  religion  alone  that 
bids  us  to  care  for  the  unfortunate  and  the  helpless,  but 
self-interest  comes  in  and  repeats  the  command.'"  These 
words  of  Doctor  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  uttered  more  than 
half  a  century  ago,  are  truer  now  than  ever.  It  has  been 
our  constant  effort  as  educators  of  the  blind  to  prevent 
their  being  "dead  weights  on  society,"  to  enable  them 
to  become  independent,  happy  members  of  the  commu- 
nity, radiating  energy  and  self-respect  instead  of  demand- 
ing alms  and  diffusing  gloom. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Gary  Agassiz,  the  former  president  of 
Radcliffe  College  and  grand-daughter  of  the  great  bene- 
factor of  the  blind  after  whom  the  Perkins  Institution  was 
named,  thus  speaks  of  our  work: — 

Although  renewed  every  year,  the  annual  report  of  the  trustees 
of  the  institution  for  the  blind  never  fails  to  arouse  our  wonder  and 
admiration.  As  a  mere  statement  of  facts  it  seems  to  carry  us  into 
the  region  of  miracle. 

Rev.  Charles  Fleischer,  a  noted  humanitarian  and  a 
scholarly  reformer,  said  recently. 

When  I  reahzed  too,  that  that  boy  [Thomas  Stringer],  when  he 
came  to  this  institution,  was  literally  a  lump  of  clay,  a  little  animal, 
— and  when  last  week  I  saw  that  boy  and  the  smile  of  intelligence 
on  his  face,  the  outward  radiation  of  his  soul,  which  had  practically 
been  put  in  there  by  the  love  of  his  teacher, — I  want  to  say  that  I 
had  as  gratifying,  as  completely  satisfying  a  concrete  illustration  of 
the  high  purpose  and  fine  efficiency  of  this  school  as  I  needed  to 
have. 

In  our  appeal  of  last  year  we  quoted  statistics  that  fur- 
nish the  best  possible  test  of  the  results  of  our  system  of 
education. 

The  tree  is  judged  by  its  fruits.  New  England  is  proud  of  the 
record  and  standing  of  its  blind  citizens,  as  compared  with  those 


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of  other  parts  of  the  world.  Here  45  per  cent,  of  the  adult  blind 
are  self-supporting,  in  the  true  sense  of  the  word,  as  a  result  of  our 
system  of  education,  in  which  the  kindergarten  is  the  first  step. 
Since  a  large  part  of  our  graduates  earn  their  living  by  teaching 
music,  tuning  pianofortes  and  doing  upholstery  work,  the  impor- 
tance of  training  the  ear  and  fingers  at  an  early  age  will  at  once 
appear.  Our  kinder  orchestra  has  been  found  to  pave  the  way  ad- 
mirably for  later  musical  accomplishment. 

The  orchestra  of  the  Perkins  Institution,  which  has  won  such 
high  commendation,  owes  its  skill  in  no  small  measure  to  the  early 
training  of  little  fingers  in  a  happy  mingling  of  work  and  play. 
Thomas  Stringer's  surprising  dexterity  with  tools  and  appliances 
shows  the  value  of  the  instruction  in  sloyd,  which  forms  an  insepa- 
rable part  of  the  work  of  the  juvenile  school. 

We  have  never  asked  in  vain  for  help  for  the  little 
creatures  standing  in  such  rare  need.  Surely  every  one 
who  reads  this  appeal  will  give  something,  be  it  much  or 
little,  to  bring  light  to  those  who  sit  in  darkness! 


Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Potter. 

The  dews  of  heaven  fall  thick  in  blessings  on  her. 

— Shakespeare. 

We  stand  in  the  shadow  of  a  great  sorrow.  A  noble 
woman,  on  whom  we  looked  for  many  years  as  one  of 
the  most  distinguished  benefactors  of  the  blind,  is  with  us 
no  longer.  Mrs.  S.arah  E.  Potter,,  widow  of  Warren  B. 
Potter,  has  gone  to  her  rest  full  of  years  and  good  works. 
She  died  at  her  summer  residence  on  Neptune  street, 
Beverly  Cove,  on  the  twenty-third  of  September,  1904, 
in  the  eightieth  year  of  her  age.  Through  her  decease 
the  kindergarten  has  lost  one  of  its  truest  friends  and 
stanchest  supporters. 

Mrs.  Potter  was  a  living  embodiment  of  benevolence. 
Simple  in  her  life,  unassuming  in  her  manners,  of  a  sin- 


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gularly  gentle  and  refined  nature,  she  was  dearly  be- 
loved and  highly  esteemed  by  a  large  circle  of  friends. 
She  was  as  rich  in  noble  c{ualities  of  heart  and  mind  as 
in  worldly  possessions.  She  had  a  genius  for  sympathy 
that  was  not  confined  to  the  feeling  of  sorrow  for  the  mis- 
fortunes of  mankind,  but  manifested  itself  in  helpful, 
uplifting  acts.  She  lived  to  make  others  happy,  and  her 
fine  enthusiasm,  her  love  for  humanity  and  the  sweetness 
of  her  disposition  were  in  themselves  a  blessing  and  a 
joy  to  all  who  came  in  contact  with  her. 

In  her  numerous  deeds  of  beneficence  Mrs.  Potter  was 
prompted  by  a  splendid  public  spirit  and  by  an  ardent 
desire  to  relieve  the  poor  and  needy  and  to  aid  those  who 
struggle  to  free  themselves  from  the  shackles  of  misfor- 
tune. It  would  be  hardly  possible  to  frame  a  better  or 
more  beautiful  and  far  reaching  will  and  testament  than 
that  which  she  has  made.  In  it  she  has  bequeathed 
$1,145,000  to  educational,  religious  and  scientific  insti- 
tutions and  to  various  societies  which  care  for  the  sick, 
the  aged,  the  maimed  and  indeed  for  sufferers  of  every 
kind.  Her  testamentary  provisions  cover  the  whole  field 
of  thoughtful  and  gracious  benevolence  w4th  few  excep- 
tions. 

Mrs.  Potter  became  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of 
the  little  sightless  children  nearly  fifteen  years  ago  and 
has  been  ever  since  one  of  its  warmest  and  most  generous 
friends.  She  w^as  heartily  devoted  to  the  kindergarten, 
which  she  was  wont  to  call  her  ''pet  school,"  and  appre- 
ciated very  highly  the  value  of  its  beneficent  ministrations. 
In  testimony  thereof  she  made  in  1892  a  munificent  gift 
to  it  of  $20,000  for  the  establishment  of  a  permanent  fund, 
which  bears  her  blessed  name  and  which  has  been  in- 
creased by  subsequent  donations  to  $30,000.  This  fund 
is  to  be  kept  intact  and  safely  invested  and  only  its  in- 


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come  is  to  be  used  for  current  expenses.  By  her  will  she 
added  to  it  the  sum  of  $100,000,  together  with  a  pro- 
portionate share  of  the  residue  of  her  estate. 

This  princely  gift  places  the  name  of  Mrs.  Potter  at 
the  head  of  the  list  of  the  great  benefactors  of  the  kinder- 
garten, side  by  side  with  those  of  Miss  Helen  Curtis 
Bradlee  and  Mr.  Joseph  Beal  Glover;  it  will  stand  for 
all  time  to  come  as  a  magnificent  memorial  of  that  re- 
fined, pure,  lofty  sentiment  and  that  unostentatious  be- 
nevolence, which  characterize  the  best  and  noblest  sons 
and  daughters  of  New  England. 

In  gratitude  to  our  dear  friend  and  in  order  to  have 
her  name  indissolubly  connected  with  the  kindergarten 
we  have  decided  to  dedicate  to  her  precious  memory  the 
house  on  Day  street,  which  is  occupied  by  the  boys' 
primary  department  and  which  will  always  be  known  by 
the  name  of  the  Sarah  E.  Potter  Building. 

At  the  close  of  the  funeral  service  which  was  held  over 
Mrs.  Potter's  remains  at  her  summer  home  in  Beverly 
Cove  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  September,  the  officiating 
minister,  the  Rev.  John  Cuckson  of  Plymouth,  read  with 
deep  feeling  several  verses  of  a  poem  written  by  John 
Greenleaf  Whittier  on  the  death  of  a  friend.  The  last 
three  stanzas  of  this  poem  are  so  admirably  worded  and 
give  such  clear  expression  to  our  thoughts  that  we  copy 
them  here  in  full  as  forming  a  peculiarly  appropriate 
conclusion  to  this  tribute. 

Fold  her,  O  Father!  in  thine  arms, 

And  let  her  henceforth  be 
A  messenger  of  love  bet-i\een 

Our  human  hearts  and  thee. 

Still  let  her  mild  rebuking  stand 

Between  us  and  the  wrong, 
And  her  dear  memory  serve  to  make 

Our  faith  in  goodness  strong. 


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And  grant  that  she  who,  trembling,  here 

Distrusted  all  her  powers, 
May  welcome  to  her  hoHer  home 

The  well-beloved  of  ours. 


II  n  riDcmortam. 

Death  of  Friends  of  the  Kindergarten. 

Early  or  late,  come  when  it  will. 

At  midnight  or  at  noon, 
Promise  of  good  or  threat  of  ill. 

Death  always  comes  too  soon. 

— Stoddard. 

It  is  with  a  sense  of  deep  sorrow  and  personal  grief 
that  we  report  the  loss  by  death  during  the  past  year  of 
sixteen  of  the  friends  and  benefactors  of  the  little  blind 
children  who  have  done  so  much  for  the  kindergarten. 
Prominent  on  the  list  of  the  deceased  stand  the  honored 
and  beloved  names  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Sweetser  Brackett, 
Miss  Mary  Devens  Balfour,  Mrs.  Helen  E.  Gary,  Mr. 
William  Durant,  Mrs.  Emily  Everett,  Mrs.  Ann  Sophia 
Whitman  Farnam  of  New  Haven,  Mr.  Charles  W. 
Galloupe,  Miss  Ellen  Maria  Jones,  Mrs.  Lucy  Buck- 
minster  Lowell,  Mrs.  Helen  Merriam,  Mrs.  John  Parkin- 
son, Mrs.  •  A.  Shuman,  Mr.  Amos  W.  Stetson,  Miss 
Charlotte  Louisa  Ware,  Mrs.  Sarah  Wyman  Whitman 
and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.  Whitten. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Sweetser  Brackett,  widow  of  Henry 
Brackett  of  Newton,  died  in  New  York  on  the  twenty-fifth 
of  June,  1904,  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years.  She  had 
spent  the  greater  part  of  her  life  in  Boston  and  was  noted 
for  her  benefactions.  When  the  kindergarten  was  about 
to  be  organized  she  made  a  generous  contribution  of 
money  to  its  funds  and  thereby  became  a  member  of  the 


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corporation.  As  Sarah  Holden  of  Ipswich  seminary,  Mrs. 
Brackett  was  called  one  of  the  most  beautiful  women  of 
New  England.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the 
Advent  and  for  many  years  the  president  of  the  guild  of 
foreign  missions  connected  with  it.  She  devoted  much 
of  her  time  to  works  of  charity  and  was  honored  and 
reverenced  by  all  worshippers  at  the  shrine  of  real  benevo- 
lence and  genuine  worth.  She  went  through  her  life's 
pilgrimage  doing  good  and — 

Wearing  the  white  flower  of  a  blameless  hfe. 

Miss  Mary  Devens  Balfour,  who  died  on  the  last 
day  of  March,  1904,  in  the  eighty-fifth  year  of  her  age, 
was  a  loyal  friend  of  the  little  blind  children  and  one  of 
the  unfailing  subscribers  to  the  fund  for  the  support  of 
the  kindergarten.  She  was  a  native  of  Charlestown  and 
belonged  to  a  family,  which  was  very  prominent  in  that 
locality  in  the  past.  For  nearly  seventy  years  she  was  a 
member  of  the  old  first  parish  church,  and  during  her 
younger  days  she  participated  in  its  affairs  with  great 
energy  and  devotion.  Miss  Balfour  was  an  upright, 
benevolent,  true  woman — one  whose  faith  was  made  per- 
fect in  works  and  whose  creed  blossomed  and  bore  fruit 
in  deeds.  She  spared  no  pains  in  striving  to  aid  the 
helpless,  to  lighten  the  burden  of  the  poor  and  aged,  and 
to  promote  the  welfare  of  her  fellow-men.  She  did  her 
best  to  make  the  world  better,  and  her  efforts  unques- 
tionably met  with  a  good  measure  of  success.     For — 

No  life  can  be  pure  in  its  purpose  and  strong  in  its  strife, 
And  all  life  not  be  purer  and  stronger  thereby. 

The  death  of  Mrs.  Helen  E.  Gary,  which  occurred 
on  the  twenty-fourth  of  September,  1904,  brought  to  a 
close  a  beautiful  life,  active,  useful  and  benignant.     Mrs. 


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Gary  was  truly  beloved  and  highly  esteemed  by  those 
who  knew  her  well  on  account  of  the  beauty  of  her  char- 
acter, combining  womanly  gentleness  with  strength  of 
purpose,  the  dignity  of  her  demeanor  and  the  unselfish- 
ness of  her  life.  She  deserves  to  be  honored  for  a  sincere 
devotion  to  every  good  cause  and  she  will  be  long  remem- 
bered as  a  gracious  lady  whom  it  was  a  pleasure  and  an 
inspiration  to  meet.  Her  benefactions  were  many,  and 
their  record  is  indelibly  written  in  the  hearts  of  the  re- 
cipients of  her  bounty.  To  the  kindergarten  both  she 
and  her  daughter,  Miss  G.  S.  Gary,  have  been  loyal 
friends  and  generous  helpers.  Mrs.  Gary  was  noted  for 
her  tenderness  to  the  weak,  her  active  interest  in  the 
afflicted  and  her  encouragement  of  the  downcast.  She 
was  a  noble  woman — 

One  in  whose  eyes  the  smile  of  kindness  made 
Its  haunt,  hke  flowers  by  sunny  brooks  in  May; 

Yet  at  the  thought  of  others'  pain  a  shade 
Of  sweetest  sadness  chased  the  smile  away. 

Mr.  William  Durant,  whose  death  occurred  on  the 
last  day  of  December,  1903,  was  one  of  the  true  friends  of 
the  little  blind  children  and  of  the  supporters  of  the  kin- 
dergarten. Born  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  Mr.  Durant 
was  an  honored  son  of  Boston  and  a  product  of  its  common 
schools.  Although  prevented  by  his  imperfect  'eyesight 
from  pursuing  a  regular  course  of  study  in  the  high 
school  and  in  college,  he  had  kept  in  close  touch  with  the 
movements  and  events  that  made  up  contemporaneous 
history  and  became  thoroughly  informed  on  all  questions 
of  local  and  public  interest.  If  his  knowledge  was  less 
technical  than  that  which  some  possessed,  its  breadth  and 
solidity  offset  the  deficiency.  Mr.  Durant  had  uncommon 
judgment  and  discernment  as  a  man  of  affairs  and  acted 
on  correct  principles  in  the  conduct  of  business.     He  was 


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scrupulously  honest,  unostentatious,  faithful  and  chari- 
table, and  it  would  be  difficult  to  point  to  a  career  more 
spotless  or  more  fruitful  in  the  line  of  duty  than  his.  His 
life  glowed  with  the  steady  lustre  of  true  worth.  He  pos- 
sessed many  rare  qualities,  his  courage,  sagacity,  cheer- 
fulness and  skill  being  even  more  conspicuous  in  storm 
and  stress  than  when  all  was  plain  sailing.  He  enjoyed 
the  friendship  of  many  distinguished  persons  of  widely 
differing  beliefs  and  opinions,  and  among  worthy  men  un- 
known to  fame  he  was  always  the  kindly  adviser  and  the 
genial  associate.  He  had  long  outlived  the  limit  of  the 
period  of  individual  existence  set  by  the  psalmist,  but  old 
age  did  not  take  from  him  the  attractiveness  of  his  life 
and  character.  His  wealth  of  years  seemed  rather  to 
strengthen,  ripen  and  enrich  the  graces  of  his  early  man- 
hood. To  the  last  he  preserved  his  youth  of  heart  and 
liveliness  of  spirit,  and  was  an  honor  to  his  native  city  and 
a  blessing  to  mankind. 

Ah,  would  the  world  were  of  such  as  he, 

Whose  heart  was  large,  and  the  mind  strong  and  free. 

Mrs.  Emily  Everett,  the  oldest  person  in  Cambridge, 
•Massachusetts,  so  far  as  is  known,  died  at  her  home.  No. 
23  Berkeley  street,  on  the  twenty- third  day  of  September, 
1904,  at  the  age  of  one  hundred  and  five  years,  seven 
months  and  nineteen  days.  She  was  born  in  Haverhill, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  fourth  of  February,  1799,  and  was 
the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Abiel  Abbott,  D.D.  She  was 
married  in  1824  to  the  Rev.  Stevens  Everett,  a  Unitarian 
clergyman,  who  died  in  Dorchester  in  1833.  Mrs.  Ever- 
ett was  a  woman  of  broad  views  and  of  superior  intelligence. 
Born  of  sturdy  stock,  educated  in  accordance  with  the 
standards  of  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  century, 
trained  to  the  careful  performance    of    all    duties,   she 


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brought  to  the  affairs  of  her  later  and  wider  life  a  character 
disciplined  and  ready  for  every  emergency.  Her  love 
of  home,  her  keen  appreciation  of  truth  and  goodness  and 
her  ardent  devotion  to  the  welfare  of  her  fellow-men  were 
ever  an  inspiration  to  those  who  came  within  the  sphere 
of  her  influence.  Mrs.  Everett  presented  a  notable  in- 
stance of  longevity,  which  would  seem  in  many  instances 
to  be  the  reward  of  temperance.  She  had  exceeded  by 
nearly  thirty-six  years  the  length  of  human  existence  pre- 
scribed by  the  psalmist,  without  experiencing  the  ill  effects 
which  he  declares  afflict  those  who  go  beyond  the  limit  set 
by  him.  Of  Mrs.  Everett  it  may  be  fittingly  said  in  the 
words  of  Wordsworth  that — 

An  old  age  serene  and  bright, 
And  lovely  as  a  Lapland  night, 
Has  led  her  to  her  grave. 

Mrs.  Ann  Sophia  Whitman  Farnam,  widow  of 
Henry  Farnam,  late  of  New  Haven,  entered  into  rest  on 
Sunday,  the  sixth  of  March,  1904,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of 
eighty-eight  years.  She  was  one  of  the  stanch  friends 
and  constant  helpers  of  the  little  blind  children.  When 
the  kindergarten  was  still  in  its  infancy,  struggling  hard 
for  the  means  of  existence,  Mrs.  Farnam,  at  the  suggestion 
of  her  friend.  Miss  Laura  E.  Poulsson,  opened  the  art 
room  of  her  beautiful  mansion  on  Hillhouse  avenue  to  a 
group  of  our  pupils,  who  gave  therein  an  interesting  illus- 
tration of  their  attainments  both  in  literary  studies  and  in 
vocal  and  instrumental  music.  The  entertainment  was 
well  patronized  by  the  best  people  of  New  Haven  and  a 
good  sum  of  money  was  raised,  which  was  substantially 
increased  by  a  gift  from  the  generous  hostess.  Deeply  in- 
terested in  humane  and  educational  enterprises  and  works 
of  charity  of  various  kinds,  Mrs.  Farnam  was  a  judicious 
contributor  to  such  causes  as  were  calculated  to  alleviate 


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suffering,  promote  general  intelligence  and  morality, 
elevate  the  standard  of  character  and  ennoble  human 
life. 

To  relieve  the  wretched  was  her  pride, 
And  even  her  failings  leaned  to  virtue's  side. 

In  the  death,  on  th?  twenty-eighth  of  November,  1903, 
of  Mr.  Charles  W.  Galloupe,  in  the  seventy-ninth 
year  of  his  age,  the  community  loses  one  of  its  most  up- 
right and  public-spirited  citizens  and  the  kindergarten  for 
the  blind  one  of  its  truest  friends.  His  loyalty  to  the  cause 
of  the  little  sightless  children  was  unfailing  and  led  him  to 
aid  every  movement  which  aimed  to  promote  their  wel- 
fare. Mr.  Galloupe  was  a  genial  and  generous  gentle- 
man of  the  old  school,  whom  to  know  was  to  love  and  re- 
spect. He  did  many  kind  deeds  quietly  and  has  left 
behind  him  a  host  of  admirers  who  cherish  his  memory 
and  retain  a  vivid  recollection  of  the  fine  record  of  his 
honorable  and  beneficent  life.  Many  are  those  who  had 
an  opportunity  to  find  out,  that 

He  was  a  friend  to  truth,  of  soul  sincere, 
In  action  faithful,  and  in  honor  clear. 
Who  broke  no  promise,  served  no  private  end. 
Who  gained  no  title,  and  who  lost  no  friend. 

With  the  death  of  Miss  Ellen  Maria  Jones,  which 
occurred  on  the  fourteenth  of  August,  1904,  a  noble 
woman  has  fallen  asleep  and  a  vacancy  has  been  made  in 
the  ranks  of  the  friends  of  the  little  sightless  children. 
Twenty  years  ago  when  the  project  of  establishing  a  kin- 
dergarten was  just  agitated,  she  became  actively  inter- 
ested in  it,  and  will  always  be  remembered  with  deep 
gratitude  as  one  of  its  supporters.  She  was  an  attentive 
listener  to  the  calls  of  suffering  humanity  and  "her  own 
works  praise  her  in  the  gates."     Through  her  uniform 


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kindness,  her  undeviating  rectitude  of  purpose,  her  readi- 
ness to  help  those  in  need  of  assistance,  her  unfailing 
liberality  and  her  innate  refinement,  Miss  Jones  endeared 
herself  to  a  large  number  of  people  and  won  the  esteem 
and  appreciation  of  those  who  came  in  contact  with  her. 

She  made  her  life  a  sweet  song, 

That  comforted  the  sad, 
That  helped  others  to  be  strong, 

That  made  the  singer  glad. 

In  the  death  of  Mrs.  Lucy  Buckminster  Lowell, 
widow  of  Judge  John  Lowell,  who  passed  away  on  the 
twentieth  of  April  last,  in  her  seventy-seventh  year,  we 
mourn  the  loss  of  one  more  valued  friend  and  constant 
benefactor  of  the  little  blind  children.  She  was  one  of  the 
regular  contributors  to  the  funds  of  the  kindergarten 
from  the  time  of  its  opening  and  always  took  a  most  pro- 
found interest  in  its  progress  and  success,  which  was 
fully  shared  by  her  daughters,  Miss  Lucy  Lowell  and 
Mrs.  William  H.  Aspinwall.  Mrs.  Lowell  possessed  a 
very  attractive  personality  and  a  rare  combination  of 
social  and  domestic  virtues.  She  represented  the  choicest 
flower  of  our  civilization,  the  gracious,  refined  and  benev- 
olent American  woman.  She  was  true  in  every  relation 
of  life,  faithful  in  matters  of  trust  and  worthy  of  the 
highest  honor  and  esteem.  Of  tender  feeling  and  quick 
sympathy,  which  were  controlled  by  sound  judgment,  of 
unselfish  disposition  and  unflinching  integrity,  she  was 
beloved  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  her.  Wherever  she 
went  those  who  came  in  contact  with  her,  both  old  and 
young,  the  rich  and  the  poor  alike,  found  her  one  of  the 
most  joyous,  affectionate  and  serenely  trustful  souls  they 
had  ever  met.  For  a  love  that  was  boundless  as  the  sea, 
and  for  a  faith  which  no  waves  of  affliction  could  ever  sub- 
merge or  shake,  she  was  a  lesson  and  an  inspiration  to  those 


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who  were  brought  within  her  influence.  She  enfolded  a 
whole  multitude  of  people  in  the  full  warmth  of  her  affec- 
tions. There  seemed  to  be  no  "outer  courts"  in  her 
favor,  but  there  was  room  for  everybody  in  the  sanctuary 
of  her  heart.  Her  sympathy  encountered  no  barriers, 
which  it  could  not  easily  penetrate.  Her  distinguished 
career  of  active  benevolence  and  unflagging  generosity 
has  identified  her  name  with  numerous  educational  and 
philanthropic  causes  and  beneficent  enterprises.  Hospi- 
tals, homes  for  infants,  societies  for  the  prevention  of 
cruelty  to  children  and  to  dumb  creatures,  movements 
for  the  amelioration  of  the  condition  of  the  poor  and  the 
unfortunate,  all  received  either  her  personal  service  or  her 
liberal  support,  and  some  of  them  received  both.  She 
was  a  tireless  worker,  as  well  as  a  liberal  giver.  Prompted 
by  the  dictates  of  a  sensitive  conscience  and  by  an  ever- 
present  sense  of  duty,  as  well  as  by  a  genuine  feeling  of 
joy  in  doing  good,  and  not  by  a  spasmodic  impulse,  she 
labored  constantly  for  others,  striving  to  increase  and  pro- 
long their  pleasures,  to  right  their  wrongs,  and  to  banish 
or  solace  their  pains.     Hers  was — 

True  charity,  a  plant  divinely  nurs'd, 
Fed  by  the  love  from  which  it  rose  at  first. 

Many  hearts  were  filled  with  heaviness  and  oppressive 
sorrow  at  the  death  of  Mrs.  Helen  Merriam,  which 
occurred  at  her  summer  residence  in  Nahant  on  the 
twelfth  of  September,  1904.  She  was  a  typical  New 
England  gentlewoman,  noted  for  her  integrity,  for  her 
sense  of  justice  and  for  those  special  traits  of  character, 
which  come  by  inheritance  to  the  people  of  this  section 
of  the  country.  She  was  loyal  to  high  ideals,  which  she 
learned  to  translate  in  her  daily  living  into  patience, 
fortitude,   gentleness  and   sympathy  with  others.     Like 


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her  bereaved  husband,  Mr.  Charles  Merriam,  she  took  a 
deep  interest  in  the  cause  of  the  little  sightless  children  and 
became  a  regular  contributor  to  the  fund  for  the  support 
of  the  kindergarten.  She  was  imbued  with  the  spirit  of 
true  philanthropy  and  possessed  a  broad  mind  and  a  heart 
sweet  and  sincere ;  she  never  turned  a  deaf  ear  to  any  calls 
for  assistance  that  were  made  to  her  on  behalf  of  a  deserv- 
ing cause.  To  Mrs.  Merriam  the  following  lines  can  be 
applied  with  peculiar  fitness: — 

To  the  hearts  where  light  has  birth 

Nothing  can  be  drear; 
Budding  through  the  bloom  of  earth, 

Heaven  is  always  near. 

The  cause  of  the  little  blind  children  has  lost  another  ear- 
nest and  faithful  friend  by  the  decease  of  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Weld  Parkinson,  wife  of  Mr.  John  Parkinson,  one  of 
the  well  known  bankers  of  Boston.  She  died  on  the 
eighteenth  of  June,  1904,  at  the  summer  home  of  the 
family  in  Bourne,  Massachusetts,  in  her  sixty-first  year. 
She  was  a  fine  specimen  of  the  best  type  of  New  England 
womanhood.  Wise  and  tender-hearted,  energetic  and 
resourceful,  generous  and  refined,  upright  and  conscien- 
tious, she  made  a  place  for  herself  in  the  community  that 
seems  empty  indeed  without  her.  She  had  devoted 
much  of  her  time  to  ministering  to  the  welfare  and  relief  of 
others.  As  president  of  the  Trinity  employment  society, 
which  helps  worthy  needle  women,  she  exerted  a  powerful 
influence  over  the  management  of  its  affairs  and  her 
leadership  in  the  work  had  been  such  as  to  bring  excel- 
lent results.  She  was  exceedingly  modest  and  unassum- 
ing and  strongly  averse  to  all  display  and  ostentation. 

Her  face  was  beautiful  with  perfect  calm, 

Peace  sealed  the  brow,  and  peace  the  tender  mouth; 

To  wounded  hearts  her  gentle  gaze  was  balm, 

Her  words  like  winds  blown  softly  from  the  south. 


To  those  who  were  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  rare 
virtues  of  Mrs.  Parkinson  there  is  left  a  most  loving 
memory  of  a  pure,  kindly,  loyal  and  unselfish  nature. 

We  grieve  sorely  over  the  loss  of  one.  of  the  valued 
friends  of  the  blind,  Mrs.  Hetty  Lang  Shuman,  wife  of 
Mr.  A.  Shuman,  who  died  at  her  summer  home  in  Beverly 
on  the  twerfty-first  of  June,  1904,  in  the  fifty-ninth  year  of 
her  age.  She  was  a  woman  of  quiet  and  retired  disposi- 
tion, sunny  heart  and  open  hand.  She  was  the  mother  of 
a  large  family  and  when  her  children  grew  to  manhood  and 
womanhood,  most  of  them  marrying  and  settling  in  homes 
of  their  own,  she  turned  her  attention  to  those  charitable 
duties,  which  cry  aloud  for  performance  in  a  large  city. 
For  many  years  she  was  prominent  in  different  benevolent 
societies,  and  her  benefactions  were  much  greater  than 
was  generally  known. 

Large  was  her  bounty,  and  her  soul  sincere. 

The  kindergarten  for  the  blind  was  one  of  the  many  in- 
stitutions which  came  within  the  scope  of  her  generous 
thought,  she  and  her  daughters,  Mrs.  I.  A.  Ratshesky  and 
Mrs.  Alexander  Steinert,  having  been  regular  subscribers 
to  the  fund  for  its  support.  Mrs.  Shuman  met  her  friends 
and  acquaintances  with  a  cordial  greeting,  and  her  in- 
timates found  a  refuge  from  care  and  anxiety  in  her  so- 
ciety, her  happy  disposition  inspiring  them  with  courage. 
She  went  upon  her  way  quietly,  helping  the  needy  and 
lowly,  and  her  decease  is  keenly  felt  by  those  who  were 
reached  by  her  beneficence  as  well  as  by  those  closely 
associated  with  her.  She  gave  freely  of  her  time,  money 
and  energy,  and  made  no  distinction  of  race,  creed  or  color 
in  her  good  deeds,  which  were  numerous,  shared  by  Jews 
and  gentiles  alike.  Her  private  charities  were  very  exten- 
sive, but  they  were  wrought  without  ostentation.     She 


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sought  for  no  acknowledgment,  for  no  recognition;  she 
sowed  her  bright  seeds  of  comfort  without  consciousness 
of  their  harvest.  The  following  lines  were  written  about 
Mrs.  Shuman  by  one  of  her  friends,  and  convey  a  just 
tribute  of  praise. 

She  hath  not  lived  in  vain. 

Where'er  she  went  love's  sunshine  was  distilled; 

She  succored  the  sorrowing,  soothed  pain; 

Lives  empty  of  fair  hope  she  filled  with  hope  again. 

Her  heart,  of  largess  full,  disdained  no  call; 

Her  arms  benignant  held  sweet  motherhood  for  all. 

Amos  W.  Stetson,  formerly  president  of  the  state 
national  bank,  died  suddenly  in  Zurich,  Switzerland,  on 
the  tenth  of  August,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years, 
four  months  and  sixteen  days.  By  the  decease  of  Mr. 
Stetson,  Boston  is  bereaved  of  one  of  its  leading  financiers 
and  most  public-spirited  citizens  and  the  cause  of  the 
little  sightless  children  of  a  loyal  friend  and  generous  sup- 
porter. He  was  a  native  of  this  city,  having  been  born 
here  on  the  twenty-fifth  of  March,  1827,  and  was  the  son 
of  Caleb  Stetson,  a  prominent  merchant.  He  was  rec- 
ognized as  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school  and  as  a  business 
man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability.  He  was  distinguished 
by  his  faithful  service  to  his  fellow-men,  his  numerous 
deeds  of  generosity  and  the  virtues  of  his  private  life. 
He  was  an  honor  to  the  community,  a  foe  to  every  sort 
of  evil  and  wrong  and  a  promoter  of  all  things  good  and 
right  and  just.     He  was  one — 

Who  never  brought 

His  conscience  to  the  public  mart. 
But  hved  himself  the  truth  he  taught; 

White-souled,  clean-handed,  pure  of  heart. 

Miss  Charlotte  Louisa  Ware,  who  breathed  her 
last  at  the  home  of  her  nephew,  No.  1572  Massachusetts 


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avenue,  on  the  eighth  of  December,  1903,  in  her  eighty- 
sixth  year,  was  one  of  the  subscribers  to  the  fund  for  the 
support  of  the  kindergarten  and  a  generous  helper  of 
various  good  causes.  She  was  a  woman  of  strong  in- 
dividuahty,  of  high  principles  and  of  kind  feelings.  She 
came  from  a  stalwart  New  England  stock,  and  was  nqted 
for  independence  of  character,  public  spirit,  modesty  of 
demeanor,  sturdy  common  sense  and  a  vigor  of  body  and 
mind  that  laughed  to  scorn  the  psalmist's  limitation  of 
human  life  to  three  score  years  and  ten  with  all  beyond 
this  feebleness  and  misery.  She  brought  to  the  perform- 
ance of  her  duties  an  earnest  purpose  and  a  sincere  desire 
to  be  of  service  to  those  in  need  of  assistance.  She  died 
with — 

Her  heart  and  hand  both  open  and  both  free: 

For  what  she  had  she  gave,  what  she  thought  she  showed; 

Yet  gave  she  not  till  judgment  guided  her  bounty. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Wyman  Whitman,  who  lived  at  No.  77 
Mt.  Vernon  street,  died  at .  the  Massachusetts  general 
hospital  on  the  twenty-fourth  of  June,  1904,  after  an  illness 
of  several  weeks'  duration.  Although  the  home  of  her 
family  was  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  Mrs.  Whitman  was 
born  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  in  1842,  during  a  temporary 
residence  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Wyman, 
in  that  city.  She  was  a  woman  of  rare  refinement  and 
possessed  charming  characteristics.  She  held  a  high 
place  in  the  best  society  of  Boston  by  reason  of  her  ex- 
quisite courtesy  of  manner,  her  admirable  tact,  her  wide 
knowledge  and  her  kind  consideration  for  others.  She 
was  a  woman  of  varied  activities,  and  her  influence  was 
felt  in  many  directions.  While  art  was  her  special 
sphere,  she  devoted  much  attention  to  charities,  and 
was  herself  an  excellent  type  of  the  general  culture  which 
she  sought  to  promote.     She  was  a  portrait  painter  of 


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considerable  repute,  and  we  owe  to  her  much  beautiful 
work  in  stained  glass.  She  took  infinite  pains  to  body 
forth  accurately  the  creations  of  her  imagination  and  the 
conceptions  of  her  mind  and  to  give  to  them  adequate 
shape.  Thus  her  art  was  a  direct  expression  of  herself. 
In  her  intercourse  with  other  people  she  was  eminently 
suave  and  gracious,  full  of  all  the  sweet  benignities  of  the 
ideal  gentlewoman.  She  treated  her  friends  and  ac- 
quaintances with  great  consideration  and  cordiality  and 
dispensed  to  them  a  hospitality  which  was  as  large  and  as 
genial  as  her  heart.  She  believed  thoroughly  in  love 
toward  all  mankind  and  lived  loyally  up  to  her  belief.  Those 
who  were  closely  associated  with  her  speak  enthusiastically 
of  her  generous  furtherance  of  various  humane,  educa- 
tional and  scientific  enterprises.  Endowed  with  many 
talents  and  possessed  of  a  remarkable  versatility,  Mrs. 
Whitman  has  left  behind  her  a  rich  record  of  achievement, 
but  above  all  she  will  be  always  remembered  as  the 
gracious  hostess,  the  delightful  companion  and  the  faith- 
ful friend.  The  following  words  of  the  poet  may  be 
applied  to  her  with  peculiar  fitness. 

An  inborn  charm  of  graciousness 

Made  sweet  her  smile  and  tone. 
The  dear  Lord's  best  interpreters 

Are  humble  human  souls. 
The  gospel  of  a  Ufe  hke  hers 

Is  more  than  books  or  scrolls. 

The  death  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.  Whitten,  which 
occurred  on  the  twentieth  of  December,  1903,  deprived 
the  kindergarten  of  a  stanch  friend,  who  had  been  iden- 
tified with  it  ever  since  it  was  opened,  who  labored  in- 
telligently and  faithfully  in  its  behalf,  and  who  was  a  per- 
sonification of  energy,  perseverance  and  devotion.  In 
1889    when   the   ladies'    visiting   committee   formed   an 


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auxiliary  society  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  annual  sub- 
scriptions to  defray  the  current  expenses  of  the  juvenile 
school,  Mrs.  Whitten  established  a  branch  society  in 
Dorchester  and  served  as  its  treasurer  for  a  number  of 
years,  while  her  daughter,  Mrs.  M.  V.  Pierce,  did  precisely 
the  same  thing  in  Milton.  Both  these  branches  are 
still  prospering  and  doing  excellent  work,  the  former 
being  under  the  friendly  care  of  Mrs.  J.  Henry  Bean  and 
the  latter  under  that  of  Mrs.  William  Wood,  daughter  of 
the  late  S.  S.  Pierce  and  sister-in-law  of  Mrs.  M.  V.  Pierce. 
Mrs.  Whitten  was  born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  1832, 
and  was  descended  from  a  line  of  worthy  ancestors.  She 
had  the  large  heart  and  the  quick  generosity  which  can 
not  wait  for  extended  and  laborious  investigation,  and 
her  kindnesses  were  numerous.  She  possessed  marked 
executive  ability  and  strength  of  character.  She  was  highly 
esteemed  and  dearly  beloved  for  her  noble  womanhood,  her 
benevolent  spirit  and  her  splendid  moral  attributes  and 
domestic  virtues.  She  was  passionately  fond  of  doing  good 
and  of  rendering  service  to  those  in  need.    Indeed,  she 

Counted  that  day  lost  whose  low  descending  sun 
Viewed  from  her  hand  no  noble  action  done. 

All  these  valued  friends,  whose  loss  we  mourn  with 
a  heart  full  of  sadness  and  grief,  were  profoundly  inter- 
ested in  the  kindergarten  and  have  contributed  largely 
to  its  growth  and  prosperity.  They  have  been  its  bene- 
factors in  the  broadest  and  widest  meaning  of  the  word; 
they  will  be  constantly  missed  and  frequently  remembered 
with  great  reverence  and  gratitude  for  years  to  come. 

But,  while  we  sorrow  deeply  for  the  removal  by  death 
of  these  sainted  men  and  women,  we  are  not  without  hope 
that  the  places  left  vacant  by  them  will  be  worthily  filled 
by  younger  persons  of  the  same  character  and  social 
standing.     That  these  new  friends  may  be  inspired  by 


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the  exemplary  benevolence  of  their  predecessors  and, 
following  in  the  footsteps  of  their  sires,  may  devote  them- 
selves unreservedly  to  the  cause  of  the  little  blind  children 
and  labor  assiduously  for  its  furtherance  and  for  its 
steady  advancement  toward  the  goal  of  complete  success, 
is  our  earnest  desire  and  fervent  prayer. 


Thomas  Stringer. 

His  inner  day  can  never  die, 
His  night  of  loss  is  always  there. 

— Tennyson. 

In  recent  years  there  has  been  no  more  striking  demon- 
stration of  the  achievements  of  rational  education  than 
that  which  is  presented  in  the  case  of  Thomas  Stringer. 

The  story  of  the  rescue  of  this  hapless  boy  from  the 
tomb  of  impenetrable  darkness  and  distressing  silence 
has  been  given  to  the  public  year  after  year  in  a  plain  and 
simple  form  and  has  been  widely  read  and  highly  com- 
mended. Scholars  and  scientists,  teachers  and  thinkers, 
philanthropists  and  professional  men  and  women,  all 
are  more  or  less  acquainted  with  it.  Yet,  as  some  of  the 
details  and  incidents  not  heretofore  described  are  very 
instructive  and  absorbingly  interesting,  it  may  not  be 
amiss  to  refer  to  them  or  describe  them  at  this  time. 

Whether  it  is  considered  from  a  physiological  or  from 
a  psychological  and  educational  point  of  view,  the  case 
of  Thomas  Stringer  is  of  the  utmost  importance  to  the 
students  both  of  pedagogy  and  of  mental  evolution.  It 
presents  to  them  a  wide  field  for  scientific  investigation 
and  a  veritable  laboratory  for  ascertaining  facts  and  testing 
theories,  and  it  may  help  to  solve  some  of  the  most  com- 
plicated problems,  which  confront  them.  Auguste  Comte 
said  long  ago  that  sociology  comes  nearer  scientific  ex- 


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periment  in  dealing  with  the  defective  than  with  the  nor- 
mal classes.  This  remark  may  be  applied  to  educational 
matters  with  equal  fitness  and  with  greater  force. 

In  order  to  be  able  to  estimate  adequately  the  magni- 
tude of  the  work,  which  has  been  accomplished  in  the 
deliverance  of  Tom  from  the  thraldom  of  darkness  and 
silence  and  in  making  him  what  he  is,  we  must  take  into 
consideration  the  lamentable  and  truly  hopeless  condi- 
tion in  which  he  was  when  he  came  to  us. 

At  the  time  of  his  admission  to  the  kindergarten  in 
April,  1 89 1,  Thomas  was  the  most  forlorn  child  that 
could  be  imagined.  There  was  nothing  hopeful  or  prom- 
ising about  him.  He  was  like  one  living  in  an  arid  and 
cheerless  desert,  while  the  future  seemed  to  the  beholder 
to  stretch  before  the  poor  boy  like  a  shoreless  ocean, 
on  which  he  was  doomed  to  sail  without  aim  or  purpose. 
Disinherited  of  his  birthright,  helpless,  soulless,  there  was 
scarcely  any  possibility  of  restoring  him  to  his  human 
estate.  He  was  an  abject  image  of  listless  apathy,  a  spirit- 
less creature  differing  little  from  a  dumb  animal.  He 
appeared  to  be  nothing  more  than  a  somnolent  entity — 
a  lump  of  breathing  clay,  and  the  task  of  transforming 
this  into  an  intelligent  being  was  a  herculean  one.  Never- 
theless we  undertook  it  with  courage  and  with  a  firm  be- 
lief in  the  possibility  of  accomplishing  it. 

The  services  of  a  competent  teacher  were  at  once 
secured,  and  Thomas  was  placed  under  such  training  as 
his  distressing  condition  required  and  as  the  angel  of 
love  and  unremitting  toU  could  carry  on  for  him.  Indeed, 
nothing  was  omitted  which  might  aid  in  awakening  him 
from  his  lethargic  state  and  in  rendering  him  conscious 
of  himself  and  of  his  environment.  He  was  a  remarkably 
sweet  and  winsome  child  of  a  happy  disposition,  and  at 
any  friendly  touch  he  instinctively  reached  out  his  arms 


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to  encircle  the  neck  of  the  person  approaching  him  just 
as  a  puppy  or  a  kitten  licks  the  hand  that  caresses  it. 
His  movements  indicated  that  he  was  not  entirely  desti- 
tute of  sparks  of  intelligence,  but  these  were  buried 
deeply  in  a  mass  of  nerveless  and  flabby  flesh  and  gave  no 
signs  either  of  heat  or  of  light.  His  spirit  was  immured 
in  a  gloomy  dungeon,  which  stood  like  an  impregnable 
fortress,  defiant  to  all  external  attacks.  Hence,  in  order 
to  be  able  to  penetrate  this,  it  was  imperatively  necessary 
to  institute  a  regular  siege  and  to  bring  into  service  all 
the  means  which  study,  wisdom  and  experience  in  simi- 
lar cases  might  suggest.  This  was  done,  and  for  nearly 
six  months  the  barriers  were  persistently  assailed  without 
any  visible  effect.  Thomas  could  not  be  aroused  from 
his  apathy,  which  set  at  naught  all  strenuous  efforts  made 
for  his  emancipation.  Finally  his  obstinate  indifference 
was  conquered,  an  aperture  was  pierced  through  the  double 
walls  imprisoning  his  mind,  the  soaring  element  of  his  in- 
telligence was  quickened,  the  conditions  for  its  development 
were  supplied,  and  thus  the  decree  of  fate  was  reversed 
and  a  new  victory  was  won  for  suffering  humanity.  It 
was  again  proved  that  so  far  as  the  spirit  is  concerned — 

Stone  walls  do  not  a  prison  make, 
Nor  iron  bars  a  cage. 

Thomas  was  peculiarly  fortunate  that  his  lines  had 
fallen  in  such  a  pleasant  and  life-giving  place  as  the 
kindergarten.  Here  he  entered  under  most  favorable 
auspices  and  received  special  attention  and  parental  care. 
Here  he  was  resuscitated  from  a  death-like  lethargy  and 
brought  into  life.  Here  he  was  aroused  from  passivity 
into  activity,  from  slothful  stupor  into  intellectual  viva- 
city, from  sluggishness  into  alertness.  Here  he  was  sur- 
rounded by  a  genial  atmosphere  of  loving  kindness  and 
began  to  live  and  to  grow  under  the  influence  of  healthy 


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forces  and  spiritual  energies.  Here,  while  his  physique 
was  gradually  built  up  and  his  brain  steadily  developed, 
his  mental  faculties  were  unfolded,  his  remaining  senses 
trained  and  his  natural  tastes  cultivated.  Here  he  was 
made  conscious  of  his  relations  to  his  fellow-men  and  glad 
to  live  in  this  "high-domed,  blossoming  world,  which  is  not 
a  charnel-house  and  a  grave,  but  god-like."  Only  in  this 
little  paradise  for  sightless  children  and  nowhere  else  could 
he  have  received  the  course  of  training,  which  has  enabled 
his  kindly,  honest,  affectionate  nature  to  gleam  forth  like 
sunshine  from  the  murky  clouds  of  his  double  affliction. 
Thus,  from  one  of  the  most  doleful  creatures,  Thomas 
has  been  molded,  through  the  beneficent  ministrations  of 
the  kindergarten  and  in  accordance  with  the  principles 
of  education  clearly  laid  down  by  Dr.  Howe,  into  a  bright, 
fine,  lively  boy.  His  transformation  is  almost  miracu- 
lous. He  is  healthy,  hale,  sturdy,  wide  awake  and  ex- 
ceedingly attractive.  He  is  65x^0'  inches  in  height  and 
weighs  1362  pounds.  He  is  well  formed,  full  of  vitality, 
erect  in  figure,  alert  in  action  and  manly  in  appearance. 
His  complexion  is  now  clear,  fresh  and  rosy,  instead  of 
pale  and  sallow,  as  it  was  eight  or  ten  years  ago.  His 
face,  beaming  with  gladness  and  lighted  with  smiles, 
has  a  look  at  once  refined  and  animated.  There  is  a 
real  charm  in  his  modest  and  kindly  bearing.  He  is 
very  equable  in  temper  and  cheerful,  even  joyous  in  dis- 
position. Under  the  burden  of  a  terrible  affliction  he 
makes  himself  a  haven  of  pleasant  thoughts,  which  no 
deprivation  can  render  gloomy  and  of  which  he  builds 
fairy  palaces  of  pleasure  and  gladness,  of  felicity  and 
delight.  Although  his  infirmity  debars  him  from  listen- 
ing to  the  sounds  of  harmony, — 

His  heart  is  full  of  song 
All  day  long. 


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To   him   the  following   words  of  John   Bunyan  may  be 
applied  with  peculiar  fitness: — 

I  will  dare  to  say  that  this  one  lives  a  merrier  life  and  wears  more  of  the  herb 
called  "heart's  ease"  in  his  bosom,  than  he  that  is  clad  in  silk  and  velvet. 

The  course  of  training  pursued  in  Thomas'  intellectual 
development  was  simple,  natural  and  in  perfect  harmony 
with  the  laws  of  pedagogy  and  the  bent  of  his  mind.  He 
has  made  good  progress  in  his  studies  and  has  moved 
onward  with  steady  step  and  increasing  energy.  He 
has  been  led  to  seek  the  root  of  things,  to  learn  by  doing, 
to  reason  and  think  for  himself  and  to  express  his  thoughts 
in  plain  and  correct  language.  He  has  acquired  great 
skill  in  the  use  of  tools  and  has  shown  aptitude  for  inven- 
tion, often  making  himself  the  necessary  apparatus  for 
illustrating  his  work.  In  spite  of  the  narrow  limitations 
which  the  destruction  of  the  organs  of  hearing  and  sight 
imposes  upon  him  in  all  his  efforts,  his  powers  of  ob- 
servation have  been  carefully  fostered  and  properly 
quickened.  This  faculty  forms  a  prime  factor  in  educa- 
tion and  is  deemed  of  the  greatest  possible  value  by 
judges  of  high  standing.  Ratish  and  Frankle,  Locke 
and  Basedow,  Pestalozzi  and  Froebel,  all  lay  great  stress 
upon  it  and  advocate  its  thorough  cultivation  most  em- 
phatically. In  addition  to  this  Froebel  places  a  very  high 
estimate  upon  the  spirit  of  self-reliance  as  did  the  founder 
of  the  Perkins  Institution,  who  succeeded  in  inspiring 
it  into  the  mind  of  his  blind,  and  even  of  his  deaf-blind 
pupils.  Thomas  has  been  wisely  taught  to  rely  so  far 
as  possible  on  himself,  and  does  so  to  a  remarkable  degree 
for  a  person  in  his  peculiar  situation. 

But  great  and  surprising  as  has  been  the  physical  and 
mental  development  of  this  remarkable  boy  in  many 
respects,  that  of  his  moral  character  is  even  more  note- 
worthy.    He  is  truly  a  model  of  good  behavior.     Faith- 


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ful,  upright  and  straightforward,  he  hates  dupHcity  and 
is  entirely  free  from  artfulness  and  low  desires.  He  is 
as  pure  in  heart  as  he  is  sound  in  head  and  deft  of  hand. 
To  borrow  Shakespeare's  phrase, 

He  knows  not  the  doctrine  of  ill-doing. 

Honesty,  truthfulness,  a  sympathetic  disposition,  little 
nameless  acts  of  kindness,  silent  victories  over  favorite 
temptations, — "these  are  the  silent  threads  of  gold, 
which,  woven  together,  gleam  out  in  the  pattern  of  his 
life."  Candor  reigns  in  his  bosom  and  sincerity  frames 
his  actions.  Innocent  as  a  lamb  of  the  field,  incapable 
of  harboring  feelings  of  malice,  envy,  jealousy  or  mean- 
ness, he  seems  to  dw^ll  perpetually  in  the  sunlight  of 
confiding  love  and  friendliness.  His  soul  is  as  white 
as  a  lily,  and  is  unpolluted  by  deceit  or  by  any  other  blem- 
ish. Being  without  guile  himself,  he  is  entirely  unaware 
of  its  existence  in  others.  He  has  implicit  faith  in  the  good- 
ness, honesty,  integrity,  veracity  and  justice  of  his  fellow- 
men,  and  this  makes  him  perfectly  happy.     For — 

The  heart  that  trusts  for  ever  sings, 
And  feels  as  light  as  if  it  had  wings; 
A  well  of  peace  within  it  springs. 

The  likeness  of  Thomas,  which  is  inserted  on  the  next 
page,  is  copied  from  the  first  photograph  taken  of  him 
after  his  admission  to  the  kindergarten  and  represents 
him  just  as  he  appeared  at  that  time — a  forlorn  child, 
indeed.  Compare  this  picture  with  that  which  is  placed 
at  the  beginning  of  this  section  and  which  shows  how 
he  looks  today,  and  then  you  will  realize  the  extent  of 
the  marvellous  work  which  has  been  accomplished  in 
his  case  at  the  juvenile  school. 

In  the  autumn  of  the  year  1903  Thomas  entered  the 
Mechanic  Arts  high  school  of  Boston.  There,  as  else- 
where, he  was  received  with  great  kindness  and,  assisted 


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by  his  special  tutor,  Miss  Emma  Mills,  who  succeeded 
Miss  Helen  S.  Conley  and  who  sat  by  him  in  the  class 
room  and  served  as  his  interpreter  and  guide,  he  pur- 
sued the  prescribed  course  of  study.  He  attended  reg- 
ularly to  his  work,  and  the  experience  which  he  gained 
by  coming  in  contact  with  a  large  number  of  seeing  and 
hearing  boys  was  very  beneficial  to  him  in  more  ways 
than  one.  The  principal  and  the  teachers  did  everything 
in  their  power  to  aid  him 

in  his  efforts,  and  we  desire    f 

I' 

to  express  to  them  our 
sense  of  obligation  for  the 
tender  interest  which  they 
have  manifested  in  Thomas 
and  to  assure  them  that  he 
will  always  remember  with 
great  pleasure  and  grati- 
tude the  kind  attention 
shown  to  him  at  this  school. 
In  spite  of  Thomas' 
strong  attachment  to  the 
kindergarten  and  of  the 
many  attractions  and  joys 
which  the  locality  afforded 
to  him,  it  became  evident  to 
us  that  he  could  no  longer 
make  his  home  there.  He 
had  outgrown  his  asso- 
ciates entirely  and  had  begun  to  feel  isolated  and  lonely. 
He  needed  companions  and  playmates  of  his  own  age,  and 
we  decided  to  transfer  him  to  the  parent  school  at  South 
Boston.  Here  the  course  of  study  is  very  comprehensive 
and  quite  adequate  to  meet  his  special  requirements,  while 
the  facilities  for  physical  and  manual  training  and  the 


TOMMY  STRINGER  AS  HE  APPEARED 
SHORTLY  AFTER  ARRIVING 
IN  BOSTON. 


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appliances  for  tangible  illustration  are  unsurpassed.  For 
these  reasons  we  deemed  it  best  to  arrange  for  the  continu- 
ance of  his  education  within  the  walls  of  his  new  home. 
The  inconvenience  and  the  difficulties,  which  he  had  to 
encounter  in  going  for  his  lessons  every  day  in  all  kinds  of 
weather  from  his  place  of  residence  to  the  southwest  end 
of  the  city,  contributed  their  share  to  this  conclusion. 

At  the  expiration  of  her  term  of  service  Miss  Emma 
Mills,  who  endeavored  most  faithfully  and  to  the  best  of 
her  ability  to  perform  her  duty  and  to  promote  the  wel- 
fare of  her  pupil,  declined  a  reappointment,  and  Miss 
Ruth  L.  Thomas,  a  graduate  of  Mount  Holyoke  college 
and  a  bright  young  woman  of  excellent  parts,  has  been 
chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy.  Before  leaving  the  institu- 
tion. Miss  Mills  wrote  the  following  account  of  her  scholar's 
work  during  the  past  year: — 

When  Tom  returned  to  the  primary  building  in  September,  1903, 
he  was  confronted  by  new  and  untried  conditions  through  a  change 
of  school  and  of  teacher,  and  bravely  and  patiently  did  he  face  the 
task  of  famiUarizing  himself  \vith  the  situation.  To  be  suddenly 
and  entirely  separated  from  the  one  who  had  been  his  devoted  and 
constant  companion  through  so  many  years  was  a  shock  and  a  trial 
to  which  Tom  could  not  accustom  liimself  for  a  long  time.  His  atti- 
tude toward  his  new  teacher  at  first  expressed  mere  toleration,  and 
monosyllables  in  response  to  direct  questions  formed  his  sole  con- 
tribution to  conversation.  After  a  few  days,  he  broke  the  ice  by 
beginning  a  description  of  his  "home  in  Wrentham,"  from  which 
he  passed  to  a  detailed  account  of  all  his  friends  and  his  many  in- 
terests both  at  Jamaica  Plain  and  Wrentham.  Having  thus  intro- 
duced himself,  he  proceeded,  with  a  most  friendly  spirit  and  with 
the  native  courtesy  which  characterizes  him,  to  make  diUgent  in- 
quiries concerning  his  teacher  and  her  interests. 

Tom  showed  a  most  thoughtful  consideration  of  the  difficulties 
experienced  by  a  novice  in  becoming  skilled  in  the  use  of  the  manual 
alphabet,  and  never  did  he  betray  any  reluctance  to  repeat  his  words, 
however  often  he  was  asked  to  do  so.     It  was  interesting  to  note 


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how,  of  his  own  accord,  he  gradually  quickened  the  movement  of 
his  fingers,  as  he  reaUzed  that  proficiency  had  grown  with  practice, 
until  he  had  reached  his  normal  rate  of  speed. 

At  the  Mechanic  Arts  high  school,  which  he  entered  in  the  autumn 
of  1903,  the  size  of  the  building,  the  many  recitation  rooms  and  the 
number  of  the  pupils  were  thoroughly  interesting  to  Tom.  The 
movement  of  the  classes  at  the  end  of  a  period  never  failed  to  please 
him,  for  he  could  feel  the  vibration  of  the  floor, — "waves,"  as  he 
called  it.  At  first  he  was  exceedingly  cautious  in  his  motions,  fearing 
that  he  would  be  run  into  by  the  other  boys;  but,  as  experience 
taught  him  that  they  were  always  considerate  of  him,  he  became 
courageous,  and  soon  he  could  have  gone  to  any  part  of  the  building 
alone,  had  this  seemed  desirable. 

Tom's  work  during  the  past  year  included  the  study  of  algebra, 
history,  Enghsh  and  sloyd.  He  began  the  study  of  algebra  with  ex- 
cellent spirit,  and,  although  his  progress  was  slow  to  a  disheartening 
degree,  he  maintained  throughout  his  unbounded  enthusiasm  and 
apparent  enjoyment.  History  seemed  at  first  to  be  a  great  hardship 
to  him,  but  later  on  the  hour  devoted  to  that  study  became  a  pleasant 
part  of  the  day's  work.  Here  Tom's  splendid  memory  came  to  his 
assistance  and  the  ease  with  which  dates,  locations  of  cities  and  names 
of  heroes  were  impressed  upon  his  mind  was  surprising.  As  his 
unimaginative  nature  will  never  permit  him  to  comprehend  the  vast 
drama  of  life  as  revealed  by  history,  he  cannot  feel  a  keen  interest 
in  the  subject,  and  therefore  his  faithful  study  of  it  is  most  com- 
mendable. 

In  English,  attention  has  been  directed  chiefly  to  composition,  as 
the  best  means  of  correcting  the  disposition  to  use  short  sentences 
and  disconnected  phrases,  to  which  Tom,  in  common  with  the  deaf 
as  a  class,  is  addicted.  Every  effort  has  been  made  to  enlarge  Tom's 
vocabulary  in  order  to  increase  his  appreciation  of  literature  and 
history. 

Tom's  work  in  sloyd,  as  might  be  expected,  has  been  the  source 
of  his  greatest  joy,  and  he  looked  forward  eagerly  to  the  two  hours 
which  were  devoted  to  it  each  day.  Any  suggestion  to  give  a  study 
period  to  extra  work  at  his  bench  was  always  hailed  with  delight. 
Up  to  the  time  when  he  entered  upon  the  course  in  carving,  Tom 
omitted  only  three  of  the  models  made  by  the  other  boys,  two  of 
which  required  sight.  One  of  the  most  difficult  models  was  the 
handle  of  a  hammer.     This  was  oval  at  one  end  and  elHptical  at 


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the  other,  consequently  composite  near  the  indentation  left  for  the 
hand.  Tom's  sensitive  fingers  gUded  over  the  four  models  leading 
up  to  the  finished  product.  He  noticed  the  successive  steps  of 
progress,  denoted  by  each,  and  then  voluntarily  illustrated  the  slant- 
ing position  w^hich  the  plane  must  assume  in  order  to  combine  the 
shapes  of  the  two  ends.  This  vi^ould  have  been  a  good  object  lesson 
for  many  seeing  children. 

Tom's  leisure  hours  at  home  have  been  also  given  to  his  favorite 
wood-work.  In  the  autumn  a  friend  who  is  much  interested  in 
fishing  showed  Tom  his  complete  assortment  of  poles,  lines  and 
other  articles,  including  a  burnt-wood  box  with  drawers  and  com- 
partments for  hooks,  artificial  flies  and  the  like.  This  evidently 
impressed  Tom  deeply,  for  later  he  announced  his  intention  of  making 
a  similar  box  for  use  when  he  went  on  excursions  on  the  pond  in 
Wrentham.  After  a  few  Saturdays  devoted  to  the  task,  he  presented 
the  box  for  inspection.  It  was  larger  than  the  one  which  he  had 
examined,  and  on  each  end  was  a  strong  handle,  a  desirable  addition 
in  consideration  of  the  weight.  A  screw  was  fastened  at  each  corner 
of  the  bottom,  raising  the  box  about  an  inch,  in  order,  as  Tom  ex- 
plained, to  keep  it  dry  if  there  should  be  water  in  the  boat.  In  the 
middle  of  the  cover,  which  was  securely  locked  down,  was  a  compass, 
as  a  guide  for  the  sightless  mariner  in  case  he  should  get  lost  or  should 
colUde  with  the  rock  in  the  middle  of  the  pond.  With  his  usual 
originality  of  expression  Tom  dubbed  his  new  treasure  his  "far- 
away box,"  but  upon  suggestion  concluded  to  call  it  his  travelling 
box. 

Thus,  busy  in  school  and  at  home,  the  year  has  quickly  flown. 
It  is  impossible  to  express  adequate  appreciation  of  the  many  kind- 
nesses which  have  been  shown  to  Tom  by  the  faculty  and  pupils  of 
the  high  school  and  which  have  smoothed  his  path  in  a  thousand 
little  ways  when  Tom  was  utterly  unconscious  of  it.  Heartfelt 
thanks  are  due  to  them  and  also  to  Tom's  dear  friend  and  com- 
panion. Master  PhiHp  Lanzendorfer  who,  entering  the  high  school 
from  the  Lowell  school  at  the  same  time  as  Tom,  has  as  an  old  friend 
done  so  much  to  make  him  happy  in  his  new  surroundings. 

Tom  has  often  remarked  upon  the  speed  with  which  the  days  have 
passed,  always  adding:  "because  I  am  so  busy."  His  happiness 
in  hfe  depends  almost  wholly  upon  his  ability  to  be  active  with  his 
hands, — a  fact  which  he  himself  appreciates,  for  he  said  one  day 
that  he  was  less  lonesome  than  when  he  was  a  little  boy  because  he 


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had  been  taught  to  work.  Thus,  courageously  accepting  and  adapting 
himself  to  new  experiences,  Tom  looks  forward  from  a  happy  present 
to  a  no  less  pleasant  future,  into  which  he  is  ready  to  work  his  way. . 

The  farm  of  the  Rev.  William  L.  Brown  in  Wrentham 
is  the  one  place  outside  the  kindergarten,  to  which  Thomas 
continues  to  be  warmly  attached  and  in  which  he  feels 
perfectly  at  home.  There  he  spent  his  summer  vacation 
and  found  ample  occasion  for  the  full  gratification  of 
his  natural  taste  for  an  outdoor  life  and  healthful  activity. 
His  desire  to  be  of  help  to  the  aged  members  of  the  family 
was  as  strong  as  ever,  and  his  ingenuity  was  constantly 
exercised  in  various  ways.  Under  the  thoughtful  care 
and  wise  guidance  of  his  former  teacher  and  devoted 
friend,  Miss  Laura  A.  Brown,  he  made  excellent  use  of 
his  time  in  studying,  in  working  on  the  premises  and  in 
carrying  out  the  plans  which  are  always  seething  in  his 
brain  and  find  expression  in  the  materials  and  opportu- 
nities at  hand. 

Miss  Brown  has  written  the  following  account  of 
Thomas'  occupations  at  Wrentham  during  the  swiftly 
passing  hours  of  his  summer  vacation : — 

Tom's  life  during  the  vacation  days  was  quiet  and  uneventful  but 
full  of  activity  of  his  own  planning.  Usually  the  first  of  the  family 
to  arise,  he  was  busy  until  breakfast  time  in  walking  or  in 
arranging  for  his  day's  work.  The  morning  meal  over,  Tom  be- 
came steadily  engaged  in  various  undertakings  throughout  the  day; 
after  supper  was  eaten  and  his  bench  and  tools  were  put  in  order,  he 
spent  the  time  until  nine  o'clock  in  study  of  some  kind. 

By  far  the  greater  part  of  his  time  was  spent  at  his  bench  with 
his  tools;  and  many  pieces  of  work  bore  evidence  of  his  untiring 
industry.  Among  these  were  three  blotters,  a  weather-vane  with  a 
wind-mill  attached,  a  plant  stand  or  small  table,  a  sleeve  board  on  a 
standard,  a  bench  hook,  three  picture  frames  and  two  folding  screens. 
One  of  the  frames  was  for  the  diploma  which  he  had  received  from 
the  Lowell  grammar  school. 


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Tom  always  enjoyed  walking  to  the  village,  a  mile  and  a  half 
away.  He  liked  to  time  the  walk,  and  there  was  no  loitering  or 
lagging  if  he  had  his  way,  even  the  heat  seldom  checking  his  regula- 
tion pace.  In  order  to  get  more  exercise  he  conceived  the  idea  of 
stretching  a  string  from  tree  to  tree  in  the  orchard.  It  was  care- 
fully measured,  and  Tom  could  estimate  the  distance  he  walked  by 
the  number  of  times  he  traversed  its  length.  His  ambition  was  to 
achieve  twenty-five  miles,  but  he  finally  gave  up  the  idea  of  walking 
that  distance  until  cooler  weather  had  come.  One  day  he  joyfully 
announced  that  he  had  walked  twelve  miles,  and  this  was  the  longest 
constitutional  he  took. 

A  ride  in  the  electric  cars  was  always  a  pleasure  to  Tom,  particu- 
larly if  it  was  in  the  direction  of  a  hardware  store  and  he  was  per- 
mitted to  make  some  purchase  there. 

A  trip  to  Providence  was  taken  late  in  the  summer,  and  it  included 
a  visit  to  the  capitol  of  Rhode  Island  and  the  City  Hall  as  well  as  a 
trip  down  the  river  to  the  beach.  Tom  was  much  impressed  by  the 
size  and  grandeur  of  the  State  House. 

The  summer  passed  quickly  and  pleasantly,  with  nothing  to  mar 
its  happiness.  Ever  ready  and  willing  to  do  anything  he  could 
to  help  others,  Tom  made  many  friends  and  kept  the  good  will  of 
all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  was  always  quick  to  ask 
pardon  and  express  sorrow  for  any  misdemeanor  or  display  of  wilful- 
ness on  his  part. 

Conjectures  as  to  the  new  life  which  he  was  soon  to  enter  upon  at 
South  Boston  and  meniories  of  the  happy  years  at  Jamaica  Plain 
were  frequent  topics  of  conversation.  Tom  remarked  that  the 
country  was  very  nice  in  the  summer  time  but  he  liked  the  city  better 
in  the  winter;  then  too,  he  must  return  to  his  old  friends  and  make 
new  ones  and  he  must  get  acquainted  with  his  new  life  at  the  insti- 
tution. So,  eager  for  the  new  and  ready  for  study  and  work  once 
more,  Tom  reached  the  end  of  the  vacation  days  at  Wrentham. 

Thus  runs  the  story  of  Thomas'  life  and  occupations 
during  the  past  year  and  of  his  work  at  school  and  at 
his  summer  home  in  Wrentham.  This  account,  like 
those  which  have  preceded  it,  is  of  great  value  to  educa- 
tors and  of  exceeding  interest  to  all  our  readers,  but  es- 
pecially to  those  among  them  who,  having  been  deeply 


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touched  by  the  sad  condition  of  the  unfortunate  boy, 
have  provided  the  means  for  its  amelioration.  Through 
the  generosity  of  these  givers  not  only  has  he  been  taken 
out  from  the  sepulchre  of  physical  darkness  and  still- 
ness and  transported,  as  if  through  the  air,  into  a  region 
of  supernal  intellectual  and  moral  light,  but  he  has  be- 
come— 

Serene  and  manly,  hardened  to  sustain 
The  load  of  life. 

In  the  list  of  the  contributors  to  the  fund  for  the  main- 
tenance of  Thomas  are  included  the  names  of  many  men 
and  women  who,  prompted  by  the  spirit  of  true  bene- 
volence, never  tire  in  doing  good  and  who  deserve  high 
praise  for  their  constant  benefactions  to  the  hapless  lad. 
Prominent  among  these  are  such  honored  givers  as 
''A.  B.,"  Mr.  George  E.  Atherton,  Miss  Elizabeth  Hope 
Bancroft,  Mrs.  J.  Conklin  Brown,  Dr.  B.  H.  Buxton, 
the  children  of  the  first  grade  of  the  Winthrop  School, 
Brookline,  through  Miss  Anna  M.  Taylor,  the  Children's 
Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa.,  Miss  Jane  F.  Dow, 
Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay,  Miss  Caroline  L.  W.  French,  Miss 
Mary  R.  Hudson,  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Jackson,  ''J.  G.,"  the 
Junior  Children's  Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa.,  Mrs. 
Annie  B.  Matthews,  Miss  Eleanor  G.  May,  trustee  of 
the  Lydia  Maria  Child  fund,  members  of  the  Pickwick 
Club,  Fannie  Frank,  Maida  Herman,  Mabel  and  Ethel 
Koshland  and  Helen  Strauss,  Mrs.  E.  Rollins  Morse, 
Miss  Ellen  F.  Moseley,  the  late  Mrs.  Warren  B.  Potter, 
the  primary  department  of  the  Sunday  School  of  the 
Walnut  Avenue  Congregational  Church,  Roxbury,  and 
that  of  the  Sunday  School  of  the  First  Methodist  Protes- 
tant Church  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  through  Mrs.  William 
McCracken,  jr.,  a  friend  in  memory  of  "R.  S.  and  L.  T. 
S.,"  ''Rodelmer,"  the  Misses  Seabury,   Miss  Mary  D. 


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Sohier,  Mrs.  Augusta  H.  Wallace,  and  many  others  whose 
names  are  printed  in  full  in  another  part  of  this  report. 

We  desire  to  tender  our  warmest  thanks  to  each  and 
all  of  these  donors  for  their  active  interest  in  Thomas. 
They  must  feel  great  satisfaction  in  learning  that  they 
have  supplied  the  means  for  liberating  the  dear  boy  from 
the  bondage  of  a  terrible  infirmity  and  for  enabling  him 
to  join  the  ranks  of  the  active  and  useful  members  of 
society. 

In  paying  a  tribute  of  gratitude  to  these  benefactors 
we  cannot  refrain  from  expressing  our  sense  of  profound 
obligation  to  a  beloved  friend  of  Thomas,  who  strictly 
forbids  us  to  mention  her  name  but  who  has  one  of  the 
most  generous  and  loyal  souls  that  ever  looked  out 
of  human  eyes.  Time  after  time  has  she  volunteered 
to  pay  the  amount  needed  over  and  above  the  annual  re- 
ceipts to  defray  current  expenses.  This  munificent  giver 
represents  the  best  type  of  New  England  womanhood 
and  is  thoroughly  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  unostenta- 
tious philanthropy,  which  characterizes  her  family.  She 
is  deeply  interested  in  various  good  causes,  and  her  bene- 
factions are  numerous.  She  does  not  live  for  self  and  has 
no  taste  for  empty  social  show  and  fashionable  display. 
She  is  noted  for  her  unobtrusive  benevolence  and  her 
heartfelt  sympathy  with  neglected  children,  and  we  use  no 
exaggerated  form  of  speech  in  saying  that  her  friendship 
for  Thomas  is  one  of  the  greatest  blessings  that  have  fallen 
to  his  lot.  Without  the  valuable  pecuniary  assistance 
which  she  gives  to  him  and  which  is  promptly  sent  as 
soon  as  the  annual  account  of  receipts  and  expenditures 
in  his  behalf  is  published,  it  would  have  been  utterly 
impossible  for  us  to  bring  about  an  entire  agreement 
between  the  two  sides  of  the  balance  sheet  without  any 
encroachment  upon  the  permanent  fund. 


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We  are  obliged  to  present  again  a  very  unsatisfactory 
report  of  the  financial  side  of  Thomas'  case,  and  we  do 
this  with  more  regret  than  words  can  express.  In  the 
account  for  his  maintenance  there  is  this  year  a  deficit 
of  $441.68.  This  shortage  is  much  larger  than  those  of 
previous  years,  and  the  unexpected  increase  of  the  deficit 
is  due  to  two  causes:  First,  to  the  diminution  of  the  reg- 
ular annual  subscriptions  and  of  the  occasional  dona- 
tions; second,  to  the  increase  of  the  incidental  expenses, 
which  was  made  unavoidable  by  the  attendance  of  Thomas 
at  the  high  school. 

In  recent  years  the  ranks  of  Tom's  benefactors  and 
stanch  supporters  have  been  sadly  thinned  by  death, 
and  his  cause  has  thus  sustained  very  heavy  and  grievous 
losses.  Several  of  his  most  beloved  and  devoted  friends 
are  no  longer  among  the  living,  and  their  decease  makes 
an  immense  difference  in  his  prospects.  We  earnestly 
hope  and  trust  that  the  places  which  have  thus  been  left 
vacant  will  soon  be  filled  by  other  persons,  who  are  de- 
sirous of  doing  good  and  of  lending  assistance  to  the  vic- 
tim of  one  of  the  cruellest  of  human  calamities.  Never- 
theless the  work  of  the  dread  minister  of  fate  must  go  on 
in  the  natural  order  of  things,  be  its  effect  on  communities 
and  individuals  what  it  may.  This  fact  makes  us  feel 
very  uncertain  as  to  what  may  happen  in  the  future  and 
strengthens  our  conviction  that  a  surer  and  more  per- 
manent source  of  income  than  that  supplied  by  annual 
subscriptions  must  be  procured  for  the  dear  boy,  while 
the  benevolent  and  well-to-do  members  of  our  community 
still  manifest  a  profound  interest  in  him  and  his  work 
and  a  disposition  to  aid  him.  Hence  we  appeal  again 
most  earnestly  to  the  public  in  general  and  to  Tom's 
stanch  friends  and  benefactors  in  particular  for  gifts 
toward  the  permanent  fund,  which  we  are  raising  for  his 


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benefit,  as  well  as  for  a  sufficient  amount  of  yearly  contri- 
butions to  pay  his  current  expenses.  We  fervently  hope 
that  this  request  will  meet  with  a  favorable  response 
and  that  the  clouds  of  anxiety  for  the  future  will  be  entirely 
dissipated. 

Bostonians  have  seldom  proved  themselves  more  faith- 
ful to  their  traditions  or  worthier  of  their  just  renown 
for  broad  philanthropy  than  they  did  when  they  under- 
took to  supply  the  means  for  bringing  such  a  child  out 
of  dense  physical  darkness  into  bright  intellectual  light 
and  to  make  adequate  provision  for  his  subsistence  and 
education. 

From  the  depths  of  the  dense  darkness  and  awful  still- 
ness in  which  he  is  plunged,  the  unfortunate  boy  is  as 
incapable  of  pleading  his  own  case  in  eloquent  words  as 
he  is  of  singing  a  song  of  glee  or  a  carol  of  joy.  His  voice 
can  be  of  no  service  to  him  in  portraying  his  condition 
or  in  presenting  his  claim  to  a  thorough  education,  which 
is  to  him  the  veritable  bread  of  life  and  therefore  of  infi- 
nitely greater  importance  than  to  children  possessed  of  all 
their  faculties.  In  all  probability  he  does  not  realize 
fully  the  extent  of  his  indebtedness  to  his  benefactors, 
and  therefore  he  does  not  take  up  his  pencil  to  write  a 
few  words  to  them,  acknowledging  their  goodness  toward 
him  and  expressing  his  sentiments  of  high  appreciation 
and  of  profound  gratitude  to  them  for  what  they  have 
done  for  him.  Nevertheless,  he  is  gradually  becoming 
conscious  of  the  inestimable  value  of  the  aid  which  they 
bestow  upon  him,  and,  although  mutely  and  unostenta- 
tiously yet  touchingly  and  earnestly, — 

He  sends  a  prayer  from  his  heart's  deep  core, 
And  flings  a  plea  upwards  to  heaven's  door, 

for  their  spiritual  well-being,  as  well  as  for  their  happi- 
ness and  continued  prosperity. 


21  I 


In  the  whole  range  of  humble  and  pathetic  supplica- 
tions is  there  one,  which  can  reach  the  throne  of  glory 
more  quickly  or  will  be  heard  more  attentively  than  that, 
which  emanates  from  the  white  soul  and  the  sealed  lips 
of  Tom  Stringer? 


We  must  go  onward  to  win  the  Goal. 

Soon  or  late  to  all  that  sow 

The  time  of  harvest  shall  be  given; 
The  flowers  shall  bloom,  the  fruits  shall  grow. 

— John  G.  Whittier. 

We  have  thus  given  a  brief  account  of  the  work  and 
development  of  the  kindergarten  and  of  the  effects  of  the 
educational  advantages,  which  it  affords  to  scores  of 
little  boys  and  girls  bereft  of  the  visual  sense. 

In  looking  over  the  record  of  the  progress  and  achieve- 
ments of  this  institution  from  the  time  of  the  inaugura- 
tion of  its  operations  in  1887  to  the  present  day,  we  are 
impressed  more  deeply  than  ever  with  the  wise  generos- 
ity and  keen  foresight  of  those  benevolent  men  and 
women,  who  responded  readily  to  our  appeals  in  behalf 
of  the  little  sightless  children  and  contributed  the  means 
for  the  establishment  of  the  juvenile  school  with  un- 
stinted liberality. 

Quietly  but  steadily  has  the  kindergarten  continued  to 
grow  and  to  fulfil  its  sacred  mission,  supplying  the  re- 
cipients of  its  benefits  with  a  beautiful  home  and  provid- 
ing for  them  such  ways  and  means  for  physical,  mental 
and  moral  training  as  are  calculated  to  unfold  their  facul- 
ties, enkindle  their  intelligence,  develop  their  powers  and 
lay  the  foundations  of  character. 

When  we  recall  the  days  of  the  infancy  of  the  kinder- 
garten, with  their  needs  and  weaknesses  and  with   the 


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anxiety  as  to  the  outcome  of  the  enterprise,  and  compare 
these  with  the  present  times  of  prosperity  and  of  promis- 
ing prospects,  we  have  ample  reason  to  be  profoundly 
grateful  to  the  faithful  friends  and  generous  benefactors 
for  what  they  have  done  to  place  the  institution  on  a 
solid   foundation. 

Taking  into  consideration  the  measure  of  success, 
which  we  have  achieved  in  the  course  of  the  past  eighteen 
years,  we  are  encouraged  to  go  onward  with  hope  and 
fortitude  and  to  look  into  the  future  with  firm  trust  and 
absolute  confidence  that — 

The  best  is  yet  to  be. 

Respectfully  submitted  by 

Michael   Anagnos. 


WORK  OF  THE   KINDERGARTEN. 


Extracts  from  the  Reports  of  the  Teachers. 

A  solid  foundation  is  laid  in  the  kindergarten  for  the 
blind  for  every  branch  of  work  in  which  the  little  pupils 
may  afterwards  engage,  so  that  the  progress  from  the  fas- 
cinating employments  of  Froebel's  system  of  training 
into  the  sterner,  more  practical  lessons  of  after  years  is 
normal,  gradual  and  full  of  fresh  interest  from  step  to 
step.  These  successive  stages  are  all  shown  by  extracts 
which  are  here  published,  from  the  accounts  given  by 
the  teachers  in  charge  of  the  several  divisions  of  the  work. 

Kindergarten. 

The  truism  that  "well  begun  is  half  done"  applies  in 
all  its  force  to  the  kindergarten  work  with  its  very  helpful 
uplift  of  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the  little  recipients  of 
its  benefits  and  its  careful  training  of  the  tiny  hands.  Here 
is  what  the  teachers  say  in  recognition  of  the  value  of  this 
method  of  development: — 

The  importance  of  the  kindergarten  for  blind  children  can  not  be 
doubted.  Knowledge  which  comes  to  the  normal  child  through 
vision  can  be  derived  by  a  sightless  little  one  only  through  the  sense 
of  touch,  which  is  often  but  feebly  developed  when  the  child  enters 
our  school.  The  gifts  and  occupations  supply  the  necessary  train- 
ing and  strengthen  and  invigorate  the  tiny  fingers,  while  at  the  same 
time  the  working  together  of  hand  and  brain  is  demanded.  From 
the  models  of  animals,  stuffed  birds  and  toys  of  various  kinds  the 
children  gain  the  pleasure  which  pictures  afford  to  those  who  can 


214 

see,  and  fresh  revelations  of  beauty  and  interest  come  to  them  through 
walks  in  the  parks  and  woods,  by  means  of  which  the  employments, 
games  and  stories  of  the  kindergarten  are  so  pleasantly  supplemented. 
The  year  has  yielded  very  satisfactory  results  in  the  training  of  these 
little  ones. 

Department  of  Primary  Studies. 

The  literary  branches  which  have  their  beginning  in 
the  intermediate  classes  are  further  extended  by  the  work 
in  the  primary  buildings,  by  means  of  which  the  boys  and 
girls  are  fitted  to  take  their  places  in  the  school  for  older 
pupils  at  South  Boston,  earning  promotion  by  the  suc- 
cessful completion  of  the  allotted  course  in  the  school  at 
Jamaica  Plain.  The  achievements  in  these  studies  have 
been  thus  summarized  by  the  teachers: — 

Strong,  steady,  quiet  work  has  characterized  the  }ear.  So  far  as 
possible,  the  lines  of  instruction  have  been  such  as  to  lead  systemati- 
cally into  the  course  of  study  used  at  the  school  in  South  Boston,  and 
the  results  have  been  very  satisfactory.  The  studies  which  have 
successively  claimed  attention  have  been  arithmetic,  reading,  wTiting, 
the  English  language,  elementary  science,  geography  and  history, 
supplemented  by  gymnastic  exercises.  Visits  to  the  State  House 
and  to  other  buildings  of  historic  interest  have  made  real  to  the  chil- 
dren the  stirring  events  of  which  they  have  learned,  while  walks  and 
talks  in  the  country  have  added  greatly  to  their  enjoyment  of  the 
study  of  nature.  This  is  always  a  subject  of  intense  interest  to  the 
pupils,  and  its  scope  is  gradually  broadened  from  observation  of 
the  simplest  forms  of  life  about  them  to  the  study  of  more  complex 
organisms.  Every  subject  is  the  occasion  for  a  lesson  in  language, 
and  the  pupils  are  encouraged  to  learn  to  speak  and  write  correctly 
and  to  appreciate  and  enjoy  good  literature  with  which  they  become 
familiar  through  hearing  selections  from  many  of  the  best  authors. 
Beyond  the  acquisition  of  a  certain  amount  of  specified  knowledge, 
character-building  is  recognized  to  be  "an  end  of  education"  and 
lessons  in  self-control  are  inculcated  while  the  children  are  taught 
due  regard  for  the  rights  and  privileges  of  others. 


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Music  Department. 

The  study  of  music  in  this  school  is  no  mere  desidera- 
tum but  receives  full  recognition  as  an  important  branch 
of  the  curriculum  and  an  elevating  influence  upon  the 
aesthetic  nature  of  the  pupils.  To  the  beginning  of  their 
musical  education  at  this  early  age  may  be  traced  in  great 
measure  the  success  which  has  been  achieved  by  the  older 
pupils  of  the  parent  school  at  South  Boston,  as  solo  players 
or  as  members  of  the  excellent  orchestra  belonging  to 
the  institution.  The  work  of  the  scholars  in  this  direction 
has  been  thus  characterized  by  their  instructors: — 

Very  satisfactory  progress  has  been  made  by  nearly  all  the  pupils 
during  the  past  year.  The  younger  scholars  have  been  exercised  in 
the  culture  of  the  hand  and  the  training  of  the  ear  and  have  learned 
to  read  and  write  the  Braille  musical  notation.  Many  of  them 
showed  such  ability  in  recognizing  tones  and  such  appreciation  of 
rhythm  as  to  make  instruction  in  the  elements  of  music  a  positive 
pleasure.  The  older  students  have  studied  the  formation  of  scales 
and  triads  with  close  attention  to  tones  and  intervals  and  have  learned 
to  play  very  creditably,  either  upon  the  pianoforte,  vioHn  or  clarinet, 
some  simple  selections  from  the  works  of  different  composers.  Great 
pleasure  and  benefit  have  been  derived  through  the  daily  singing 
classes  in  which  two-,  three-  and  even  four-part  songs  have  been 
learned,  thus  enabling  the  children  to  put  into  active  practice  their 
breathing  exercises  and  their  study  of  slow  scales  and  sustained  tones. 

The  fortnightly  pupils'  recitals,  arranged  by  themselves,  have  been 
the  source  of  unalloyed  enjoyment,  and  the  programmes  of  these 
musical  entertainments  have  contained  the  titles  of  vocal  selections 
as  well  as  those  for  the  pianoforte  and  violin.  Opportunities  to 
attend  concerts  in  the  city  have  occasionally  been  extended  to  the 
children  and  have  added  greatly  to  their  happiness  and  musical 
knowledge. 


2l6 

Department  of  Manual  Training. 

The  training  for  the  hand,  afforded  in  this  department, 
takes  up  the  work  where  the  kindergarten  occupations 
leave  it  and  carries  it  on  through  a  careful  and  systematic 
course,  keeping  pace  with  the  needs  and  interests  of  the 
growing  child  and  seeking  to  inculcate  many  valuable 
lessons  in  addition  to  developing  the  tactile  sense  and 
muscular  strength.  Here  is  the  account  of  this  work  as 
given  by  the  teachers: — 

The  work  in  this  department  has  followed  the  line  established  in 
former  years  and  has  included  knitting  in  the  beginners'  classes, 
sewing,  first  coarse  and  later  finer  materials,  and  wood  sloyd  for  the 
older  pupils.  Even  among  the  youngest  children  great  interest  has 
been  awakened  by  the  work  and  commendable  pride  has  been  dis- 
played in  completing  an  article  and  taking  it  home  for  the  inspection 
of  relatives  or  as  a  gift  for  some  favored  friend.  In  the  advanced 
classes  in  sewing,  different  stitches  and  their  appUcation  have  been 
taught  with  considerable  success.  As  a  new  feature  of  the  work  in 
wood  sloyd,  the  pupils  were  encouraged  to  undertake  some  original 
models,  and  their  achievements,  made  entirely  without  assistance, 
were  exceedingly  interesting.  The  articles  thus  produced  were  mostly 
toys,  such  as  sailboats,  swords,  shields  and  doll  furniture,  but,  al- 
though they  were  crude,  they  showed  a  lively  imagination  and  a  good 
understanding  of  how  the  work  was  to  be  accomplished.  The  re- 
sults of  the  year's  training  have  been  very  satisfactory  in  every 
branch  \)f  this  department. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


We  desire  to  express  anew  our  heartfelt  gratitude  and  our 
earnest  thanks  to  Dr.  Clarence  J.  Blake,  Dr.  E.  G.  Brack- 
ETT,  Dr.  E.  A.  Crockett,  Dr.  Francis  I.  Proctor  and  Dr. 
H.  Walker,  who  have  rendered  valuable  service  freely  and 
gratuitously  to  such  of  our  children  as  needed  their  medical 
attendance.  We  are  deeply  indebted  to  them  and  also  to  the 
physicians,  officers  and  employes  of  the  Faulkner  Hospital 
in  West  Roxbury  and  of  the  Massachusetts  Charitable 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  for  their  kind  care  of  and  attention  to 
our  little  ones  in  times  of  sickness. 

Mrs.  George  Benedict  very  kindly  invited  the  children  to  spend 
an  afternoon  at  her  house,  where  a  Christmas  tree  had  been  pre- 
pared for  their  entertainment.  When  a  severe  snowstorm  prevented 
their  attendance  gifts  of  toys  from  Master  Edwin  Benedict  and 
herself  and  purses  from  Mrs.  William  G.  Benedict  were  sent  to 
the  little  ones,  greatly  to  their  delight. 

The  same  happy  season  was  made  memorable  for  them  through 
the  kindness  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  who  invited  them  to 
enjoy  a  Christmas  tree  at  the  home  of  these  good  friends.  The 
boundless  hospitality  with  which  the  children  were  entertained  and 
the  gifts  which  awaited  them  gave  them  the  greatest  possible  pleasure. 

Gifts  of  money  from  Mrs.  Walter  C.  Baylies,  Mrs.  E.  Preble 
Motley  and  Dr.  A.  W.  Fairbanks,  for  the  purchase  of  Christmas 
presents  for  the  children,  added  much  to  their  happiness  and  made 
this  festal  season  one  long  to  be  remembered. 

The  joys  of  Eastertide  were  increased  for  the  little  blind  boys 
and  girls  through  a  bountiful  gift  of  exquisite  flowers  from  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Samuel  Shuman,  in  memory  of  their  beautiful  daughter.  Miss 
Laura  Shuman,  the  devoted  friend  of  the  suffering  and  needy. 
Choice  flowers  from  the  Herford  Club  of  the  Arlington  Street 


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Church  and  potted  plants  from  the  Unitarian'  Church  at  Jamaica 
Plain  added  to  the  children's  happiness  on  that  beautiful  day. 

St.  Valentine's  day  was  made  noteworthy  by  a  gift  of  pretty  val- 
entines for  the  children  from  Mrs.  Lew  C.  Hill. 

Generous  offerings  of  fruit,  vegetables  and  plants  were  thankfully 
received  from  the  Misses  SLOCUM,who  never  fail  to  befriend  the  httle 
school  and  hold  its  needs  in  constant  remembrance. 

Bountiful  supplies  of  confectionery  have  also  been  donated  by 
Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motley,  IVIiss  Isabel  H.  Murray  and  Miss 
Mary  F.  (Jill,  who  gave  various  toys  in  addition.  Welcome  gifts 
of  luscious  fruit  have  come  from  Mrs.  Prescott  Bigelow  and  Mrs. 
John  Chipman  Gray.   • 

Mr.  John  M.  Rodocanachi  has  again  remembered  the  little 
ones  with  a  gift  of  delicious  figs.  From  the  same  thoughtful  friend 
came  a  gift  of  $30  for  the  purchase  of  instruments  for  the  little  mu- 
sicians. Mr.  Rodocanachi  has  made  it  his  annual  custom  to  aid  the 
music  department  in  this  way. 

The  very  generous  ofiE'ering  of  forty  dollars  from  Miss  ]\Iary 
Carleton  Learned  was  a  welcome  reminder  of  her  continued 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  our  little  pupils,  and  other  sums  have  been 
thankfully  received  from  Leslie  C.  and  Lawrence  E.  Morse. 
Miss  Christine  Farley  has  again  benefited  the  children  by  her 
ever  useful  gift  of  clothing,  which  has  found  grateful  recipients 
among  them. 

Our  thanks  are  again  due  to  Miss  Helen  W.  Aubin  and  Miss 
Lucy  W.  Davis,  through  whose  kindness  it  was  made  possible  for 
three  of  the  children  to  spend  two  of  the  summer  months  at  the 
Children's  Island  Sanitarium  in  Marblehead. 

Through  the  great  kindness  of  the  Rev.  M.  R.  Deming,  the  httle 
boys  enjoyed  a  day  at  the  boys'  farm  of  the  Boston  Institute  Sea- 
shore Home  in  Sharon,  and  the  occasion  was  a  dehghtful  one  to 
them.  Mr.  George  H.  Bates  of  Maiden  very  kindly  paid  the 
car-fares  for  the  journey,  and  the  pleasures  of  the  day  included  a 
bountiful  dinner  and  rides  in  a  barge,  in  boats,  upon  a  donkey  and, 
through  the  great  kindness  of  Mr.  Abner  Morse  of  Canton,  in  an 
automobile.  Everything  was  done  to  give  happiness  to  the  little 
boys,  and  the  delightful  outing  will  long  be  cherished  in  their 
memories. 

On  one  evening  the  children  enjoyed  an  entertainment  through 
the  kindness  of  Miss  Vora  Burpee  whose  readings  gave  them 


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great  pleasure,  and  on  another  occasion  they  listened  with  deep 
appreciation  to  the  musical  treat  furnished  by  Dr.  John  Dixwell 
and  friends  in  dispensing  the  benefits  of  the  "Hospital  Music  Fund." 

A  beautiful  picture,  the  gift  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Mack,  furnishes 
an  additional  ornament  to  the  walls  of  the  boys'  primary  building. 
The  library  of  the  little  school  has  been  enriched  by  a  number  of 
new  books  sent  by  several  friends  of  the  kindergarten.  From  Miss 
Harriet  S.  Hazeltine  came  Mr.  Rutherford's  Children  and  Sybil 
and  Chryssa,  Carl  Krinker  and  Hard  Maple  from  Mr.  C.  B.  R. 
Hazeltine,  and  Wally  Wanderoon  and  Stories  0}  the  Golden  Fleece 
from  the  Misses  Poulsson.  The  Youth's  Companion  and  The 
Jamaica  Plain  News  have  been  sent  to  the  school  by  their  publishers 
throughout  the  year. 

Mr.  Harold  A.  Cole  has  very  kindly  remembered  the  children's 
love  of  music,  sending  tickets  for  their  use  at  concerts-  in  the  city 
on  three  occasions. 

A  collection  of  shells  sent  by  Miss  R.  I.  Fish  was  a  valuable 
contribution  to  the  equipment  of  the  school.  An  offering  of  wild 
flowers  from  a  class  of  children  in  the  Willard  School,  West 
Quincy,  was  much  appreciated  by  our  little  pupils. 


LIST   OF  THE   CHILDREN. 


Abbott,  Edna  May. 
Anderson,  Muriel  C. 
Baker,  Mar}-  ~S1. 
Barrabessi,  Lucy. 
Bartlett,  Priscilla. 
Boland,  Annie. 
Brannick,  Elizabeth. 
Brasseau,  Edwina. 
Brayman,  Edith  I. 
Clark,  Helen  F. 
Connelly,  Elsie  M. 
Curran,  Mary  I. 
Daicy,  Gertrude  C. 
DriscoU,  Margaret. 
Duffy,  Nelly. 
Evarson,  Elvera  J. 
Finnegan,  Alice. 
Fisk,  Mattie  E.  L. 
Flardo,  Rena. 
Flynn,  Marie  E. 
Gadbois,  Roselma. 
Galvin,  Margaret  L. 
Goldrick,  Sophie  E. 
Gray^  Nettie  C. 
Guild,  Bertha  H. 
Hamilton,  Annie  A. 
Hayden,  Ruth  R. 
Holbrook,  Carrie  F. 
Irwin,  Helen  M. 
Johnson,  Ellen  T. 
Kelly,  Catherine  A. 
Lincoln,  Maud  E. 


:McGiU,  Marie. 
Miller,  Freda  G. 
Miller,  Gladys  L. 
Miller,  Margaret. 
Minahan,  Annie  E. 
Nixon,  Bertha. 
Noonan,  Marion  L. 
Parcher,  Flora  M. 
Randall,  Helen  I. 
Sanders,  Olive  B. 
Sibley,  Marian  C. 
Smith,  Elena. 
Spencer,  Olive  E. 
Stevens,  Gladys  L. 
Terry,  Annie  B. 
Wallochstein,  Annie. 
Walsh,  Annie. 
Watts,  Kate. 
Anderson,  Adolf  A. 
Andrews,  Thomas. 
Blood,  Howard  W. 
Brown,  Arthur  F. 
Brownell,  Herbert  N. 
Buck,  Arthur  B. 
Casey,  Frank  A. 
Clarke,  Jerold  P. 
Cloukia,  Ro}'. 
Cobb,  Malcolm  L. 
Corliss,  William  A. 
Cuervo,  Adolfo. 
Curran,  Edward. 
Deane,  William. 


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Devine,  Joseph  P. 
Dexter,  Ralph  C. 
Dodge,  George  L. 
Dow,  Basil  E. 
Ellis,  John  W. 
FitzSimmons,  Joseph  R. 
GosseHn,  Arthur. 
Harris,  Clifton  W. 
Hart,  D.  Frank. 
Hawkins,  A.  Collins. 
Holbrook,  William  F. 
Holmberg,  Arvid  N. 
Hopwood,  Clarence  A. 
Jean,  Ludge. 
Jordan,  John  W. 
Lambert,  Frederick  A. 
Leach,  Avery  E. 
LeBlanc,  I.  Medee. 
Lindsey,  Perry  R.  S. 
Mahoney,  James  M. 
Main,  Lewis  E. 


Marshall,  Joseph. 
McDonough,  William. 
McFarlane,  Francis  P. 
Moore,  Henry  A. 
Morang,  James  A. 
Robertson,  David  O. 
Rodrigo,  Joseph  L. 
Ryan,  Michael  J. 
Safford,  Robert  F. 
Salesses,  Adrian. 
Sikora,  Frank  E. 
Stearns,  Allen  C. 
Tirrell,  Charles. 
Tobin,  Paul. 
Tousignant,  Arthur. 
Tyner,  Edward  T. 
Wallochstein,  Jacob. 
West,  Paul  L. 
Whitcomb,  Samuel  W. 
Williams,  Edward. 
Woods,  Richard  E. 


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FINANCIAL   STATEMENT   OF   THE   KINDERGARTEN. 

For  the  Year  ending  August  31,  1904. 

Receipts. 

Cash  on  hand  September  i,  1903, j?20,004.99 

Legacies:  — 

Samuel  A.  Borden  (additional) 425.00 

Miss  Sarah  Silver  Cox 5,000.00 

Miss  Jeannie  Warren  Paine  fund 1,000.00 

Mrs.  Mary  Longfellow  Greenleaf  (in  part),       .     .     .  2,000.00 
Mrs.    Nancy    E.    Rust    as    *'  Memorial    to    Frank 

Davison  Rust," 5,000.00 

Mrs.  Adaline  M.  Chapin, 400.00 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  C.  Reed, 5,000.00 

Mrs.  Olive  E.  Hayden  (additional), 1,622.45 

Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  fund 500.00 

Mrs.  Emeline  Morse  Lane  fund 500.00 

Gifts  :  — 

Mrs.  Warren  B.  Potter  (additional), 1,000.00 

Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay  (additional), 1,000.00 

Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews  (additional), 1,000.00 

George  F   Parkman  (additional),       500.00 

Endowment  fund, $2,307.08  ) 

Endowment  fund  through  Ladies'  Auxiliary                     >  3,722.08 

Society, 1,415.00  ) 

Annual  subscriptions  through  Ladies'  Auxiliary  Society,  6,457.57 

Board  and  tuition, 12,639.17 

Rents, 1,250.50 

Sundry  items 40. 45 

Income  from  investments, 24,281.47 

$93-343-68 


Expenses. 

Maintenance, $30,093. 32 

Expense  on  houses  let, 483.12 

Taxes,  repairs  and  annuity,  Jackson  estate,  Wachusett 

street, 1,033.30 

Bills  to  be  refunded, 794-37 

Furnishing  Girls'  Primary  Building  (additional),  .     .     .  247.10 

Invested, 54,234.00 

Cash  on  hand  September  i,  1904, 6,458.47 


$93,343-^8 


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PROPERTY   BELONGING   TO   THE   KINDERGARTEN. 


Mrs.  William  Appleton  fund, $[3,000.00 

Nancy  Barilett  fund, 500.00 

Miss  Helen  C.  Bradlee  fund, 140,000.00 

In  memory  of  William  Leonard  Benedict,  Jr.,     .  1,000.00 

Miss  Harriet  Otis  Cruft  fund, 6,000.00 

Mrs.  M.  Jane  Wellington  Danforth  fund,     .     .     .  11,000.00 

Mrs.  Helen  Atkins  Edmands  fund, 5.000.00 

Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay  fund, 11,000.00 

Mrs.  Eugenia  F.  Farnham  fund, 1,015.00 

Albert  Glover  fund, 1,000.00 

In  Memoriam  "A.  A.  C," 500.00 

Mos-es  Kimball  fund, 1,000.00 

Mrs.  Emeline  Morse  Lane  fund 500.00 

Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews  fund, 11,000.00 

Mrs.  Warren  B.  Potter  fund, 30,000.00 

George   F.  Parkman  fund 3,000.00 

Miss  Jeannie  Warren  Paine  fund, 1,000.00 

Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rotch  fund, 8,500.00 

John  M.  Rodocanachi  fund, 1,250.00 

Memorial  to  Frank  Davison  Rust, 5,000.00 

Mary  Lowell  Stone  fund 1,500.00 

Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  fund 500  00 

Transcript  ten  dollar  fund, 5,666.95 

Mrs.  George  W.  Wales  fund, 10,000.00 

In  memory  of  Ralph  Watson, -37  92 

Legacies  :  — 

Mrs.  Harriet  T.  Andrew, 5,000.00 

Mrs.  Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker, 2,500.00 

Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Baker, 13,040.65 

Sidney  Bartlett, 10,000.00 

Thompson  Baxter, 322.50 

Miss  Harriet  Tilden  Browne, 2,000.00 

Robert  C.  Billings, 10,000.00 

Samuel  A.  Borden, 4,675.00 

Mrs.  Sarah  Bradford, 100.00 

John  \A^.  Carter, 500.00 

Mrs.  Adaline  M.  Chapin,        400.00 

Benjamin  P.  Cheney, 5,000.00 

Charles  H.  Colburn 1,000.00 

Miss  Susan  T.  Crosby, 100.00 

Miss  Sarah  Silver  Cox, 5,00000 

George  E.  Downes, 3,000.00 

Miss  Caroline  T.  Downes, 12,350.00 

Mrs.  Lucy  A.  Dwight, 4,000.00 

Mary  B.  Emmons 1,000.00 

Miss  Mary  Eveleth,        1,000.00 

Mrs.  Susan  W.  Farwell, 500.00 

John  Foster, 5,000.00 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  W.  Gay, 7,931.00 

Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Gifford 5,000.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $368,589.02 


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Amount  brought  forward, $368,589.02 

Joseph  B.  Glover, 5,000.00 

Miss  Matilda  Goddard, 300.00 

Mrs.  Mary  Longfellow  Greenleaf, 3,000.00 

Mrs.  Jane  H.  Hodge, 300.00 

Mrs.  Josephine  S.  Hall, 3,000.00 

Mrs.  Olive  E.  Hayden 4,622.45 

Mrs.  Ann  E.  Lambert, 700.00 

Elisha  T.  Loring, »    •     •  5,000.00 

Miss  Rebecca  S.  Melvin, 23,545.55 

Augustus  D.  Manson, 8,134.00 

Miss  Sarah  L.  Marsh, 1,000.00 

Miss  Helen  M.  Parsons, 500.00 

Mrs.  Richard  Perkins 10,000.00 

Edward  D.  Peters, 500.00 

Mrs.  Mary  J.  Phipps, 2,000.00 

Mrs.  Caroline  S.  Pickman, 1,000.00 

Francis  S.  Pratt, 100.00 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  C    Reed 5,000.00 

Miss  Dorothy  Roffe 500.00 

Miss  Rhoda  Rogers 500.00 

Miss  Edith  Rotch, 10,000.00 

Miss  Rebecca  Salisbury, 200.00 

Joseph  Scholfield, 3,000.00 

Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Seymour 5,000.00 

Benjamin  Sweetzer 2,000.00 

Mrs.  Cornelia  V   R.  Thayer, 10,000.00 

Mrs.  Delia  D.  Thorndike 5,000.00 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  Tilton 300  00 

Mrs.  Betsey  B.  Tolman, 500.00 

Royal  W.  Turner, 24,082.00 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Turner, 7,582.90 

George  W.  Wales 5,000.00 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Ware, 4,000.00 

Miss  Rebecca  P.  Wainwright, 1,00000 

Mary  H.  Watson, 100.00 

Mrs.  Julia  A.  Whitney, 100.00 

Miss  Betsey  S.  Wilder, 500.00 

Mrs.  Jennie  A.  (Shaw)  W^aterhouse, 565.84 

Miss  Mary  W.  Wiley 150CO 

Miss  Mary  Williams, 5,000.00 

Almira  F.  Winslow, 306.80 

Funds  from  other  donations 93,894.21 

$621,572.77 

Real  estate  subject  to  annuity, 7,600.00 

Cash  in  treasury, 6,458.47 

Land,  buildings  and  personal  property  in  use  of  the  kindergarten, 

Jamaica  Plain 303,212.25 

$938,843.49 


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KINDERGARTEN    ENDOWMENT   FUND. 

List  of  Contributors 

From  August  31,  1903,  to  September  i,  1904. 

A.  L.  F., $5.00 

Adams,  Thomas  M.,  Ashland,  Ky., 100.00 

All  Souls  Sunday-school  of  Roxbury, 25.00 

Bacon,  Louisa  C, 10.00 

Barr,  Mrs.  Arthur  W.,  Jamaica  Plain, 2.00 

Berthold,  Mrs.  Selma  E.,  Cambridge, i.oo 

Bicknell,  Mrs.  William  J., 2.00 

Bissell,  H.,  West  Medford, 15.00 

Brett,  Miss  Anna  K., 20.00 

Brewster,  Miss  Sarah  C, 5.00 

Brown,  Ehsha  Rhodes,  Dover,  N.H., 50.00 

Brown,  Samuel  N., 10.00 

Bryant,  Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews, 22.00 

Children  of  Mrs.  Nancy  C.  Sweetser's  kindergarten  at 

Newton  Lower  Falls, 10.00 

Crafts,  Mrs.  James  M.,       30.00 

Draper,  Mrs.  George  A., 50.00 

Drew,  Frank,  Worcester, 2.50 

Eliot,  Mrs.  Samuel,  in  memory  of  Dr.  Samuel  Eliot,       .  100.00 

Elkins,  Rev.  W.  P.,  Bath,  N.H., 4-oo 

ElUs,  George  H., 75-oo 

Fairbanks,  Caroline  L.,       10.00 

Farnham,  the  Misses, 5.00 

Fitts,  Mrs.  C.  C,  Brattleboro,  Vt., 5.00 

Friend  F., 100.00 

Glover,  Miss  Irene  C,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Hammond,  Miss, 5.00 

Hazeltine,  Charles  B.  R., 20.00 

Hemenway,  Miss  Clara, 100.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $785.50 


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Amount  brought  forward, $785.50 

Hodgman,  Mrs.  Adelaide  K.,  East  Greenwich,  R.I.,    .     .  25.00 

Hunnewell,  F.  W., 100.00 

In  memory  of  Miss  Alice  M.  C.  Matthews, 100.00 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  Louise  M.  Richards, 300.00 

In  memor)'  of  Mrs.  Leverett  Saltonstall, 65.00 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Mary  J., 8.00 

Joslin,  Miss  Alice  B.,  Jamaica  Plain, i.oo 

Kendall,  Miss  H.  W., 50.00 

Lane,  Zenas  M., i.oo 

Lamed,  Charles, 100.00 

Littell,  Miss  Susan  G., 50.00 

Lombard,  the  Misses, io.qd 

Moors,  J.  R., 5.00 

Morse,  Mrs.  Leopold, 100.00 

Moulton,  Mrs.  Louise  Chandler, 25.00 

Nichols,  Miss  Sarah  H., 10.00 

Peabody,  the  Misses,  Cambridge, 50.00 

Pierce,  Wallace  L., 100.00 

Primary     Department     of    the     Union     Congregational 

Church  Sunday-school  of  Weymouth  and  Braintree,  .  9.00 
Proceeds  of  entertainment  given  by  the  pupils  of  Perkins 

Institution,  February  22d,  1904, 18.70 

Raymond,  Fairfield  Eager, 5.00 

Robbins,  Miss  Agnes  Frances,  Brookline, 20.00 

Robbins,  Miss  Clara  T.,  Brookline, 10.00 

Rogers,  Miss  Catharine  L., i5-oo 

Sanger,  S.  P., 3.00 

Schmidt,  Arthur  P., 10.00 

Seabury,  the  Misses,  New  Bedford, 25.00 

Shepard,  Mrs.  Otis,  Brookline, 10.00 

Sohier,  the  Misses, 50.00 

Stevens,  Miss  Alice  B.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Stevens,  Mrs.  Harriet  Lyman, 25.00 

Stockwell,  Miss  Marie  Louise,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sunday-school    of   the    First    Church    (Congregational), 

Cambridge, 20.00 

Sunday-school  of  the  First  Church,  Boston, 80.78 

Amount  carried  forward, $2,193.98 


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Amouni  brought  forward, $2,193.98 

Sunday-school   of   the    Second    Congregational    Church, 

Dorchester, 10.10 

Vose,  Miss  Caroline  C,  Milton, 10.00 

Walnut  Avenue  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Roxbury, 3.00 

Warner,  Robert  L., 5.00 

White,  C.  J.,  Cambridge, .     .     .  25.00 

Whitehead,  Miss  Mary,  Roxbury, 10.00 

Williams,  Ralph  B., 25.00 

Winthrop,  Mrs.  T.  L., 25.00 

$2,307.08 


CONTRIBUTIONS   FOR   CURRENT   EXPENSES. 

Annual    subscriptions    through    the     Ladies'     Auxiliary 

Society,  Miss  S.  E.  Lane,  treasurer, $5,291.00 

Cambridge  Branch,  through  Mrs.  E.  C.  Agassiz,  treas- 
urer,              546.57 

Dorchester  Branch,  through  Mrs.  J.  Henry  Bean,  treas- 
urer,               142.00 

Lynn  Branch,  through  Mr.  L.  K.  Blood, 136.00 

Milton  Branch,  through  Mrs.  William  Wood,  treasurer,  .         1S2.00 
Worcester  Branch,  through  Mrs.  Gilbert  H.  Harrington, 

treasurer, 160.00 

$6,457-57 


All  contributors  to  the  fund  are  respectfully  requested  to  peruse  the 
above  list,  and  to  report  either  to  William  Endicott,  Jr.,  Treas- 
urer, No.  115  Devonshire  street,  Boston,  or  to  the  Director,  M.  Anag- 
NOS,  South  Boston,  any  omissions  or  inaccuracies  which  they  may 
find  in  it. 

WILLIAM  ENDICOTT,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 

No.  IIS  Devonshire  Street,  Boston. 


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SUBSCRIPTIONS  FOR  THOMAS  STRINGER. 

From  September  i,  1903,  to  August  31,  1904. 

A.  B., ' $10.00 

Atherton,  Mr.  George  E., 5.00 

Bancroft,  Miss  Elizabeth  Hope, 2.00 

Brown,  Mrs.  J.  Conklin,  Berkeley,  Cal., 10.00 

Buxton,  Dr.  B.  H.,  New  York, 50.00 

Children  of  the  first  grade  of  Winthrop  School,  Brookline, 

through  Miss  Anna  M.  Taylor, i.oo 

Children's  .\id  Society  of  Washington,  Pa., 5.00 

Dow,  Miss  Jane  F.,  Milton, 30.00 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  M.,       50.00 

Hudson,  Miss  Mary  R., i.oo 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Mary  J., 2.00 

J.  G., 20.00 

Junior  Children's  Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa.,      .     .  15.00 

Matthews,  Mrs.  Annie  B., 50.00 

May,  Miss  Eleanor  G.,  trustee  of  Lydia  Maria  Child  fund,  35-oo 
Members  of  the  Pick\vick  Club,  Fannie  Frank,  ^laida 

Herman,    Mabel    and    Ethel    Koshland    and    Helen 

Strauss, 25.00 

Morse,  Mrs.  E.  RoUins, 10.00 

Primary     Department    of     Sunday-school     of    Walnut 

Avenue  Congregational  Church,  Roxbur\-,       ....  5.00 

"Rodelmer," 2.00 

Seabury,  the  Misses,  New  Bedford, 5.00 

Sohier,  :\Iiss  Mary  D., 25.00 

White,  Master  Watson,  Cambridge, 2.50 

Young,  Mrs.  B.  L., 10.00 

Young,  ]Miss  Lucy  F.,  Winchester, 6.00 

$376.50 
A  friend  to  make  up  the  deficit  in  the  account  of  the 

pre\-ious  year, 225.10 


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PERMANENT  FUND  FOR  THOMAS  STRINGER. 

[This  fund  is  being  raised  with  the  distinct  understanding  that  it 
is  to  be  placed  under  the  control  and  care  of  the  trustees  of  the  Per- 
kins Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  and  that 
only  the  net  income  is  to  be  given  to  Tom  so  long  as  he  is  not  pro- 
vided for  in  any  other  way,  and  is  unable  to  earn  his  living,  the 
principal  remaining  intact  forever.  It  is  farther  understood,  that, 
at  his  death  or  when  he  ceases  to  be  in  need  of  this  assistance,  the 
income  of  this  fund  is  to  be  applied  to  the  support  and  education  of 
some  child  who  is  both  blind  and  deaf  and  for  whom  there  is  no 
provision  made  either  by  the  state  or  by  private  individuals.] 

A.  B., $200.00 

Children's  Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa., 10.00 

French,  Miss  CaroHne  L.  W., 100.00 

Income  from  the  Glover  Fund, 50.00 

In  memory  of  "R.  S.  and  L.  T.  S.," 10.00 

Junior  Children's  Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa.,      .     .  20.00 

Moseley,  Miss  Ellen  F., 100.00 

Potter,  Mrs.  Warren  B.  (since  died), 200.00 

Primary  department  of  the  Sunday-school  of  the  First 
Methodist    Protestant     Church    of    Pittsbvirgh,     Pa., 

through  Mrs.  William  McCracken,  jr., 7.25 

Wallace,  Mrs.  Augusta  H.,  Allegheny,  Pa., 5.00 

$702.25 


2  30 


DONATIONS  THROUGH  THE  LADIES'  AUXILIARY. 

Ahl,  Mrs.  Daniel, $25.00 

Amory,  Mrs.  William,  2d, 5.00 

Anonymous, 5.00 

Bailey,  Miss  E.  H.,  Peterborough,  N.H.,        5.00 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  M.  C, i5-oo 

Ballard,  Miss  Elizabeth, 5.00 

Barstow,  Mrs.  A.  C,  Providence,  R.I., 2.00 

Bartlett,  the  Misses,  Roxbury, 5.00 

BayUes,  Mrs.  Walter  C, i5-oo 

Bemis,  Mr.  J.  M., 10.00 

Bigelow,  Miss  Mary  A., 10.00 

Blake,  Mrs.  Arthur  W.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Blake,  Miss  Mary  S.,  Hampton  Falls,  N.H.,      ....  i.oo 

Bowditch,  Mr.  William  I., 5.00 

Bowker,  Mrs.  W.  H., 2.00 

Burnett,  Mrs.  R.  E.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Cabot,  Mrs.  George  E., 5.00 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Joseph  S., 5.00 

Cary,  Mrs.  Richard, 9.00 

Ca.ry,  Miss  G.  S., 9.00 

Church,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  Brookhne, i.oo 

Church,  Mrs.  H.  A., i.oo 

Cochran,  Mrs.  A.  F., 3.00 

Collar,  Mr.  William  C,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Cotting,  Mrs.  C.  E., 5.00 

Cram,  Mrs.  W.  A.,  Hampton  Falls,  N.H., i.oo 

Crane,  Mrs.  James  B.,  Dalton, 10.00 

Crane,  Mrs.  Z.  Marshal,  Dalton, 50.00 

Crocker,  Mrs.  Uriel  H., 10.00 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Jr., 10.00 

Dabney,  Mr.  Lewis  S., 25.00 

Dabney,  Miss  Roxana  L.,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,      .     .     .  3.00 

Atnount  carried  forward, '    .     .     .     .  $265.00 


231 

Amount  brought  forward, $265.00 

Dana,  Mrs.  James,  Brookline, 5.00 

Devlin,  Mr.  John  E., 25.00 

DuBois,  Mrs.  L.  G., 15.0c 

Ernst,  Mrs.  H.  C,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Eustis,  Mr.  W.  Tracy,  Brookline, 2.00 

Evans,  Mrs.  Glendower, 5.00 

"Every  little  helps," i.oo 

Farnam,  Mrs.  Henry,  New  Haven,  Conn,  (since  died),   .  25.00 

FitzGerald,  Mrs.  Desmond,  Brookline, 5.00 

Forbes,  Mrs.  F.  B., 5.00 

"For  the  Uttle  blind  girls,"      .     .          i.oo 

Fottler,  Mrs.  Jacob, 2.00 

French,  Miss  Cornelia  A., 25.00 

Gardner,  Mr.  George  A., 50.00 

Glover,  Mrs.  Irene  C,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Gooding,  Mrs.  T.  P., 2.00 

Gray,  Mrs.  Joseph  H., 5.00 

Green,  Mr.  Charles  G.,  Cambridge, 10.00 

Guild,  Miss  Harriet  J., 5.00 

Guild,  Mrs.  S.  Eliot, 10.00 

Hall,  Miss  Laura  E., 5.00 

Hallowell,  Miss  Henrietta  T.,  Milton,  .......  i.oo 

Hartwell,  Mrs.  Alfred  T.,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Hill,  Mrs.  Lew  C, 5.00 

Howe,  the  Misses,  BrookHne, 10.00 

Keep,  Mrs.  F.  E.,  BrookHne, i.oo 

Kimball,  the  Misses,  Longwood, 25.00 

Lang,  Mrs.  B.  J., 10.00 

Leavitt,  Mr.  Frank  M.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Lincoln,  Mr.  A.  L.,  BrookHne, 5.00 

Loring,  Mrs.  Augustus  P., 10.00 

Lowell,  Mrs.  George  G., 20.00 

Manning,  Mrs.  F.  C, 10.00 

Mason,  Mrs.  A.  F.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Monks,  Mrs.  George  H., i5-oo 

Morrill,  Miss  AmeHa, 50.00 

Morrill,  Miss  Annie  W., 20.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $669.00 


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Amount  brought  forward, $669.00 

Morrill,  Miss  Fanny  E., 100.00 

Morse,  Mrs.  Rebecca, 5.00 

Murphy,  Mrs.  Frank  S., i.oo 

Oliver,  Mrs.  S.  P.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Olmsted,  Mrs.  Mary  C,  Brookline, 5.00 

Parker,  Mrs.  F.  S., 5.00 

Peabody,  Mr.  Francis  H., 90.00 

Perr}',  Mrs.  C.  F., 5.00 

Peters,  Mrs.  Francis  A., 5.00 

Pierce,  Miss  Katharine  C, 5.00 

Potter,  Mrs.  WiUiam  H.,  BrookHne, 3.00 

Pratt,  Mr.  Robert  M., 25.00 

Preston,  Mrs.  G.  H., 3.00 

Putnam,  Mrs.  James  J., 5.00 

Putnam,  Mrs.  J.  Pickering, 10.00 

Robbins,  Miss  Clara  T.,  Brookhne, 10.00 

Sanford,  Mrs.  A.  E.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

S.  E.  A., 1.00 

Sever,  Miss  Emily, 5.00 

Sherwin,  Mr.  Edward, 10.00 

Souther,  Mrs.  J.  K., 5.00 

Spalding,  Miss  Dora  N., 25.00 

Spaulding,  Mrs.  Mahlon  D., 100.00 

Sprague,  Dr.  Francis  P., 10.00 

Sprague,  Mrs.  Mary  B.,  Brookhne, i5-oo 

Stanwood,  Mrs.  E.  C, 5.00 

Stetson,  Mr.  Amos  W.  (since  died), 20.00 

Stevens,  Miss  Ahce  B.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Stevenson,  Miss  Annie  B.,  Brookhne, 3.00 

Swift,  Mrs.  Edwin  C,  Prides  Crossing, 20.00 

Tapley,  Mrs.  Amos  P.,        10.00 

Tappan,  Miss  Ehzabeth  W.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Thayer,  Mr.  Byron  T., 5.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Ezra  Ripley, 10.00 

Tower,  Col.  Wilham  A.  (since  died), 100.00 

Townsend,  Mrs.  Wilham  E., 5.00 

Tucker,  Mrs.  WiUiam  A., 3.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,306.00 


Amount  brought  forward, $1,306.00 

Turner,  Miss  Esther  Parkman,  Brookline, 2.00 

Vialle,  Mr.  Charles  A., 5.00 

Ward,  the  Misses, 10.00 

Ware,  Miss  Mary  Lee, 25.00 

Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  A.,  Weymouth, 5.00 

Wesson,  Miss  Isabel, 5.00 

Whitman,  Mr.  James  H.,  Charlestown, 10.00 

Whitman,  Mrs.  James  H.,  Charlestown, 10.00 

Whitney,  Miss  Kate  A., 5.00 

^Vhitney,  Miss  Maria  D., 5.00 

Willson,  Miss  Lucy  B.,  Salem, 5.00 

Windram,  Mrs.  Westwood  T., 10.00 

Wood,  Mrs.  R.  W.,  Jamaica  Plain, .  5.00 

Woodman,  Mr.  Stephen  F,,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Youngman,  Mrs.  W.  S.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

$1,415.00 


ANNUAL   SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

Through  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  Society,  Miss  S.  E.  Lane,  Treasurer. 

Abbott,  Miss  A.  F.,  Brookline, $1.00 

Abbott,  Miss  G.  E.,  Brookhne, i.oo 

Abbott,  Mrs.  J., '      5.00 

Adams,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Adams,  Mr.  George,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Adams,  Mrs.  Hannah  P., 5.00 

Adams,  Mrs.  Waldo, 5.00 

Alford,  Mrs.  O.  H.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Allen,  Mrs.  Angle  N.  (since  died), 2.00 

Men,  Mrs.  F.  R., 5.00 

Allen,  Mrs.  Thomas, 5.00 

Allen,  Mrs.  W.  H., 5.00 

Allen,  Mrs.  W.  L.,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Alley,  Mrs.  George  R.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Ames,  Rev.  Charles  Gordon, 10.00 

Ames,  Miss  Mary  S., 50.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $ro8.oc 


2  34 

Amount  brought  forward,  .     .     . $108.00 

Amory,  Mrs.  Charles  W., 100.00 

Amory,  Mrs.  William, 5.00 

Anderson,  Miss  Anna  F.,  Lowell, 2.00 

Anderson,  Mrs.  J.  F., 5.00 

Anthony,  Mrs.  S.  Reed, 5.00 

Appleton,  Miss  Fanny  C, 2.00 

Appleton,  Mrs.  William, 5.00 

Archer,  Mrs.  Ellen  M.  H.,  Charlestown, i.oo 

Atkins,  Mrs.  Edwin  F.,  Belmont, 5.00 

Atkinson,  Mrs.  Edward,  Brookline, 10.00 

Ayer,  Mrs.  James  B., 5.00 

Bacon,  Miss  Ellen  S.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Bacon,  Miss  Mary  P.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Badger,  Mrs.  WalUs  B.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Bailey,  Mrs.  Mollis  R.,  Cambridge, 2.00 

Balch,  Miss  Elizabeth  A., 2.00 

Balch,  Mrs.  F.  G., 5-oo 

Baldwin,  Mr.  E.  L., 2.00 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Percy  V., 2.00 

Bangs,  Mrs.  Edward, 5.00 

Bangs,  Mrs.  F.  R., 10.00 

Barnard,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  E.,  Dorchester, 2.00 

Barnes,  Mrs.  Amos, i-oo 

Barnes,  Mrs.  Charles  B., 10.00 

Barrows,  Mrs.  Henry  H., S-oo 

Barstow,  Miss  C.  A., 5.00 

Bartlett,  Miss  Mary  H., 500 

Bartol,  Miss  Elizabeth  H., 10.00 

Bartol,  Mrs.  John  W., 10.00 

Bass,  Mrs.  Emma  M.,  Newtonville, 10.00 

Basto,  Mrs.  Mary  A.,  Roxbury, 3.00 

Batcheller,  Mrs.  A.  H., 10.00 

Batcheller,  Mr.  Robert, 2.00 

Bates,  Messrs.  W.  and  S.  W., 2.00 

Batt,  Mrs.  C.  R.,  Newton, 5.00 

Beal,  Mrs.  Boylston  A., 50° 

Beebe,  Mrs.  J.  Arthur, 25.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $408.00 


235 

Amount  brought  forward, $408.00 

Bell,  Mrs.  A.  C, i.oo 

Bemis,  Mrs.  John  W., 2.00 

Berlin,  Dr.  Fanny, i.oo 

Bernstein,  Mrs.  Nathan, i.oo 

Berwin,  Mrs.  Jacob, 5.00 

Betton,  Mrs.  C.  G., i.oo 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Alanson,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  G.  T., 5.00 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  J.  S., 10.00 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Prescott,  Brookline, 10.00 

Billings,  Mrs.  J.  B., 2.00 

Blacker,  Miss  Eliza  F.,  AUston, 10.00 

Blackmar,  Mrs.  W.  W., 5.00 

Blake,  Mrs.  Charles, 5.00 

Blake,  Mrs.  S.  Parkman, 5.00 

Blake,  Mr.  WilUam  P., 5.00 

Boardman,  Mrs.  A.  L., 2.00 

Boardman,  Miss  E.  D., 2.00 

Boardman,  Miss  Madeleine, 2.00 

Boland,  Dr.  E.  S., 5.00 

Bolster,  Mrs.  Wilfred,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Bond,  Mrs.  Charles  H., 10.00 

Boody,  Mr.  J.  H.,  Brookhne, 5.00 

Borland,  Mr.  M.  W., 10.00 

Boutwell,  Mrs.  N.  B., i.oo 

Bowditch,  Mrs.  Alfred, 5.00 

Bowditch,  Dr.  Henry  P.,  Jamaica  Plain, 2.00 

Bowditch,  Dr.  Vincent  Y., "...  2.00 

Bradford,  Mrs.  C.  F.,     .     .     .     .  ' 10.00 

Bradstreet,  Mrs.  C.  A., 20.00 

Bradt,  Mrs.  Julia  B., i.oo 

Bramhall,  Mrs.  William  T.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Bremer,  Mrs.  J.  L., 10.00 

Brewer,  Mrs.  D.  C, 2.00 

Brewer,  Mr.  Edward  M.,    . 5.00 

Brewer,  Miss  Lucy  S., 10.00 

Brown,  Mrs.  Atherton  T., 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $595.00 


236 

Amount  brought  forward, $595.00 

Brown,  Miss  Augusta  AI., 5.00 

Brown,  Mr.  C.  H.  C,  Brookline, 10.00 

Brown,  Miss  Elizabeth  Bowen, 5.00 

Brown,  Mrs.  H.  H.,  Brookline, 3.00 

Brown,  Mrs.  Samuel  N., 5.00 

Bruerton,  Mrs.  James,  Maiden, 10.00 

Bryant,  Mrs.  J.  D., 3.00 

BuUard,  Mr.  Stephen, 10.00 

BuUard,  Mrs.  William  S., 10.00 

Bullens,  Mrs.  George  S.,  Newton, i.oo 

Bullens,  Miss  Charlotte  L.,  Newton, i.oo 

Bumstead,  Mrs.  Freeman  J.,  Cambridge, 10.00 

Bunker,  Mr.  Alfred,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Burgess,  Mrs.  George,  Brookline  (since  died),    ....  5.00 

Burnett,  Mrs.  Joseph, 5.00 

Burnham,  Mrs.  John  A.,  Jr., 5.00 

Burr,  Mrs.  Allston,  Chestnut  Hill, 5.00 

Burr,  Mrs.  C.  C,  Newton  Centre, 10.00 

Burr,  Mrs.  I.  Tucker,  Jr.,  Readville, 10.00 

Butler,  Mrs.  Charles  S., 2.00 

Cabot,  Dr.  A.  T., 5.00 

Cabot,  Mr.  John  H.,  BrookHne, 5.00 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Walter  C,  BrookUne, 25.00 

Calkins,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Wellesley, 2.00 

Capen,  Mr.  Samuel  B.,  Jamaica  Plain, 3.00 

Carr,  Mrs.  Samuel, 10.00 

Carter,  Mrs.  George  E.,  BrookUne, 5.00 

Carter,  Mrs.  John  W.,  West  Newton, 5.00 

Carter,  Miss  M.  Ehzabeth, 20.00 

Cary,  Miss  Ellen  G., 20.00 

Cary,  Miss  Georgiana  S., i.oo 

Cary,  Mrs.  Richard  (since  died), i.oo 

Caryl,  Miss  Harriet  E., 2.00 

Case,  Mrs.  James  B., 5.00 

Cate,  Mr.  Martin  L.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Cate,  Mrs.  Martin  L.,  Roxbury, 5,00 

Chamberlain,  Mrs.  M.  L., 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $833.00 


237 

Amount  brought  jorward, $833.00 

Chandler,  Mrs.  Frank  W., 5.00 

Channing,  Mrs.  Walter,  Brookline, 5.00 

Chapin,  Mrs.  Henry  B.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Chapman,  Miss  E.  D.,  Cambridge, i.oo 

Chapman,  Miss  J.  E.  C,  Cambridge, 2.00 

Chase,  Dr.  H.  Lincoln,  Brookline, 2.00 

Chase,  Mrs.  S.  R.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Chick,  Mrs.  I.  W., 2.00 

Choate,  Mr.  Charles  F., 10.00 

Clapp,  Miss  Antoinette, 2.00 

Clapp,  Dr.  H.  C, 2.00 

Clapp,  Miss  Helen,  Charlestown,  N.H., 3.00 

Clark,  Mr.  B.  Preston,  in  memory  of  Mrs.  B.  C.  Clark,  5.00 

Clark,  Mrs.  Frederick  S., 10.00 

Clark,  Mrs.  J.  J., 2.00 

Clark,  Mrs.  John  T.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Clark,  Miss  Mary, 2.00 

Clark,  Miss  Sarah  W.,  Beverly, 10.00 

Clerk,  Mrs.  W.  F.,  Roxbury, 3.00 

Cobb,  Miss  Clara,  Quincy, i.oo 

Cobb,  Mrs.  Charles  K., 5.00 

Cobb,  Mrs.  John  E.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Coburn,  Mrs.  George  W., 25.00 

Cochrane,  Mrs.  Alexander, 5.00 

Codman,  Mrs.  Charles  R., 10.00 

Codman,  Mrs.  J.  Amory, 5.00 

Coffin,  Mrs.  George  R.,  Brookline, 2.00 

CoUamore,  Miss, 5.00 

Comer,  Mrs.  Joseph,  Brookhne, i.oo 

Comstock,  Mr.  A.  L., 5.00 

Conant,  Mrs.  WilHam  M., 2.00 

Conrad,  Mrs.  David,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Converse,  Mrs.  Costello  C, 10.00 

CooUdge,  Mrs.  Algernon, 5.00 

Coohdge,  Mrs.  Francis  L., i.oo 

CooHdge,  Mrs.  J.  Randolph, 10.00 

Coolidge,  Mr.  John  T., 10.00 

Amount  carried  jorivard, 81,026.00 


238 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,026.00 

Cordis,  Mrs.  Edward,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Corey,  Mrs.  H.  D.,  Newton, 2.00 

Cotton,  Miss  Elizabeth  A.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Covel,  Mrs.  A.  S., 2.00 

Cowing,  Mrs.  Martha  W.,  Brookline, 25.00 

Cox,  Mrs.  William  E.,  Chestnut  Hill, 10.00 

Craig,  Mrs.  D.  R., 5.00 

Craigin,  Dr.  G.  A., ....  5.00 

Crane,  Mrs.  Aaron  M., 5.00 

Crane,  Mr.  Zenas,  Dalton 50.00 

Crehore,  Mrs..  G.  C, 5.00 

Crocker,  Miss  Sarah  H., 5.00 

Crosby,  Mrs.  S.  V.  R., 10.00 

Cumings,  Mrs.  Charles  B.,  Jamaica  Plain  (since  died),  2.00 

Cumings,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Cummings,  Mrs.  Charles  A., 5.00 

Curtis,  the  Misses,  Brooldine, 2.00 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P., 20.00 

Curtis,  Mr.  George  W.,  Ro.xbury, 5.00 

Curtis,  Mrs.  H.  G., S-oo 

Curtis,  Mrs.  J.  F., 5.00 

Curtis,  Mrs.  M.  S.,  BrookHne, 2.00 

Curtis,  Mr.  William  O.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Gushing,  Mrs.  H.  W., 5.00 

Gushing,  Miss  Sarah  P., 5.00 

Cutler,  Mrs.  Charles  F., i.oo 

Cutler,  Mrs.  E.  G., 2.00 

Cutler,  Mrs.  George  C,  BrookUne, 2.00 

Cutter,  Mr.  Edward  L.,  Dorchester, i.oo 

Cutter,  Mrs.  Ellen  M., i.oo 

Cutter,  Mrs.  Frank  W.,  Dorchester, i.oo 

Cutts,  Mrs.  H.  M.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Dale,  Mrs.  Eben, 5.00 

Dana,  Mrs.  George  N., 5.00 

Dana,  Mr.  Samuel  B., 10.00 

Dane,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Longwood, S-oo 

Dane,  Mrs.  Francis, i.oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,258.00 


2  39 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,258.00 

Daniell,  Mrs.  Henry  W., 5.00 

Dary,  Mr.  George  A.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Davis,  Mrs.  Edward  L., 5.00 

Davis,  Mrs.  James  H.,  North  Andover, 5.00 

Davis,  Mrs.  Simon, 3.00 

Day,  Mrs.  Lewis,  Norwood, 2.00 

Dehon,  Miss  Cornelia  (since  died), 5.00 

Dennison,  Mrs.  E.  W., 5.00 

Denny,  Mrs.  Arthur  B.,  Chestnut  Hill, 5.00 

Denny,  Mrs.  H.  M., i.oo 

Denny,  Mrs.  W.  C,  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 2.00 

Derby,  Mrs.  Hasket, 5.00 

Dewey,  Miss  Mary  E., 5.00 

Dexter,  Miss  Elsie, 2.00 

Dexter,  Mrs.  Franklin, 5.00 

Dexter,  Miss  Sarah  V., 10.00 

Dexter,  Mrs.  Wirt, 10.00 

Dixon,  Mrs.  L.  S., 2.00 

Doliber,  Mrs.  Thomas,  Brookline, 5.00 

Downes,  Mrs.  Lilla  A.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Draper,  Dr.  F.  W., 5.00 

Driscoll,  Mrs.  Dennis,  Brookline, 2.00 

Drost,  Mrs.  C.  A., 2.00 

Drummond,  Mrs.  James, 5.00 

Dunbar,  Mrs.  James  R.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Dwight,  Mrs.  Thomas, i.oo 

Eager,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C,   .     . 5.00 

Edgar,  Mrs.  C.  L.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Edmands,  Mr.  H.  H.  W.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Edmands,  Mrs.  M.  G.,  Chestnut  Hill, 10.00 

Edmond,  Mrs.  Emma  H.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Edwards,  Miss  Hannah  M., 10.00 

Edwards,  Mr.  John  C,  Brookline, 10.00 

EUot,  Mrs.  Amory, 2.00 

Ehot,  Mrs.  W.  R., 5.00 

Ellis,  Mrs.  Caleb, i.oo 

Elms,  Miss  Florence  G.,  Newton, i.oo 

Amount  carried  fonvard, $1,417.00 


240 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,417.00 

Elms,  Mrs.  James  C,  Newton, i.oo 

Ely,  Mrs.  Harriet  E., 5.00 

Emerson,  Miss  Elizabeth,  Brookline, 10.00 

Emerson,  Mrs.  Harriet  M., 3.00 

Emery,  Mrs.  Mark,  North  Anson,  Me., i.oo 

Emmons,  Mrs.  Olive  E., 3.00 

Emmons,  Mrs.  R.  W.,  2d, 20.00 

Endicott,  Mrs.  Henry, 5.00 

Endicott,  Mrs.  William  C, 5.00 

Ernst,  Mrs.  C.  W., 2.00 

Estabrook,  Mrs.  Arthur  F., 5.00 

Estabrook,  Mrs.  George  W., i.oo 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Henry  L.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Evans,  Mrs.  Charles, 2.00 

Everett,  Miss  Caroline  F.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Fairbairn,  Mrs.  R.  B., 2.00 

Fairbanks,  Mrs.  C.  F., 5.00 

Farmer,  Mr.  L.  G.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Farnsworth,  Mrs.  Edward  M.,  Sr.,  Brookline,    ....  2.00 

Faulkner,  Miss  Fannie  M., 15.00 

Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B., 10.00 

Fay,  Mrs.  Joseph  S., 10.00 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  B., 10.00 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  M., 10.00 

Ferrin,  Mrs.  M.  T.  B.,  Newton, 5.00 

Field,  Mrs.  D.  W.,  Brockton, 5.00 

Fillebrown,  Mrs.  F.  E.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Fisk,  Mr.  Lyman  B.,  Cambridge, 10.00 

Fiske,  Mrs.  Joseph  N., 5.00 

Fitch,  Miss  Carrie  T., 10.00 

Fitz,  Mrs.  Walter  Scott, 25.00 

Flagg,  Mrs.  Augustus, 6.00 

Flint,  Mrs.  Caroline  E.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Foote,  Mr.  Henry  W.,  New  Orleans,  La., 10.00 

Forbes,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  Jamaica  Plain, 3.00 

Forster,  Mrs.  Henry,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Foss,  Mrs.  Eugene  N.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward,    . $1,651.00 


241 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,651.00 

Foster,  Mrs.  A.  S.,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Freeman,  Mrs.  A.  Forbes,        2.00 

Freeman,  Mrs.  H.  H., 3.00 

Freeman,  Mrs.  Louisa  A., 2.00 

French,  Mrs.  E.  A., 5.00 

French,  Mrs.  John  J., 5.00 

Friedman,  Mrs.  Max,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Friedman,  Mrs.  S.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  L.  F., 2.00 

Fry,  Mrs.  Charles, 10.00 

Fuller,  Mrs.  R.  B., 5.00 

Gardner,  Mrs.  John  L., 5.00 

Gates,  Mr.  Gardiner  P., 5.00 

Gay,  Mrs.  Albert,  Brookline, i.oo 

Gay,  Dr.  Warren  F., 5.00 

Giddings,  Mrs.  E.  L., 2.00 

Gilbert,  Mr.  Joseph  T., 2.00 

Gill,  Mr.  Abbott  D.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Gill,  Mrs.  George  F., i.oo 

Gillett,  Mr.  S.  Lewis,  Roxbury, 3.00 

Gilmore,  Mrs.  K.  M., 5.00 

Gleason,  Mrs.  Cora  L., i.oo 

Goodhue,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Chestnut  Hill, i.oo 

Gorham,  Mrs.  W.  H., 5.00 

Gowing,  Mrs.  Henry  A,,  Brookline, 2.00 

Grandgent,  Prof.  Charles  H.,  Cambridge, 5.00 

Grandgent,  Mrs.  Lucy  L.,  Cambridge, 5.00 

Grant,  Mrs.  Robert, 5.00 

Graves,  Mrs.  J.  L., 5.00 

Gray,  Mrs.  John  Chipman, 20.00 

Gray,  Mrs.  Morris,  Chestnut  Hill, 5.00 

Gray,  Mrs.  Reginald,  Chestnut  Hill, 5.00 

Greeley,  Mrs.  R.  F., 5.00 

Greene,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Copley, 2.00 

Greenleaf,  Mrs.  Lyman  B., 5.00 

Greenough,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Greenough,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Longwood, 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,806.00 


242 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,806.00 

Grew,  Mrs.  H.  S., 10.00 

Griffith,  Mrs.  J.  E.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Griggs,  Mr.  B.  F.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Griggs,  Mrs.  Thomas  B., i.oo 

Hall,  Mrs.  Anthony  D., 2.00 

Hall,  Mrs.  Eliza  J., 2.00 

Hall,  Mrs.  Solomon,  Dorchester, 10.00 

Hall,  Mr.  William  F.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Harding,  Mrs.  Edgar, 10.00 

Hardy,  Mrs.  A.  H., 3.00 

Harrington,  Mrs.  F.  B., 5.00 

Harrington,  Dr.  Harriet  L.,  Dorchester, 2.00 

Harris,  Miss  Frances  K.,  Jamaica  Plain, 2.00 

Hart,  Mrs.  Thomas  N., 2.00 

Hartley,  Mrs.  Harry,  BrookUne, 10.00 

Harwood,  Mrs.  George  S.,  Newton, 5.00 

Haskell,  Mrs.  W.  A., 2.00 

Hatch,  Mrs.  Jennie  B.,  Reading, 5.00 

Hawes,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Hayden,  Mrs.  C.  R., 5.00 

Heard,  Mrs.  J.  Theodore, 5.00 

Heath,  Mr.  Nathaniel, 5.00 

Hecht,  Mrs.  Jacob  H., 5.00 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  C.  P., 10.00 

Herman,  Mrs.  Joseph  M., 2.00 

Herrick,  Miss  A.  J., i.oo 

Herrick,  Miss  C.  M.,  Chelsea, "...  i.oo 

Hersey,  Mrs.  Alfred  H., 5.00 

Hersey,  Miss  M.  T., i.oo 

Higginson,  Mrs.  F.  L., 5.00 

Higginson,  Miss  E.  C,  Brookhne, 5.00 

Higginson,  Mrs.  Henry  Lee, 25.00 

Hill,  Mrs.  Hamilton  A., 3.00 

Hill,  Mrs.  S.  A.,  Brookhne, i.oo 

Hill,  Mrs.  WilUam  H.,  BrookUne  (since  died),  ....  5.00 

Hills,  Mrs.  S.  E.,  Jamaica  Plain, 2.00 

Hobbs,  Mrs.  Warren  D., 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,974.00 


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Amount  brought  forward, $1,974.00 

Hodgdon,  Mrs.  Henrietta, 5.00 

Hogg,  Mr.  John, 25.00 

Holbrook,  Mrs.  Walter  H.,  Newton, 2.00 

Hollander,  Mrs.  Louis  P., 5.00 

Hood,  Mrs.  George  H., 5.00 

Hooper,  Miss  Adeline  D., 5.00 

Hooper,  Mrs.  James  R., iS-oo 

Hooper,  Mrs.  N.  L., i.oo 

Hopkins,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,  Brookline, 10.00 

Horton,  Mrs.  Edward  A., 2.00 

Houghton,  Miss  Elizabeth  G., 10.00 

Houston,  Mr.  James  A.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Howard,  Mrs.  P.  B.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Howe,  Mrs.  Arabella, 2.00 

Howe,  Mrs.  George  D., 5.00 

Howe,  Mr.  George  E., 2.00 

Howe,  Mrs.  J.  S.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Howes,  Mrs.  Osborn, 2.00 

Howland,  Mrs.  D.  W.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Hoyt,  Mrs.  C.  C.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Hoyt,  Mrs.  J.  C,  Newburyport, 5.00 

Hubbard,  Mrs.  Elliot, 10.00 

Hudson,  Mrs.  John  E., 5.00 

Hunneman,  Miss  Elizabeth  A.,  Roxbury, 3.00 

Hunneman,  Mrs.  S.  W.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Hunnewell,  Mrs.  Arthur, 10.00 

Hunnewell,  Mr.  Walter, 20.00 

Hutchins,  Mrs.  Constantine  F., 5.00 

Hyde,  Mrs.  H.  D., i.oo 

lasigi,  Mrs.  Oscar, 10.00 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  Susan  Emerson,  Brookline,  ....  10.00 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  Charles  Lowell  Thayer, 3.00 

Ireson,  Mrs.  S.  E., 5.00 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Emily  J., 20.00 

Jelly,  Dr.  George  F., 10.00 

Jenkins,  Mr.  Charles, 5.00 

Jennings,  Miss  Julia  F.,  Wellesley, i.oo 

Amount  carried  forward, 82,210.00 


244 

Ajnount  brought  forward, $2,210.00 

Jewett,  Miss  Annie  (for  1903-04), 4.00 

Jewett,  Miss  Sarah  Orne,  South  Berwick,  Me.,   ....  5.00 

Johnson,  >Iiss  Mary  F., 5.00 

Johnson,  Mr.  Arthur  S., 5.00 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Edward, 2.00 

Johnson,  Mr.  Edward  C, 10.00 

Johnson,  Miss  Fanny  L.,  Wollaston, i.oo 

Johnson,  Mrs.  F.  W., 3.00 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Herbert  S., 10.00 

Johnson,  Mr.  Wolcott  H., 10.00 

Jolliffe,  Mrs.  T.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Jones,  Mrs.  B.  M., 10.00 

Jones,  ]Miss  Ellen  M.  (since  died), 10.00 

Jones,  Mrs.  Jerome,  Brookline, 10.00 

Jordan,  Mrs.  Eben  D., 5.00 

Josselyn,  Mrs.  A.  S., 5.00 

Joy,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  (for  1903-04), 20.00 

Keep,  Mrs.  Charles  M.,  Longwood, i.oo 

Kenerson,  Mr.  Austin  H.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Kennard,  Mrs.  Charles  W., 5.00 

Kettle,  Mrs.  C.  L.,    .     . i.oo 

Kidder,  Mrs.  Henry  P.,    ' 10.00 

Kidner,  Mrs.  Reuben, 2.00 

Kimball,  Mrs.  D.  P., 25.00 

Kimball,  Mr.  Edward  P.,  Maiden, 10.00 

Kimball,  Mrs.  Marcus  M., 50.00 

Kimball,  Miss  Susan  Day, 2.00 

King,  Mrs.  D.  Webster, 2.00 

King,  Mrs.  S.  G., 2.00 

Kingsbury,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Klous,  Mr.  Isaac,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Koshland,  Mrs.  Joseph, 10.00 

Kuhn,  Mrs.  Grace  M., 10.00 

Lamb,  Miss  Augusta  T.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Lamson,  Mrs.  J.  A., 2.00 

Lane,  Mrs.  Benjamin  P.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Larkin,  the  blisses, 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $2,471.00 


245 

Amount  brought  forward, $2,471.00 

Lavalle,  Mrs.  John, 5.00 

Lawrence,  Mr.  Charles  R.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Leavitt,  Mrs.  George  R.,  Lexington, 2.00 

Lee,  Mrs.  George  C., 10.00 

Lee,  Mrs.  Joseph, 100.00 

Leeds,  Miss  CaroHne  T.,  Cambridge, i.oo 

Leiand,  Mrs.  Lewis  A.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Leland,  Mrs.  Mary  E., 2.00 

Levy,  Mrs.  B.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Lincoln,  Miss  C.  K.  T.  (since  died), i.oo 

Linder,  Mrs.  G., 10.00 

Linder,  Mrs.  John  F.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Lins,  Mrs.  Ferdinand,  Jamaica  Plain, 2.00 

Livermore,  Mr.  Thomas  L.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Locke,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,  Chestnut  Hill, 10.00 

Loring,  the  Misses, 30.00 

Loring,  Mr.  W.  C, 25.00 

Loring,  Mrs.  W.  C, 25.00 

Lothrop,  Miss  Mary  B., ^.00 

Lothrop,  Mrs.  Thornton  K., t;o.oo 

Lothrop,  Mrs.  W.  S.  H., 5.00 

Loud,  Miss  Sarah  P., r  qq 

Lovering,  Mrs.  Charles  T., 5. 00 

Lovett,  Mr.  A.  S.,  Brookhne, 5.00 

Lovett,  Mrs.  A.  S.,  Brookhne, 5. 00 

Low,  Mrs.  Gilman  S., 2.00 

Lowell,  Mrs.  Charles, ^.00 

Lowell,  Mrs.  Edward  J.. coo 

Lowell,  Mrs.  John,  Jr.,   . r  qo 

Lyman,  Mr.  John  Pickering, 10.00 

Lyman,  Mrs.  Theodore,  Brookhne, 20.00 

Mack,  Mrs.  Thomas, r. 00 

Magee,  Mr.  J.  L.,  Chelsea, 10.00 

Mallory,  Mrs.  F.  B., 2.00 

Mandell,  Mrs.  S.  P., 5.00 

Mansfield,  Mrs.  George  S.,  Maiden, 2. 00 

Marrs,  Mrs.  Kingsmill,  Wayland, 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $2,876.00 


246 

Amount  brought  forward, $2,876.00 

Marsh,  Mrs.  Robert, 3.00 

Marshall,  Mrs.  J.  P.  C, 10.00 

Mason,  Miss  Fanny  P., 10.00 

Matchett,  Mrs.  W.  F., 5.00 

Mead,  Mrs.  S.  R.,  Dedham,    .     ^ 10.00 

Means,  Miss  Anne  M., 10.00 

Means,  Mrs.  William  A.,    . 10.00 

Meredith,  Mrs.  Joseph  H., 5.00 

Merriam,  Mrs.  Charles  (since  died), 5.00 

Merrill,  Mrs.  J.  Warren,  Cambridge, 10.00 

Merriman,  Mrs.  Daniel, 10.00 

Messinger,  Miss  Susan  D.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Metcalf,  Mrs.  I.  Harris,      . 3.00 

Meyer,  Mrs.  George  von  L., 25.00 

Mills,  Mrs.  D.  T., 5.00 

Mixter,  Miss  M.  A., i.oo 

Mixter,  Mrs.  William, i.oo 

Monks,  Mrs.  George  H., 5.00 

Monroe,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Morison,  Mr.  George  B., 5.00 

Morison,  Mrs.  John  H., 5.00 

Morrill,  Miss  Annie  W., 5.00 

Morrill,  Mrs.  Ellen  A.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Morrill,  Miss  Fanny  E., 5.00 

Morrill,  Mrs.  F.  Gordon, 2.00 

Morse,  Mrs.  Jacob, 5.00 

Morse,  Miss  Margaret  F.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Morse,  Mrs.  S.  A., .  2.00 

Morss,  Mrs.  Anthony  S.,  Charlestown, 5.00 

Moseley,  Miss  Ellen  F., 5.00 

Motte,  Mrs.  Ellis  L., 2.00 

Nathan,  Mrs.  Jacob,  Brookline, 2.00 

Nazro,  Mrs.  Fred  H.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Nazro,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Neal,  Miss  Caro  F.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Newell,  Mrs.  James  W.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Newell,  Mrs.  M.  A.  M.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $3,079.00 


247 

Amount  brought  forward, $3,079.00 

Newton,  Mrs.  E.  Bertram, i.oo 

Nichols,  Mrs.  E.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Nichols,  Mrs.  Fred  S., 5.00 

Nichols,  Mr.  Seth,  New  York  City, 5.00 

Nickerson,  Mr.  Andrew, 10.00 

Niebuhr,  Miss  Mary  M., i.oo 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis, 5.00 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis,  Jr., 5.00 

North,  Mrs.  James  N.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Noyes,  Mrs.  George  D.,  Brookline, 3.00 

Oliver,  Miss  Martha  C,  Phila., 2.00 

Osborn,  Mrs.  Anna  F.,  Hartland,  Me., 2.00 

Osborn,  Mrs.  John  B., 2.00 

Osgood,  Mrs.  John  Felt, i5-oo 

Page,  Mrs.  Calvin  Gates, 2.00 

Page,  Mrs.  L.  J.,  Brookline, 3.00 

Paine,  Mrs.  William  D.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Palfrey,  Mrs.  J.  C, 2.00 

Parker,  Mrs.  Charles  E., i.oo 

Parker,  Miss  Eleanor  S., 5.00 

Parker,  Mrs.  Theodore  K.,  Winchendon, i.oo 

Parkinson,  Mrs.  John  (since  died), 20.00 

Parsons,  Miss  Anna  Q.  T.,  Roxbury, 5-oo 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Anna  P., 25.00 

Peabody,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  BrookUne, 2.00 

Peabody,  Mr.  Francis  H., 10.00 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Oliver  W., 5.00 

Peabody,  Mrs.  S.  Endicott, 10.00 

Pearson,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Pecker,  the  Misses  Annie  J.  and  Mary  L., 10.00 

Peirce,  Mrs.  Silas,  Brookline, 2.00 

Peirson,  Mrs.  Charles  L., 10.00 

Penfield,  Mrs.  James  A., 2.00 

Percy,  Mrs.  Fred  B.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Perry,  Mrs.  ClaribelN., 5.00 

Perry,  Miss  Elizabeth  H.,  Bridgewater, 2.00 

Pfaelzer,  Mrs.  F.  T., 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $3,281.00 


248 

Amount  brought  forward, $3,281.00 

Phelps,  Mrs.  George  H., 5.00 

Philbrick,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Phillips,  Mrs.  Anna  T., 25.00 

Pickert,  Mrs.  Lehman,  Brookline, 2.00 

Pickman,  Mrs.  Dudley  L., 25.00 

Pierce,  Mr.  Phineas, 5.00 

Pope,  Mrs.  Albert  A., 25.00 

Pope,  Drs.  C.  A.  and  E.  F., 2.00 

Porteous,  Miss  M.  F., 2.00 

Porter,  Mrs.  Georgia  M.  Whidden, 25.00 

Porter,  Mrs.  P.  G.,  Cambridge, i.oo 

Potter,  Mrs.  Warren  B.  (since  died), 100.00 

Poulsson,  Miss  EmiUe,  Leicester, i.oo 

Poulsson,  Miss  Laura  E.,  Leicester, i.oo 

Prager,  Mrs.  Philip, 3.00 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Elliott  W., 3.00 

Prendergast,  Mr.  James  M., 10.00 

Prescott,  Dr.  W.  H., 2.00 

Preston,  Mrs.  G.  H., 2.00 

Prince,  Mrs.  C.  J., 5.00 

Proctor,  Mrs.  Henry  H., 2.00 

Punchard,  Miss  A.  L.,  Brookline, '  5.00 

Putnam,  Miss  Ellen  D., 5.00 

Putnam,  Mrs.  George, 5.00 

Putnam,  Miss  Georgina  Lowell, 10.00 

Putnam,  Mr.  W.  E.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Quincy,  Mrs.  George  H., 10.00 

Quincy,  Mrs.  H.  P., 5.00 

Ramsdell,  Mrs.  E.  A., i.oo 

Ranney,  Mr.  Fletcher, 5.00 

Ratshesky,  Mrs.  LA., 5.00 

Ratshesky,  Mrs.  Fanny, 5.00 

Raymond,  Mrs.  Henry  E., 5.00 

Reed,  Mrs.  William  H., 20.00 

Revere,  Mrs.  Paul  J.  (since  died), i.oo 

Reynolds,  Mr.  Walter  H., 5.00 

Rhodes,  Mrs.  Albert  H., 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $3,623.00 


249 

Amount  brought  forward, $3,623.00 

Rhodes,  Miss  Florence  R., 2.00 

Rhodes,  Mrs.  James  F., 5.00 

Rhodes,  Mrs.  S.  H,,  Brookline, 5.00 

Rice,  Mr.  David, 10.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  David, 15.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  David  Hall,  Brookline, 2.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  Henry  A., 5.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  N.  W., 5.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  W.  B.,  Quincy, 2.00 

Richards,  Miss  Alice  A.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Richards,   Miss   Ahce   A,    (in   memory   of  her   mother, 

Mrs.  Dexter  N.  Richards), 25.00 

Richards,  Miss  Annie  L., 20.00 

Richards,  Miss  C, 5.00 

Richards,  Mrs.  C.  A., 25.00 

Richards,  Mrs.  E.  L.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Richardson,  Mrs.  Edward  C, 5.00 

Richardson,  Mrs.  Frederick,  Brookline, 5.00 

Richardson,  Mrs.  Mary  R., 10.00 

Riley,  Mr.  Charles  E.,  Newton, 10.00 

Ripley,  Mr.  Frederic  H., 2.00 

Robbins,  Mr.  R.  C, 5.00 

Robinson,  Mrs.  Henry  H.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Robinson,  Miss  H.  M., 25.00 

Roby,  Mrs.  Cynthia  C,  Wayland, 10.00 

Rodman,  Mr.  S.  W., 10.00 

Roeth,  Mrs.  A.  G., i.oo 

Rogers,  Miss  Anna  P., 10.00 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Jacob  C, 10.00 

Rogers,  Mrs.  J.  F., 3.00 

Rogers,  Mrs.  R.  K.,  Brookhne, 5.00 

Rogers,  Miss  Susan  S., 5.00 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Wilham  B., 3.00 

Rosenbaum,  Miss  Elsa, i.oo 

Rosenbaum,  Mrs.  L., i.oo 

Ross,  Mrs.  Waldo  O., 5.00 

Rotch,  Mrs.  Clara  M.,  New  Bedford, 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $3,894.00 


250 

Amount  brought  forward, $3,894.00 

Rotch,  Mrs.  T.  M., 2.00 

Roth  well,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Rowland,  Mrs.  Charles  B.,  New  York  City, 25.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  Elliott, 2.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  Henry  G.,  Providence,  R.I., 25.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  Isaac  H.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  William  A., ro.oo 

Rust,  Mrs.  Nathaniel  J., 2.00 

Rust,  Mrs.  W.  A., 10.00 

Ryan,  Miss  Mary,  Quincy, i.oo 

Sabin,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sabine,  Miss  Catherine,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sabine,  Mrs.  G.  K.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sacker,  Miss  Amy  M., 2.00 

Saltonstall,  Mr.  Richard  M.,  in  memory  of  his  mother, 

Mrs.  Leverett  Saltonstall, 10.00 

Sampson,  Mrs.  Ed  win  H.,  Cambridge, i.oo 

Sampson,  Mrs.  H.  H.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Sampson,  Mrs.  Oscar  H., 5.00 

Sanborn,  Mrs.  C.  W.  H., i.oo 

Sargent,  Mrs.  E.  P.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sargent,  Mrs.  F.  W., 5.00 

Sargent,  Mrs.  L.  M., 5.00 

Saunders,  Mrs.  D.  E.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Sawyer,  Mr.  Timothy  T., 5.00 

Scaife,  Miss  Helen, 2.00 

Schouler,  Mrs.  James, 5.00 

Scott,  Mrs.  William  M., 2.00 

Scudder,  Mrs.  J.  D.,  in  memory  of  her  mother,  Mrs. 

N.  M.  Downer, 5.00 

Scull,  Mrs.  Gideon, 10.00 

Seamans,  Mrs.  Frank  F.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Seamans,  Mr.  James  M.,  Brookline, 10.00 

Sears,  Mr.  Frederick  R., 25.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Herbert  M., 25.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Knyvet  W., 10.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Philip  H., 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $4,130.00 


251 

Amount  brought  forward, $4,130.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Philip  S., 10.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Willard  T., 5.00 

Severance,  Mrs.  Pierre  C, 5,00 

Shapleigh,  Miss  Frances  H.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Shapleigh,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Shattuck,  Mrs.  George  B., 5.00 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Benjamin  S., 5.00 

Shaw,  Mrs.  G.  Howland, 10.00 

Shaw,  Mrs.  George  R., 2.00 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Robert  Gould, 5.00 

Shepard,  Mrs.  L.  H.,  Brookhne, 5.00 

Shepard,  Mr.  O.  A.,  Brookhne, 3.00 

Shepard,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Brookhne, .  5,00 

Shepard,  Mrs.  T.  P.,  Providence,  R.I., 25.00 

Sherburne,  Mrs.  C.  W., 5.00 

Sherburne,  Airs.  F.  S., 5.00 

Sherman,  Mrs.  George  M.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Shuman,  Mrs.  A.  (since  died), 5.00 

Sigourney,  Mr.  Henry, 10.00 

Simpkins,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5,00 

Simpson,  Mrs.  G.  W.,  Longwood, i.oo 

Skinner,  Mrs.  WiUiam,  Holyoke, 5.00 

Slatery,  Mrs.  WilUam, i.oo 

Smith,  ]\Iiss  Annie  E.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Smith,  Mrs.  Thomas  P.,  Brookhne, 2.00 

Snow,  Mrs.  F.  E., 20.00 

Snow,  Mr.  WiUiam  G.,  Phila., 5.00 

Soren,  Mr.  John  H.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

S.  P.  B., I.oo 

Sprague,  Mrs.  Charles, i.oo 

Sprague,  Miss  M.  C.,  Brookhne, 5.00 

Stackpole,  Mrs.  F.  D., 2.00 

Stackpole,  Miss  Roxanna, 5.00 

Stadtmiller,  Mrs.  F.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Stearns,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Brookhne,    ....  30.00 

Stearns,  Mrs.  R.  H., 10.00 

Stearns,  Mrs.  R.  S.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $4,356.00 


252 

Amount  brought  forward, ^     .     .     .     .    $4,356.00 

Steese,  Mrs.  Edward,  Brookline, 5.00 

Steinert,  Mrs.  Alex., 3.00 

Stetson,  Miss  Sarah  M., 10.00 

Stevens,  Mrs.  H.  H., 5.00 

Stevens,  Mr.  J.  C, 2.00 

Stevenson,  Miss  Annie  B.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Stevenson,  Mrs.  Robert  H., 10.00 

Stockton,  Mrs.  Mary  A., 3.00 

Stone,  Mrs.  Edwin  P., 5.00 

Stone,  Mrs.  Frederick, i5-oo 

Storer,  Mss  A.  M., 5.00 

Storer,  Miss  M.  G., 5.00 

Storrow,  Mrs.  J.  J., 10.00 

Strauss,  Mrs.  Ferdinand, i.oo 

Strauss,  Mrs.  Louis, 2.00 

Strong,  Mrs.  Alexander  (since  died), 10.00 

Sturgis,  Mrs.  John  H., 5.00 

Swan,  Mr.  Charles  H., 5.00 

Swan,  Miss  Elizabeth  B.,  Dorchester, 5.00 

Swann,  Mrs.  John,  Stockbridge 10.00 

Sweetser,  Mr.  Frank  E., 5.00 

Sweetser,  Mrs.  Frank  E., 5.00 

Sweetser,  Miss  Ida  E., 10.00 

Sweetser,  Mr.  I.  Homer, 10.00 

Symonds,  Miss  Lucy  Harris, 5.00 

Taft,  Mrs.  L.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Thomas,  North  Billerica, 25.00 

Talbot,  ]\irs.  Thomas  Palmer,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Talbot,  Miss  Leslie,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Talbot,  Miss  Marjorie,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Talbot,  Mrs.  William  H., i.oo 

Tappan,  MissMary  A., 15.00 

Tarbell,  Mr.  John  F.  (in  memory  of  Mrs.  J.  P.  Tarbell),  10.00 

Taylor,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Jr., 10.00 

Taylor,  Mrs.  E.  B., 5.00 

Thacher,  Mrs.  Henry  C, 10.00 

Thacher,  Mrs.  Lydia  W.,  Peabody, 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $4,601.00 


253 

Amount  brought  forward, $4,601.00 

Thayer,  Miss  Adela  G., 10.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Bayard, 50.00 

Thayer,  Miss  Harriet  L., 5.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  William  G.,  Southborough, 10.00 

Thomas,  Miss  Catharine  C, 2.00 

Thomson,  Mrs.  Arthur  C,  Brookline, 5.00 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  Alden  A., 5.00 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  Augustus, S-oo 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  A.  L.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Tibbetts,  Miss  S.  M.,  Salem,        2.00 

Tileston,  Miss  Edith, i.oo 

Tileston,  Miss  Eleanor, i.oo 

Tileston,  Mrs.  John  B., 5.00 

Titcomb,  Mrs.  Joseph  A., 2.00 

Topliff,  Miss  Mary  M., 3.00 

Townsend,  Mrs.  J.  P., i-oo 

Tucker,  Mrs.  James, i.oo 

Tucker,  Mrs.  J.  Alfred,  Newton, i.oo 

Tuckerman,  Mrs.  C.  S., 2.00 

Turner,  Miss  Abby  W.,  Randolph, 25.00 

Tyler,  Mrs.  Joseph  H., 5.00 

Van  Nostrand,  Mrs.  Alonzo  G., 5.00 

Vass,  Miss  Harriet,  Brookline, •.  2.00 

Vickery,  Mrs.  Herman  F., 5.00 

Vogel,  Mrs.  Frederick  W.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Vorenberg,  Mrs.  S., i.oo 

Vose,  Mrs.  Charles, 2.00 

Vose,  Mr.  Frank  T., 5.00 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  A.  F., 5.00 

Wadsworth,  Mr.  Clarence  S., 10.00 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  O.  F., 5.00 

Waldo,  Mr.  Clarence  H., 2.00 

Walker,  Mr.  Charles  C, 5.00 

Walker,  Mrs.  J.  Albert, 2.00 

Walley,  Miss  Helen  B., 5.00 

Ward,  Miss  E.  M., 5.00 

Ware,  Miss  Harriot,  Cromwell,  Conn., 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $4,809.00 


254 

Amount  brotcght  forward, $4,809.00 

Warren,  Mrs.  B.  W., 10.00 

Warren,  Mrs.  William  W., 25.00 

Wason,  Mrs.  Elbridge,  Brookline, 5.00 

Watson,  Mrs.  C.  Herbert,  Brookline, 5.00 

Watson,  Mrs.  H.  H., 2.00 

Wead,  Mrs.  Leslie  C,  Brookline, 2.00 

Webster,  Mrs.  F.  G., 5.00 

Weeks,  Mrs.  Andrew  G., 10.00 

Weeks,  Mr.  Andrew  G.,  Jr., 5.00 

Weeks,  Mrs.  W.  B.  P., 2.00 

Weld,  Mrs.  A.  Davis,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Weld,  Mrs.  A.  W.,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Weld,  Mrs.  Samuel  M.,  North  Chatham, 5.00 

Weld,  Mrs.  William  F., 20.00 

West,  Mrs.  Preston  C.  F., 2.00 

W^eston,  Mrs.  H.  C, 10.00 

Whalen,  Mrs.  J.  E.,  Melrose  Highlands, i.oo 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Charles  D.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  G.  H., i.oo 

Wheelwright,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Wheelwright,  Mrs.  Edward, 5.00 

Wheelwright,  Mrs.  John  W., 10.00 

Whipple,  Mrs.  Sherman  L.,  Brookline, 10.00 

White,  Mrs.  Charles  T., 3.00 

White,  Miss  Eliza  Orne,  Brookline, 5.00 

White,  Mr.  George  A., 25.00 

White,  Mrs.  Jonathan  H.,  Brookline, 10.00 

White,  Mrs.  Joseph  H.,  Brookline, 2.00 

^Vhiteside,  Mrs.  A., 3.00 

Whiting,  Mrs.  J.  K.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Whiting,  Miss  Susan  A.,  Newton, 5.00 

Whiting,  Mrs.  S.  B.,  Cambridge, 5.00 

Whiting,  Mrs.  W.  S.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Whitman,  Mrs.  Henry  (since  died), 25.00 

Whitney,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Whitney,  IVIr.  Edward  F.,  New  York  City, 10.00 

Whitney,  Mrs.  George, 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, 85,065.00 


255 

Amount  brought  forward, 85,065.00 

Whitney,  Mr.  George  M.,  Winchendon, i.oo 

Whitney,  Mrs.  H.  A., 5.00 

Whitney,  Mrs.  Henry  M.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Whitney,  Mrs.  I.  G., 2.00 

Whitney,  Miss  Mary, i.oo 

Whitney,  Mr.  S.  B., 10.00 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Brookline, 2.00 

Whittington,  Mrs.  Hiram, 2.00 

Whitwell,  Mrs.  Frederick  A., 5.00 

Wilbur,  Mrs.  Alfred,  Brookline, 2.00 

Willard,  Mrs.  A.  R., 5.00 

Willard,  Miss  Edith  G., 2.00 

Willcomb,  Mrs.  George, 5.00 

Willcutt,  Mr.  Le\d  L.,  Brookhne, 10.00 

Williams,  the  Misses,  Concord, 2.00 

W^illiams,  Miss  Adelia  C.,  Roxbury, 10.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  Arthur,  Jr.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Williams,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,  Brookline, 5-oo 

Williams,  Mrs.  Harriet  C, 25.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  Jeremiah, 2.00 

Williams,  Mr.  Moses, 5.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  Moses, 5.00 

WiUiams,  Mrs.  S.  H.,  Brookhne, i.oo 

Williams,  Mrs.  T.  B., 5.00 

Wilson,  Miss  Annie  E.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Edward  C,  Brookhne, 5.00 

Wilson,  Miss  Lilly  U.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Wing,  Mrs.  M.  B.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Winkley,  Mrs.  Samuel  H., 25.00 

Winsor,  Mrs.  Ernest,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Withington,  Miss  Anna  S.,  Brookhne, i.oo 

Withington,  Mrs.  Charles  F., i.oo 

Wolcott,  Mrs.  Roger, 5.00 

Wonson,  Mrs.  Harriet  A.,  \A'averIey, 5.00 

Wood,  Mrs.  E.  S., 2.00 

Wood,  Mr.  Henry,  Cambridge, 5.00 

Woodbury,  Mr.  John  P., 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $5,250.00 


256 

Amount  carried  forward, $5,250.00 

Woodworth,  Mrs.  A.  S., 10.00 

Worthley,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Wright,  Mrs.  John  G.,  Chestnut  Hill, 10.00 

Wright,  Miss  Mary  A., 3.00 

Wyeth,  Mrs.  Edwin  A.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Young,  Mrs.  Benjamin  L., 10.00 

Young,  Miss  Lucy  F.,  Winchester, i.oo 

$5,291.00 


Cambridge  Branch. 

Through  Mrs.  E.  C.  Agassiz. 

Abbot,  Miss  Anne  W.  (donation), $10.00 

Abbot,  Mrs.  Edwin  H., 10.00 

A  friend, i  .00 

Agassiz,  Mrs.  E.  C, 10.00 

Ames,  Mrs.  James  B., 10.00 

Batchelder,  Miss  I.,  Boston, 2.00 

Beaman,  Mrs.  G.  W., 2.00 

Beard,  Mrs.  Edward  L., i.oo 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  John  M., i.oo 

Bradford,  ISiiss  Edith, 5.00 

Brewster,  Mrs.  William, 5.00 

Brooks,  Mrs.  John, 5.00 

Brooks,  Aliss  Martha  W.,  Petersham, 5.00 

Bulfinch,  Mrs.  S.  G., 5.00 

Carey,  Mrs.  A.  A.  (donation), 5.00 

Carstein,  Mrs.  H.  L., 2.00 

Gary,  Miss  E,  F., 2.00 

Chandler,  Mrs.  S.  C, i.oo 

Chapman,  Miss  Anna  B., i.oo 

Chapman,  Miss  K.  M., i.oo 

Child,  Mrs.  F.  J., 2.00 

Cooke,  Mrs.  J.  P., 10.00 

Cushman,  Miss  Edith  W., i.oo 

Dana,  Mrs.  R.  H., 5.00 

Dana,  Mrs.  R.  H.,  Jr., 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $107.00 


257 

Amount  brought  forward, $107.00 

Davis,  Mrs.  W.  M., 2.00 

Deane,  Mrs.  Walter, 2.00 

Devens,  Mrs.  A.  L., 5.00 

Durant,  Mrs.  W.  B., i.oo 

Ela,  Mrs.  Walter, 5.00 

Emery,  Miss  C.  G., i.oo 

Emery,  Miss  Octavia  B., 3.00 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Frank  I., 3.00 

Everett,  Mrs.  Emily  (donation),       10.00 

Farlow,  Mrs.  William  G., 5.00 

Fish,  Mrs.  F.  P.,  Brookline, 10.00 

Fisk,  Mrs.  James  C.  (since  died), 5.00 

Foster,  Mrs.  Francis  C, 100.00 

Francke,  Mrs.  Kuno, 2.00 

Gale,  Mrs.  Justin  E.,  Weston, 5.00 

Goodale,  Mrs.  G.  L., i.oo 

Goodwin,  Miss  A.  M., 5.00 

Goodwin,  Mrs.  Hersey  B., 10.00 

Green,  Miss  E.  W., i.oo 

Green,  Miss  M.  A., i.oo 

Hall,  Mr.  Edward  H., 5.00 

Hastings,  Mrs.  F.  W., 2.00 

Hayward,  Mrs.  James  W., 5.00 

Hedge,  Miss  Charlotte  A.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Henchman,  Miss  A.  P., 5.00 

Hoppin,  Miss  E.  M., 5.00 

Horsford,  Miss  Katharine, 5.00 

Houghton,  the  Misses, 10.00 

Howe,  Miss  Sara  R., 5.00 

Kennedy,  Mr.  F.  L., 3.00 

Kettell,  Mrs.  Charles  W., 3.00 

Lamb,  Mrs.  George  (donation), 5.00 

Longfellow,  Miss  Alice  M., 10.00 

Longfellow,  Mrs.  W.  P.  P., 5.00 

Lyon,  Mrs.  D.  G.,  (since  died), i.oo 

Moore,  Mrs.  Lucy  T., 5.00 

Neal,  Mrs.  W.  H., i.oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $364.00 


258 

Amount  brought  forward, $364.00 

Nichols,  Mrs.  J.  T.  G., 2.00 

Noble,  Mrs.  G.  W.  C, 5.00 

Norton,  Prof.  C.  E., 10.00 

Page,  Miss  Abby  S.,  Lowell, i.oo 

Palfrey,  the  Misses, 5.00 

Perrin,  Mrs.  Franklin, i.oo 

Pickering,  Mrs.  Edward  C., 5.00 

Read,  Mrs.  WiUiam, 1.00 

Richards,  Mrs.  Mary  A., 2.00 

Riddle,  Miss  CordeUa  C, i.oo 

Roberts,  Mrs.  CooUdge  S., 10.00 

Saville,  Mrs.  H.  M., i.oo 

Scudder,  Mrs.  Horace  E., i.oo 

Sedgwick,  Miss  M.  T., 5.00 

Sever,  Mrs.  C.  W., 2,00 

Sharpies,  Mrs.  S.  P., 2.00 

Simmons,  Mrs.  George  F., i.oo 

Smith,  Mrs.  Horatio  S., 2.00 

Spelman,  Mrs.  I.  M., 5.00 

Stark,  Mrs.  W.  F., i.oo 

Swan,  Mrs.  S.  H., 5.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  James  B., i.oo 

Thayer,  Mrs.  J.  H., 2.00 

Thorp,  Mrs.  J.  G., 10.00 

Toppan,  Mrs.  Robert  N., 10.00 

Tower,  jVIiss  Anna  E., i.oo 

Vaughan,  Mrs.  Benjamin, 10.00 

WTiite,  Mrs.  J.  Gardiner, 5.00 

Whitney,  Miss  Maria, 10.00 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  A.  S., 10.00 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  G.  W., 2.00 

Williston,  Mrs.  L.  R., i.oo 

Willson,  Mrs.  Robert  W., 5.00 

Woodman,  Mrs.  Charlotte  F., 25.00 

Woodman,  Mrs.  Walter, 5.00 

Yerxa,  Mrs.  Henry  D., 5.00 

Interest, 12.57 

I546.57 


259 


Dorchester  Branch. 

Through  Mrs.  J.  Henry  Bean. 

Barry,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  S., $i.oo 

Bartlett,  Mrs.  S.  E.,  Boston, i.oo 

Bean,  Mrs.  J.  Henry, i.oo 

Bennett,  Miss  M.M.,Wellesley  College, i.oo 

Bird,  Mrs.  John  L., i.oo 

Brigham,  Mrs.  Frank  E., i.oo 

Burdett,  Mrs.  Charles  A., 5.00 

Callender,  Miss, i.oo 

Callender,  Mrs.  Henry, i.oo 

Churchill,  Mrs.  J.  R., i.oo 

Clark,  Mrs.  W.  R.,  Jr., 2.00 

Conant,  Mrs.  James  S., i.oo 

Copeland,  Mrs.  W.  A., i.oo 

dishing.  Miss  Susan  T., i.oo 

Dillaway,  Mrs.  C.  O.  L., i.oo 

Ehot,  Mrs.  Christopher  R.,  Boston, i.oo 

Faunce,  Mrs.  Sewall  A.,       i.oo 

Fay,  Mrs.  M.  C.  T.,  Mihon, 2.00 

Hall,  Miss  Adelaide, 2.00 

Hall,  Mrs.  Henry, i.oo 

Hawkes,  Mrs.  S.  L., i.oo 

Hearsey,  Miss  Sarah  E., i.oo 

Hemmenway,  Mrs.  Edward  A., i.oo 

Humphreys,  Mrs.  R.  C, 2.00 

Jackson,  Mr.  Edward  P., i.oo 

Jordan,  Mrs.  H.  J.,  Hingham  Centre, 2.00 

Joyslin,  Mrs.  L.  B., i.oo 

Laighton,  Mrs.  William  B., i.oo 

Lee,  Mrs.  Charles  J.  (donation), 10.00 

Moore,  Mrs.  L.  M., i.oo 

Murdock,  Mrs.  Harold,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Nash,  Mrs.  Edward,  Boston, i.oo 

Nash,  Mrs.  Frank  K., i.oo 

Amount  carried  Joncard, $52.00 


26o 

Amount  brought  forward, $52.00 

Nightingale,  Mrs.  C, i.oo 

North,  Mrs.  F.  O., i.oo 

Noyes,  Miss  Mary  E., i.oo 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Laban, 2.00 

Preston,  Mrs.  John, i.oo 

Reed,  Mrs.  George  M., i.oo 

Robinson,  Miss  A.  B., i.oo 

Sayward,  Mrs.  W.  H., 2.00 

Sharp,  Miss  E.  B., i.oo 

Sharp,  Mr.  E.  H., 3.00 

Smith,  Miss  H.  J., i.oo 

Smith,  Mrs.  W.  H.  L., i.oo 

Soule,  Mrs.  EHzabeth  P., 5.00 

Stearns,  Mrs.  Albert  H., i.oo 

Stearns,  Master  A.  Maynard,       i.oo 

Stearns,  Master  A.  T.,  2d,       i.oo 

Stearns,  Master  Henry  D.,  In  memory  of, i.oo 

Stearns,  Miss  Katherine, i.oo 

Stearns,  Mrs.  Fred  P., 2.00 

Swan,  Mrs.  Joseph  W.,       3.00 

Thacher,  Mrs.  A.  C, "...  i.oo 

Thacher,  Miss  Elizabeth  M., .  i.oo 

Thacher,  Miss  M.  H., i.oo 

Torrey,  Mrs.  Elbridge  (donation), 25.00 

Turner,  Mr.  William  H., i.oo 

Waitt,  Mrs.  William  Gay, i.oo 

Warner,  Mrs.  F.  H., 2.00 

Whitcher,  Mr.  Frank  W., 5.00 

Whiton,  Mrs.  Royal, i-oo 

Wilder,  Miss  Grace  S., 3-0° 

Willard,  Mrs.  L.  P., i.oo 

Wood,  Mr.  Frank, 5.00 

Wood,  Mrs.  Frank, 5-oo 

Woodbury,  Miss  Mary, i.oo 

Wright,  Mr.  C.  P., 500 

Year  of  1904  after  accounts  were  closed, i.oo 

$142.00 


26l 


Lynn  Branch. 

Through  Mr.  L.  K.  Blood. 

Averill,  Miss  M.  J., $i.oo 

Bancroft,  Mrs.  Thomas, i.oo 

Berry,  Mrs.  B.  J.,  and  son, 5.00 

Blood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  H., 5.00 

Blood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  K., 10.00 

Breed,  Mrs.  A.  B., i.oo 

Caldwell,  Mrs.  Ellen  F.,  Bradford, i.oo 

Chase,  Mrs.  Philip  A., 5.00 

Earp,  Miss  Emily  A., i.oo 

Elmer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  V.  J., 5.00 

Frazier,  Mrs.  Lyman  B., 2.00 

Harmon,  Mrs.  RoUin  E., i.oo 

Haven,  Miss  Cassie  S., i.oo 

Haven,  Miss  Rebecca  E.,  Phila., 2.00 

Heath,  Mrs.  CaroHne  P.,  Boston, 2.00 

Hollis,  Mrs.  Samuel  J., 10.00 

Lee,  Mrs.  Caroline  A., 5,00 

LeRow,  Mrs.  M.  H., i.oo 

Little,  Mrs.  WilHam  B., i.oo 

Lovejoy,  Mrs.  Dr., i.oo 

Macnair,  Mr.  John, 5.00 

Morgan,  Mrs.  William  F.  (since  died), 5.00 

Newhall,  Mr.  Charles  H., 25.00 

Page,  Miss  E.  D., i.oo 

Pickford,  Mrs.  Anna  M., 5.00 

Purinton,  Mrs.  H.  S., i.oo 

Sheldon,  Mrs.  Mary  L., 5.00 

Smith,  Mrs.  Sarah  F., 10.00 

Souther,  Mrs.  Elbridge, i.oo 

Sprague,  Mr.  Henry  B., 5.00 

Tapley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  F., 5.00 

Thomson,  Mr.  Elihu,  Swampscott  (donation),    ....  5.00 

Walsh,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles, 2.00 

$136.00 


262 


Milton  Branch. 

Through  Mrs.  William  Wood. 

Barnard,  Mrs.  James  M., $1.00 

Breck,  Mrs.  C.  E.  C, i.oo 

Brewer,  Miss  Eliza, 5.00 

Brewer,  Mrs.  Joseph, 5.00 

Briggs,  Miss  Sarah  E., i.oo 

Charming,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Clarke,  Mrs.  D.  O.,  East  Milton, i.oo 

Clum,  Mrs.  Alison  B., i.oo 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Caleb,  East  Milton, 4.00 

Dow,  the  Misses,        10.00 

Forbes,  Mrs.  J.  Murray, 5.00 

Gilbert,  Mrs.  H.  J., 5.00 

Gilmore,  Miss  Mary  E.,  North  Easton, i.oo 

Glover,  Mrs.  T.  R., 1.00 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Readville, 10.00 

Hicks,  Miss  Josephine, 2.00 

Hinckley,  Miss  Mary,  Mattapan, i.oo 

HoUingsworth,  Mrs.  Amor, 3.00 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  WilUam  H.  Slocum  by  Mrs.  Joseph 

Brewer, 50.00 

Jaques,  Mrs.  Francis, 5.00 

Jaques,  Miss  Helen, 10.00 

Klous,  Mrs.  Henry  D., i.oo 

Ladd,  Mrs.  William  J., 5.00 

Loring,  Miss  Edith, 2.00 

Loring,  Mrs.  Elisha,       3.00 

Mcintosh,  Mrs.  J.  S., i.oo 

Morse,  Mrs.  Samuel  A., i.oo 

Perkins,  Mrs.  Charles  E., 5.00 

Pierce,  Mrs.  M.  V., i.oo 

Pierce,  Mr.  Vassar, i.oo 

Pierce,  Mr.  Walworth, i.oo 

Pierce,  Mrs.  Wallace  L., i.oo 

A  mount  carried  forward. $146.00 


263 

Amount  brought  forward, $146.00 

Richardson,  Miss  ISIartha,       2.00 

Rivers,  Mrs.  George  R.  R., i.oo 

Roberts,  Miss  Rachael,       i.oo 

Roberts,  Mrs.  R.  H., i.oo 

Rotch,  Miss  Johanna, i.oo 

Safford,  Mrs.  N.  M., 2.00 

Tilden,  Mrs.  George, 2.00 

Tilden,  Mrs.  William  P.,     .     .     . i.oo 

Tucker,  Miss  R.  L.,  Hyde  Park, i.oo 

Tucker,  Mrs.  Stephen  x\.,  Hyde  Park, i.oo 

Tuell,  Mrs.  Hiram, 1.00 

Upton,  Mrs.  George  B., i.oo 

Vose,  Miss  Caroline  C, 2.00 

VVadsworth,  Mrs.  E.  D., i.oo 

Weston,  Mr.  William  B., 5.00 

Whitwell,  Mrs.  F.  A., i.oo 

WTiitwell,  Miss  NataHe  S., i.oo 

Wood,  Mr.  William,        1.00 

Wood,  Mrs.  WiUiam, 10.00 

$182.00 


Worcester  Branch. 

Through  Mrs.  Gilbert  H.  Harrington. 

Allen,  Miss  Katherine, $5.00 

Allen,  Mrs.  Lamson, 1.00 

Ball,  Miss  Helen,       1.00 

Ball,  Mrs.  Phineas, i.oo 

Brigham,  Mrs.  John  S., i.oo 

Clark,  Miss  Harriet  E., c.oo 

Clark,  Mrs.  Henry  C, 50.00 

Comins,  Mrs.  E.  I., 1.00 

Fobes,  Mrs.  Celia  E., i.oo 

Gage,  Mrs.  Homer, e.oo 

Gage,  Mrs.  Thomas  H., 2.00 

Gates,  Mrs.  Charles  L., 1.00 

Harrington,  Mrs.  Gilbert  H., 2.00 


Amount  carried  forward, $76. 


00 


264 

Amount  brought  jorward, $76.00 

Hoar,  Miss  Mary, 2.00 

Moen,  Mrs.  Philip  W., i.oo 

Morse,  Mrs.  E.  de  F., i.oo 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Henry  S., 10.00 

Richardson,  Mrs.  W.  A., i.oo 

Rogers,  Mrs.  NeUie  F., i.oo 

SaUsbury,  Hon.  Stephen, 10.00 

Schmidt,  Mrs.  H.  F.  A., i.oo 

Scofield,  Mrs.  J.  M., 5.00 

Sinclair,  Mr.  J.  E., i.oo 

Sinclair,  Mrs.  J.  E., i.oo 

Stone,  Mrs.  J.  B., 2.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Adin, 10.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  E.  D.,  Jr., 10.00 

Torrey,  Mrs.  Lewis  H., i.oo 

Washburn,  Mrs.  Charles  G.,        25.00 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Leonard, 5.00 

Whipple,  Mrs.  W.  F., i.oo 

Witter,  Mrs.  Henry,        2.00 

Wyman,  Miss  Florence  W., i.oo 

*$i67.oo 

*  Subscriptions  amounting  to  $7  were  received  after  the  accounts  were  closed  for  the  year. 


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Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 


FOR    THE   YEAR    ENDING 


August  31,   1905. 


BOSTON 

Press  of  Geo.  H.  Ellis  Co.,  272  Congress  Street 

1906 


Commontoealti^  of  "SlpajSigaci^uieietW* 


Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 
South  Boston,  October  17,  1905. 

To  the  Hon.  Wm.  M.  Olin,  Secretary  of  State,  Boston. 

Dear  Sir: — I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  you,  for  the  use 

of  the  legislature,   a  copy  of  the  seventy-fourth  annual  report 

of  the  trustees  of   this  institution  to   the  corporation  thereof, 

together  with  that  of  the  treasurer  and  the  usual  accompanying 

documents. 

Respectfully, 

MICHAEL  ANAGNOS, 

Secretary. 


OFFICERS   OF  THE   CORPORATION 
1905-1906. 


FRANCIS   H.   APPLETON,  President. 
AMORY  A.  LAWRENCE,  Vice-President. 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
MICHAEL  ANAGNOS,  Secretary. 


BOARD    OF    TRUSTEES. 


FRANCIS  H.  APPLETON. 

WM.  LEONARD  BENEDICT. 

WILLIAM  ENDICOTT. 

Rkv.  PAUL  REVERE  FROTHINGHAM. 

CHARLES  P.  GARDINER. 

N.  P.  HALLOWELL. 


J.  THEODORE  HEARD,  M.D. 

EDWARD  JACKSON. 

GEORGE  H.  RICHARDS. 

WILLIAM  L.  RICHARDSON,  M.D. 

RICHARD  M.  SALTONSTALL. 

S.  LOTHROP  THORNDIKK,  Chairman. 


STANDING     COMMITTEES. 


Monthly  Visiting  Committee, 

•whose  duty  it  is  to  visit  and  inspect  lite  Institution  at  least  once  in  each  month. 


1906. 

igo6. 

January,  .    . 

.    .   Francis  H.  Appleton. 

July,     .    .    . 

.    .   J.  Theodore  Heard, 

February,     . 

.    .   Wm.  L.  Benedict. 

August,     .    . 

.    .   Edward  Jackson. 

March,      .    . 

.    .  William  Endicott. 

September,  . 

.    .   George  H.  Richards. 

April,    .    .    . 

.    .   Paul  R.  Frothingham. 

October,   .    . 

.    .   Wii.LLAM  L.  Richardson. 

May,     .   .   . 

.    .   Charles  P.  Gardiner. 

November,   . 

.    .   Richard  M.  Saltonstall. 

June,    .   .   . 

.    .   N.  P.  Hallowell. 

December,    . 

.    .   S.  Lothrop  Thorndike. 

Committee  on  Education. 

George  H.  Richards. 

Rev.  Paul  Revere  Frothingham. 

William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 


Committee  on  Finance. 

S.  Lothrop  Thorndike. 
William  Endicott. 
Wm.  Leonard  Benedict. 
N.  P.  Hallowell. 


House  Committee. 

William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 
Charles  P.  Gardiner. 
George  H.  Richards. 


Committee  on  Health. 

J.  Theodore  Heard,  M.D. 
William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 
Richard  M.  Saltonstall. 


Auditors  of  Accounts. 
J.  Theodore  Heard,  M.D. 
S.  Lothrop  Thorndike. 


OFFICERS   OF  ADMINISTRATION  AND  TEACHERS. 


MICHAEL  ANAGNOS,  Director. 


TEACHERS     OF    THE 

Boys'  Section. 

ALMORIN  O.  CASWELL. 

Miss  CAROLINE  E.  McMASTER. 

Miss  JULIA  A.  BOYLAN. 

Miss  JESSICA  L.  LANGWORTHY. 

EDWARD  K.  HARVEY. 

RAY  WALDRON  PETTENGILL. 

Miss  ALTA  M.  REED. 


LITERARY    DEPARTMENT. 

Girls'  Section. 

Miss  GAZELLA  BENNETT. 
Miss  SARAH   M.  LILLEY. 
Miss  FRANCES  S.  MARRETT. 
Miss  MARY  E.  SAWYER. 
Miss  HELEN  L.  SMITH. 
Miss  JULIA  E.  BURNHAM. 
Miss  EUGENIA  LOCKE. 


Special  Teachers  to  Blind  Deaf-Mutes. 

Miss  VINA  C    BADGER.  I    Miss  ABBY  G.  POTTLE. 

Miss  ELIZABETH  HOXIE.  |    Miss  ANNIE  CARBEE. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    PHYSICAL    TRAINING. 


JOHN  H.  WRIGHT. 

Miss  LENNA  D.  SWINERTON. 


Miss  EUGENIA  LOCKE. 
Miss  MARY  E.  SAWYER. 


AUGUSTO  VANNINl. 
AUGUST  DAMM. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    MUSIC. 

Boys'  Section. 

EDWIN  L.  GARDINER. 
Miss  FREDA  A.  BLACK. 
Miss  HELEN  M.  ABBOTT. 
Miss  MARY  E.  BURRECK. 
W.  LUTHER  STOVER. 
JOHN  F.  HARTWELL. 
JOHN  M.  FLOCKTON. 


Girls'  Section. 


GEORGE  W.  WANT,  Voice.  \  .    ,    ,,   e„^.;^„<, 
EDWIN  A.  SABIN,   Violin.     \  ^^  ^°*  ^^^^ons. 


Miss  LILA  P.  COLE. 

Miss  MARY  E.  RILEY. 

Miss  LOUISA  L.  FERNALD. 

Miss  HELEN  M.  KELTON. 

Miss  BLANCHE  A.  BARDIN. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    MANUAL    TRAINING. 


Boys'  Section. 

JOHN  H.  WRIGHT. 

JULIAN  H.  MABEY. 

ELWYN  C.  SMITH. 

Miss  MARY  B.  KNOWLTON,  Sloyd. 


Girls'  Section. 

Miss  ANNA  S.  HANNGREN,  Sloyd. 
Miss  FRANCES  M.  LANGWORTHY, 
Miss  M.  ELIZABETH   ROBBINS.       * 
Miss  MARIAN  E.  CHAMBERLAIN. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    TUNING    PIANOFORTES. 

GEORGE  E.  HART,  Manager  and  Instnictor. 


LIBRARIANS.  CLERK 

Miss  SARAH  E.  LANE,  Librarian. 
Miss  LAURA  M.  SAWYER,  Librarian. 
Miss  MARTHA  P.  SWINERTON,  Assistant. 


AND    BOOKKEEPERS. 

Miss  ANNA  GARDNER  FISH,  Clerk. 
Miss  MAYBEL  J.  KING,  .Hookkeeper. 
Miss  EDITH  M.  GRIFFIN,  Assistant. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    HEALTH    AND    DOMESTIC    AFFAIRS. 


ELISHA  S.  BOLAND,  M.D., 

Attending  Physician. 
FREDERICK  A.  FLANDERS,  Steward. 
Mrs.  FRANCES  E.  CARLTON,  .Matron. 
Miss  ALICE  MERRILL,  Assistant. 


Housekeepers  in  the  Cottages. 

Mrs.  M.  a.  KNOWLTON. 
Mrs.  CORA  L.  GLEASON. 
Miss  CLARA  E.  STEVENS. 
Mrs    L.  R.  SMITH 
Miss  FLORENCE  E.  STOWE 


PRINTING   DEPARTMENT. 


DENNIS  A.  REARDON,  Manager. 
Mrs.  ELIZABETH  L.  BOWDEN. 


Miss  LOUISE  CHISHOLM,  Prmte.,. 
Miss  ISABELLA  G.  MEALEY,  " 


WORKSHOP    FOR    ADULTS. 

EUGENE  C.  HOWARD,  Manager.  |    Miss  ESTELLE  M.  MENDUM,  Clerk. 


MEMBERS   OF   THE   CORPORATION. 


Abbot,  Mrs.  M.  T.,  Cambridge. 
Adams,  John  A.,  Pawtucket,  R.I. 
Adams,  Melvin  O.,  Boston. 
Agassiz,  Mrs.  E.  C,  Cambridge. 
Ahl,  Mrs.  Daniel,  Boston. 
Amory,  Charles  W.,  Boston. 
Anagnos,  Michael,  Boston. 
Anderson,  Mrs.  John  F.,  Boston. 
Appleton,  Hon.  Francis  H.,  Boston. 
Appleton,  Mrs.  R.  M.,  New  York. 
Appleton,  Dr.  William,  Boston. 
Apthorp,  William  F.,  Boston. 
Atkinson,  Edward,  Boston. 
Bacon,  Edwin  M.,  Boston. 
Baker,  Mrs.  Ezra  H.,  Boston. 
Baker,  Miss  M.  K.,  Boston. 
Baldwin,  S.  E.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Baldwin,  William  H.,  Boston. 
Ballard,  Miss  E.,  Boston. 
Barbour,  Edmund  D.,  Boston. 
Barrett,  William  E.,  Boston. 
Barrows,  Hon.  S.  J.,  New  York. 
Barrows,  Mrs.  S.  J.,  New  York. 
Bartlett,  Francis,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Miss  F.,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Miss  Mary  F.,  Boston. 
Bates,  Arlo,  Boston. 
Baylies,  Mrs.  Charlotte  U.,  Boston. 
Beach,  Rev.  D.  N.,  Bangor,  Me. 
Beach,  Mrs.  Edwin  H.,  Springfield. 
Beebe,  E.  Pierson,  Boston. 
Beebe,  J.  Arthur,  Boston. 
Beebe,  Mrs.  J.  Arthur,  Boston. 
Benedict,  Wm.  Leonard,  Boston. 


Bigelow,  Mrs.  Prescott,  Brookline. 
Binney,  William,  Providence. 
Black,  George  N.,  Boston. 
Boardman,  Mrs.  Edwin  A.,  Boston. 
Bourn,  Hon.  A.  O.,  Providence. 
Bowditch,  Alfred,  Boston. 
Bowditch,  Dr.  H.  P.,  Jamaica  Plain. 
Boyden,  Mrs.  Charles,  Boston. 
Brimmer,  Mrs.  Martin,  Boston. 
Brooke,  Rev.  Stopford  W.,  London. 
Brooks,  Edward,  Hyde  Park. 
Brooks,  Rev.  G.  W.,  Dorchester. 
Brooks,  Peter  C,  Boston. 
Brooks,  Mrs.  Peter  C,  Boston. 
Brooks,  Shepherd,  Boston. 
Brown,  Mrs.  John  C,  Providence. 
Browne,  A.  Parker,  Boston. 
Brj'ant,  Mrs.  A.  B.  M.,  Boston. 
Bullard,  Mrs.  William  S.,  Boston. 
Bullock,  George  A.,  Worcester. 
Bumstead,  Mrs.  F.  J.,  Cambridge. 
Burnham,  Miss  Julia  E.,  Lowell. 
Burnham,  William  A.,  Boston. 
Burton,  Dr.  J.  W.,  Flushing,  N.Y. 
Cabot,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.,  Boston. 
Cabot,  Mrs.  Samuel,  Boston. 
Callahan,  Miss  Mary  G.,  Boston. 
Callender,  Walter,  Providence. 
Carter,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  West  Newton. 
Cary,  Miss  E.  F.,  Cambridge. 
Cary,  Miss  Ellen  G.,  Boston. 
Case,  Mrs.  Laura  L.,  Boston. 
Chace,  James  H.,  Valley  Falls,  R.I. 
Chace,  Hon.  J.,  Valley  Falls,  R.I. 
Chadwick,  Mrs.  C.  C,  Boston. 


Chamberlin,  E.  D.,  Boston. 
Chamberlin,  Joseph  Edgar,  N.Y. 
Chapin,  E.  P.,  Providence. 
Cheever,  Dr.  David  W.,  Boston. 
Cheever,  Miss  M.  E.,  Boston. 
Clark,  Miss  S.  W.,  Beverly. 
Clement,  Edward  H.,  Boston. 
Coates,  James,  Providence. 
Cochrane,  Alexander,  Boston. 
Coffin,  Mrs.  W.  E.,  Boston. 
Colt,  Samuel  P.,  Bristol,  R.I. 
Cook,  Charles  T.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Cook,  Mrs.  C.  T.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Coohdge,  Dr.  A.,  Boston. 
Coolidge,  J.  Randolph,  Boston. 
Coohdge,  Mrs.  J.  R.,  Boston. 
Coolidge,  John  T.,  Boston. 
Coolidge,  T.  Jefferson,  Boston. 
Cowing,  Miss  Grace  G.,  Brookline. 
Cowing,  Mrs.  M.  W.,  Brookline. 
Crafts,  Mrs.  J.  M.,  Boston. 
Crane,  Mrs.  Zenas  M.,  Dalton. 
Crosby,  Sumner,  Brookline. 
Crosby,  William  S.,  Brookline. 
Cross,  Mrs.  F.  B.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Cruft,  Miss  Harriet  O.,  Boston. 
Cummings,  Mrs.A.L.,  Portland,  Me. 
Cunniff,  Hon.  M.  M.,  Boston. 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Boston. 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Greeley  S.,  Boston. 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Mary  S.,  Boston. 
Dalton,  C.  H.,  Boston. 
Dalton,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Boston. 
Davis,  Miss  A.  W.,  Boston. 
Davis,  Mrs.  Edward  L.,  Boston. 
Dexter,  Mrs.  F.  G.,  Boston. 
Dillaway,  W.  E.  L.,  Boston. 
Doliber,  Thomas,  Boston. 
Dow,  Miss  Jane  F.,  Milton. 
Draper,  Eben  S.,  Boston. 
Draper,  George  A.,  Boston. 
Dunklee,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Boston. 
Duryea,  Mrs.  Herman,  New  York. 


Earle,  Mrs.  T.  K.,  Boston. 
Eliot,  Rev.  Christopher  R.,  Boston. 
Elliott,  Mrs.  Maud  Howe,  Boston. 
Ellis,  George  H.,  Boston. 
Endicott,  Miss  Clara  T.,  Boston. 
Endicott,  Henry,  Boston. 
Endicott,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Beverly. 
Endicott,  WiUiam,  Boston. 
Endicott,  William,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Endicott,  Wilham  C,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Ernst,  C.  W.,  Boston. 
Evans,  Mrs.  Glendower,  Boston. 
Fairbanks,  Miss  C.  L.,  Boston. 
Faulkner,  Miss  Fannie  M.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B.,  Boston. 
Fay,  H.  H.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Mrs.  H.  H.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Miss  Sarah  B.,  Boston. 
Fay,  Miss  S.  M.,  Boston. 
Fenno,  Mrs.  L.  C,  Boston. 
Ferguson,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Dorchester. 
Ferris,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  Brookhne. 
Ferris,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Brookline. 
Fields,  Mrs.  James  T.,  Boston. 
Fiske,  Mrs.  Joseph  N.,  Boston. 
Fitz,  Mrs.  W.  Scott,  Boston. 
Folsom,  Charles  F.,  M.D.,  Boston. 
Foote,  Miss  M.  B.,  Cambridge. 
Foster,  Miss  C.  P.,  Cambridge. 
Foster,  Mrs.  E.  W.,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Foster,  Francis  C,  Cambridge. 
Foster,  Mrs.  Francis  C,  Cambridge. 
Freeman,  Miss  Harriet  E.,  Boston. 
Frothingham,  Rev.  P.  R.,  Boston. 
Fr}%  Mrs.  Charles,  Boston. 
Fuller,  Mrs.  Samuel  R.,  Boston. 
Gammans,  Hon.  George  H.,  Boston. 
Gardiner,  Charles  P.,  Boston. 
Gardiner,  Robert  H.,  Boston. 
Gardner,  George  A.,  Boston. 
Gardner,  Mrs.  John  L.,  Boston. 
George,  Charles  H.,  Providence. 
Gill,  Mrs.  Francis  A.,  Boston. 


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Glidden,  W.  T.,  Boston. 
Goddard,  William,  Providence. 
Goff,  Darius  L.,  Pawtucket,  R.I. 
GoflF,  Lyman  B.,  Pawtucket,  R.I. 
Goldthwait,  Mrs.  John,  Boston. 
Gooding,  Rev.  A.,  Portsmouth,  N.H. 
Goodwin,  Miss  A.  M.,  Cambridge. 
Gordon,  Rev.  G.  A.,  D.D.,  Boston. 
Gray,  Mrs.  Ellen,  New  York  City. 
Green,  Charles  G.,  Boston. 
Grew,  Edward  W.,  Boston. 
Griffin,  S.  B.,  Springfield. 
Hale,  Rev.  Edward  E.,  Boston. 
Hall,  Mrs.  F.  Howe,  Plainfield,  N.J. 
Hall,  Miss  L.  E.,  Boston. 
Hall,  Miss  Minna  B.,  Longwood. 
Hallowell,  Col.  N.  P.,  Boston. 
Hammond,  Mrs.  G.  G.,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Hammond,  Mrs.  G.  W.,  Boston. 
Hanscom,  Dr.  Sanford,  Somerville. 
Haskell,  Edwin  B.,  Auburndale. 
Haskell,  Mrs.  E.  B.,  Auburndale. 
Head,  Charles,  Boston. 
Head,  Mrs.  Charles,  Boston. 
Heard,  J.  T.,  M.D.,  Boston. 
Hearst,  Mrs.  Phebe  A. 
Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Boston. 
Hemenway,  Mrs.  Chas.  P.,  Boston. 
Henshaw,  Mrs.  Harriet  A.,  Boston. 
Hersey,  Charles  H.,  Boston. 
Higginson,  Frederick,  Brookline. 
Higginson,  Henry  Lee,  Boston. 
Higginson,  Mrs.  Henr\'  L.,  Boston. 
Hill,  Dr.  A.  S.,  Somerville. 
Hill,  J.  E.  R.,  Boston. 
Hill,  Mrs.  T.  J.,  Providence. 
Hoar,  Gen.  Rockwood,  Worcester. 
Hodgkins,  Frank  E.,  Somerville. 
Hogg,  John,  Boston. 
Hollis,  Mrs.  S.  J.,  Lynn. 
Holmes,  Charles  W.,  Canada. 
Holmes,  John  H.,  Boston. 
Horton,  Mrs.  William  H.,  Boston. 


Hovey,  William  A.,  Boston. 
Howard,  Hon.  A.  C,  Boston. 
Howe,  Henr)'  Marion,  N.Y. 
Howe,  Mrs.  Julia  Ward,  Boston. 
Howe,  Mrs.  Virginia  A.,  Boston. 
Howland,  Mrs.  O.  O.,  Boston. 
Hunnewell,  Francis  W.,  Boston. 
Hunnewell,  Mrs.  H.  S.,  Boston. 
Hutchins,  Mrs.  C.  F.,  Boston. 
lasigi,  Miss  Mary  V.,  Boston. 
Ingraham,  Mrs.  E.  T.,  Wellesley. 
Jackson,  Charles  C,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Edward,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Mrs.  J.  B.  S.,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Patrick  T.,  Cambridge. 
James,  Mrs.  C.  D.,  Brookline. 
Jenks,  Miss  C.  E.,  Boston. 
Johnson,  Edward  C,  Boston. 
Jones,  Mrs.  E.  C,  New  Bedford. 
Joy,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Boston. 
Kasson,  Rev.  F.  H.,  Boston. 
Kellogg,  Mrs.  Eva  D.,  Boston. 
Kendall,  Miss  H.  W.,  Boston. 
Kent,  Mrs.  Helena  M.,  Boston. 
Elidder,  Mrs.  Henr)'  P.,  Boston. 
Kilmer,  Frederick  M.,  Somerville. 
Kimball,  Mrs.  David  P.,  Boston. 
Kimball,  Edward  P.,  Maiden. 
Knapp,  George  B.,  Boston. 
Knowlton,  Daniel  S.,  Boston. 
Kramer,  Henry  C,  Boston. 
Lamb,  Mrs.  Annie  L.,  Boston. 
Lamson,  Miss  C.  W.,  England. 
Lang,  B.  J.,  Boston. 
Lang,  Mrs.  B.  J.,  Boston. 
Lawrence,  Amory  A.,  Boston. 
Lawrence,  James,  Groton. 
Lawrence,  Mrs.  James,  Groton. 
Lawrence,  Rt.  Rev.  Wm.,  Boston. 
Lee,  George  C,  Boston. 
Lee,  Mrs.  George  C,  Boston. 
Lillie,  Mrs.  A.  H.,  Richmond,  Eng. 
Lincoln,  L.  J.  B.,  Hingham. 


Linzee,  J.  T.,  Boston. 
Littell,  Miss  S.  G.,  Boston. 
Livermore,  Thomas  L.,  Boston. 
Lodge,  Hon.  Henry  C,  Boston. 
Longfellow,  Miss  Alice  M. 
Lord,  Rev.  A.  M.,  Providence,  R.I. 
Loring,  Mrs.  W.  Caleb,  Boston. 
Lothrop,  John,  Auburndale. 
Lothrop,  Mrs.  T.  K.,  Boston. 
Levering,  Mrs.  Charles  T.,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Abbott  Lawrence,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Miss  Amy,  Brookline. 
Lowell,  Charles,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Francis  C,  Bosten. 
Lowell,  Mrs.  George  G.,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Miss  Georgina,  Boston. 
Lowell,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston. 
Lyman,  Arthur  T.,  Boston. 
Lyman,  J.  P.,  Boston. 
Marrett,  Miss  H.  M.,  Standish,  Me. 
Marrs,  Mrs.  Kingsmill,  Wayland. 
Marvin,  Mrs.  E.  C,  Boston. 
Mason,  Miss  E.  F.,  Boston. 
Mason,  Miss  Ida  M.,  Boston. 
Mason,  I.  B.,  Providence. 
Matchett,  Mrs.  W.  F.,  Boston. 
Matthews,  Mrs.  A.  B.,  Boston. 
Merriam,  Charles,  Boston. 
Merriman,  Mrs.  D.,  Boston. 
Merritt,  Edward  P.,  Boston. 
Meyer,  Mrs.  George  von  L.,  Boston. 
Minot,  J.  Grafton,  Boston. 
Minot,  the  Misses,  Boston. 
Mixter,  Miss  Madeleine  C,  Boston. 
Morgan,  Eustis  P.,  Saco,  Me. 
Morgan,  Mrs.  Eustis  P.,  Saco,  Me. 
Morison,  John  H.,  Boston. 
Morison,  Mrs.  John  H.,  Boston. 
Morse,  Mrs.  Leopold,  Boston. 
Morse,  Miss  M.  F.,  Jamaica  Plain. 
Moseley,  Charles  H.,  Boston. 
Motley,  Mrs.  E.  Preble,  Boston. 
Nickerson,  Andrew,  Boston. 


Nickerson,  Miss  Priscilla,  Boston. 
Nickerson,  S.  D.,  Boston. 
Norcross,  Grenville  H.,  Boston. 
Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Noyes,  Hon.  Charles  J.,  Boston. 
Oliver,  Dr.  Henry  K.,  Boston. 
Paine,  Robert  Treat,  Boston. 
Palfrey,  J.  C,  Boston. 
Palmer,  John  S.,  Providence. 
Parkinson,  John,  Boston. 
Parkman,  George  F.,  Boston. 
Peabody,  Rev.  Endicott,  Groton. 
Peabody,  Frederick  W.,  Boston. 
Peabody,  Mrs.  R.  S.,  Boston. 
Peabody,  S.  E.,  Boston. 
Perkins,  Charles  Bruen,  Boston. 
Perkins,  Mrs.  C.  E.,  Boston. 
Phillips,  Mrs.  John  C,  Boston. 
Pickman,  D.  L.,  Boston. 
Pickman,  Mrs.  D.  L.,  Boston. 
Pierce,  Mrs.  M.  V.,  Milton. 
Pope,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Boston. 
Porter,  Charles  H.,  Quincy. 
Powars,  Miss  Mary  A.,  Boston. 
Prendergast,  J.  M.,  Boston. 
Proctor,  James  H.,  Boston. 
Proctor,  Mrs.  T.  E.,  Boston. 
Quimby,  Mrs.  A.  K.,  Boston. 
Rand,  Arnold  A.,  Boston. 
Rantoul,  Robert  S.,  Salem. 
Reardon,  Dennis  A.,  Boston. 
Reed,  Mrs.  Wm.  Homer,  Boston. 
Reynolds,  Walter  H.,  Boston. 
Rice,  Mrs.  Henry  A.,  Boston. 
Richards,  Miss  Elise,  Boston. 
Richards,  George  H.,  Boston. 
Richards,  Mrs.  H.,  Gardiner,  Me. 
Richardson,  John,  Boston. 
Richardson,  MissM.  G.,  New  York. 
Richardson,  Mrs.  M.  R.,  Boston. 
Richardson,  W.  L.,  M.D.,  Boston. 
Roberts,  Mrs.  A.  W.,  Boston. 
Robinson,  Henry,  Reading. 


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Rodman,  S.  W.,  Boston. 
Rodocanachi,  J.  M.,  Boston. 
Rogers,  Miss  Clara  B.,  Boston. 
Rogers,  Miss  Flora  E.,  New  York. 
Rogers,  Henry  M.,  Boston. 
Rogers,  Mrs.  William  B.,  Boston. 
Ropes,  Mrs.  Joseph  A.,  Boston. 
Russell,  Mrs.  Henry  G.,  Providence. 
Russell,  Miss  Marian,  Boston. 
Russell,  Mrs.  Robert  S.,  Boston. 
Russell,  Mrs.  William  A.,  Boston. 
Sabine,  Mrs.  G.  K.,  Brookline. 
Saltonstall,  Richard  M.,  Newton. 
Sanborn,  Frank  B.,  Concord. 
Schaff,  Capt.  Morris,  Pittsfield. 
Schlesinger,  Sebastian  B.,  Boston. 
Sears,  David,  Boston. 
Sears,  Frederick  R.,  Boston. 
Sears,  Mrs.  Fred.  R.,  Jr.,  Boston. 
Sears,  Mrs.  Knyvet  W.,  Boston. 
Sears,  Mrs.  P.  H.,  Boston. 
Sears,  Willard  T.,  Boston. 
Shaw,  Mrs.  G.  Howland,  Boston. 
Shaw,  Henry  S.,  Boston. 
Shaw,  Quincy  A.,  Boston. 
Shepard,  Harvey  N.,  Boston. 
Shepard,  Mrs.  T.  P.,  Providence. 
Sherwood,  W.  H.,  Boston. 
Shippen,  Rev.  R.  R.,  Brockton. 
Sigourney,  Henry,  Boston. 
Slafter,  Rev.  Edmund  F.,  Boston. 
Slater,  Mrs.  H.  N.,  Boston. 
Sohier,  Miss  E.  D.,  Boston. 
Sohier,  Miss  Emily  L.,  Boston. 
Sohier,  Miss  M.  D.,  Boston. 
Sorchan,  Mrs.  Victor,  New  York. 
Spaulding,  Mrs.  Mahlon  D.,  Boston. 
Spencer,  Henry  F.,  Boston. 
Sprague,  F.  P.,  M.D.,  Boston. 
Stanwood,  Edward,  Brookline. 
Stearns,  Charles  H.,  Brookline. 
Stearns,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Brookline. 
Stevens,  Miss  C.  Augusta,  N.Y. 


Stewart,  Mrs.  C.  B.,  Boston. 
Sturgis,  Francis  S.,  Boston. 
Sullivan,  Richard,  Boston. 
Swan,  Mrs.  Sarah  H.,  Cambridge. 
Taggard,  Mrs.  B.  W.,  Boston. 
Talbot,  Mrs.  Isabella  W.,  Boston. 
Tapley,  Mrs.  Amos  P.,  Boston. 
Temple,  Thomas  F.,  Boston. 
Thaw,  Mrs.  Wm.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Thayer,  Miss  Adele  G.,  Boston. 
Thayer,  E.  V.  R.,  Boston. 
Thayer,  Rev.  George  A.,  Cincinnati. 
Thayer,  Mrs.  Nathaniel,  Boston. 
Thomas,  Mrs.  Joseph  B.,  Boston. 
Thorndike,  S.  Lothrop,  Boston. 
Tilden,  Miss  Alice  Foster,  Milton. 
Tilden,  Miss  Edith  S.,  Milton. 
Tilden,  Mrs.  M.  Louise,  Milton. 
Tingley,  S.  H.,  Providence. 
Tompkins,  Eugene,  Boston. 
Torrey,  Miss  A.  D.,  Boston. 
Tuckerman,  Mrs.  C.  S.,  Boston. 
Turner,  Miss  Abby  W.,  Randolph. 
Underwood,  Herbert  S.,  Boston. 
Villard,  Mrs.  Henry,  New  York. 
Vose,  Miss  Caroline  C,  Milton. 
Wales,  Joseph  H.,  Boston. 
Warden,  Erskine,  Waltham. 
Ware,  Miss  M.  L.,  Boston. 
Warren,  J.  G.,  Providence. 
Warren,  Mrs.  Wm.  W.,  Boston. 
Watson,  Thomas  A.,  Weymouth. 
Watson,  Mrs.  T.  A.,  Weymouth. 
Weld,  R.  H.,  Boston. 
Weld,  Mrs.  William  F.,  Boston. 
Wesson,  J.  L.,  Boston. 
Wheelock,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston. 
Wheelwright,  A.  C,  Boston. 
Wheelwright,  John  W.,  Boston. 
White,  C.  J.,  Cambridge. 
White,  Mrs.  Charles  T.,  Boston. 
White,  George  A.,  Boston. 
Whitehead,  Miss  Mary,  Boston. 


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Whiting,  Albert  T.,  Boston. 
Whitney,  Miss  Anne,  Boston. 
Whitney,  Henry  M.,  Brookline. 
Wigglesworth,  Thomas,  Boston. 
Wightman,  W.  B.,  Providence. 
WiUiams,  Mrs.  H.,  Boston. 
Winslow,  Mrs.  George,  Roxbury. 


Winsor,  Mrs.  E.,  Chestnut  Hill. 
Winsor,  J.  B.,  Providence. 
Winthrop,  Mrs.  John,  Stockbridge. 
Winthrop,  Mrs.  Thos.  L.,  Boston. 
Woodruff,  Thomas  T.,  Boston. 
Young,  Mrs.  Benjamin  L.,  Boston. 


SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 

ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  CORPORATION, 


South  Boston,  October  n,  1905. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  corporation,  duly  summoned,  was  held 
today  at  the  institution,  and  was  called  to  order  by  the  president, 
Hon.  Francis  H.  Appleton,  at  3  p.m. 

The  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  by  the  secretary 
and  declared  approved. 

The  annual  report  of  the  trustees  was  presented,  read,  accepted 
and  ordered  to  be  printed  with  the  usual  accompanying  documents. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer  was  read,  accepted  and  ordered  to  be 
printed. 

The  corporation  then  proceeded  to  ballot  for  officers  for  the  en- 
suing year,  and  the  following  persons  were  unanimously  elected: — 

President — Hon.  Francis  H.  Appleton. 
Vice-President — Amory  .\.  Lawrence. 
Treasurer — William  Endicott,  Jr. 
Secretary — Michael  Anagnos. 

Trustees — Francis  H.  Appleton,  William  Leonard  Benedict,  William  Endi- 
cott, Charles  P.  Gardiner,  J.  Theodore  Heard,  M.D.,  George  H.  Richards, 
Richard  M.  Saltonstall  and  S.  Lothrop  Thomdike. 

The  meeting  was  then  dissolved. 

MICHAEL  ANAGNOS, 

Secretary. 


REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES. 


Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 
South  Boston,  October  ii,  1905. 

To  the  Members  oj  the  Corporation. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen: — We,  your  trustees,  re- 
spectfully beg  leave  to  submit  the  following  report  for 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  of  August,  1905. 

The  period  under  review  presents  a  record  of  industry, 
peace  and  progress. 

The  teachers  and  administrative  officers  have  been 
faithful  and  diligent  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  and 
have  labored  assiduously  to  advance  the  interests  of  the 
institution. 

The  pupils  have  been  well  behaved,  attentive  to  their 
work  and  desirous  of  deriving  a  due  amount  of  benefit 
from  the  advantages  afforded  to  them  by  the  school. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  there  were  285  blind 
persons  connected  with  the  various  departments  of  the 
establishment,  including  the  kindergarten  in  Jamaica 
Plain.  Since  that  time  37  have  been  admitted  and  28 
have  been  discharged,  making  the  present  number  294. 

The  health  of  the  pupils  has  been  excellent.  There 
have  been  only  a  few  cases  of  severe  illness,  two  of  which, 
we  regret  to  say,  terminated  fatally.  Francis  Drew  of 
Boston  and  Ethel  S.  Hill  of  Amherst  died  in  the  city  hos- 
pital, the  former  presumably  of  a  tumor  on  the  brain  and 
the  latter  of  diphtheria  with  a  complication  of  other  diseases. 
They  were  young  persons  of  a  pleasant  temper  and  s;ood 


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disposition,   whose   early  death   was   lamented   by  their 
teachers  and  associates. 

For  special  information  with  regard  to  the  curriculum 
of  the  school,  the  methods  of  instruction  and  training 
and  for  all  matters  of  detail  we  refer  you  to  the  report  of 
the  director,  which  is  hereto  appended. 


Character  and  Aim  of  the  Work  of  the  School. 

Great  changes  and  momentous  innovations  have  oc- 
curred of  recent  years  in  the  world  of  business  and  in  the 
social  and  economic  order.  Manual  labor  has  gradually 
lost  its  hold  in  the  market  and  has  been  displaced  for  the 
most  part  by  the  extensive  use  of  machinery,  while  enter- 
prises of  various  kinds,  which  were  formerly  within  the 
reach  of  people  of  moderate  means,  have  been  rendered 
unprofitable  and  crushed  out  of  existence  by  the  pressure 
of  immense  financial  combinations  and  multiform  or- 
ganizations. Furthermore,  the  progress  of  science  has 
wrought  a  tremendous  revolution  in  every  department 
of  human  activity,  and  all  the  occupations  of  life — in- 
tellectual or  mechanical,  industrial  or  commercial — de- 
mand in  those  who  are  at  the  head  of  affairs  an  ever  in- 
creasing degree  of  mental  alertness,  intellectual  vigor, 
soundness  of  judgment,  strength  of  will  and  personal 
initiative. 

From  whatever  standpoint  we  consider  the  circum- 
stances and  the  material  and  moral  conditions  which 
surround  us  today,  we  cannot  help  realizing  that  they 
differ  most  essentially  from  those  which  have  prevailed 
heretofore.  We  live  in  an  age  in  which  the  stoutness 
of  the  sinews  and  the  skill  of  the  hands,  whether  with  the 
plough,  the  axe,  the  hammer  or  the  loom,  count  little  in 
comparison  with  their  significance  in  the  past.     The  in- 


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tellect  now  dominates  more  than  ever  and  insures  success 
in  all  undertakings  when  coupled  with  unremitting  in- 
dustry. It  gives  to  its  possessors  a  wide  outlook  and  opens 
the  door  through  which  they  pass  into  the  field  of  achieve- 
ment. Finally,  it  is  through  this  all-conquering  instru- 
mentality that  obstacles  are  surmounted,  far-reaching 
plans  are  made  and  executed  and  the  whole  earth  is  sub- 
jugated to  the  control  of  man. 

These  considerations  have  led  us  to  lay  greater  stress 
upon  the  cultivation  of  the  mental  powers  of  the  pupils 
and  to  make  this  the  primary  principle  and  the  basis  of 
the  work  of  the  school.  Accordingly  the  system  of  educa- 
tion therein  pursued  has  been  entirely  reconstructed  on  a 
firm  and  broad  foundation  and  is  inclusive  in  its  objects 
and  rational  in  its  methods.  It  comprises  such  exercises, 
studies  and  processes  as  are  calculated  to  develop  and 
strengthen  the  pupils  physically,  mentally  and  morally, 
to  make  them  energetic  and  self-reliant  and  to  call 
forth  their  natural  powers  by  instruction,  training  and 
discipline. 

Physical  training  is  a  fundamental  factor  in  our 
scheme  of  education,  and  every  pupil  goes  through  the 
exercise  of  the  gymnasium  as  a  part  of  the  school  work. 
Dealing  directly  with  the  nervous  system  and  the  brain, 
it  affects  the  whole  being  and  is  one  of  the  best  means  for 
securing  and  preserving  health,  for  developing  the  muscles 
of  the  human  frame  and  pressing  into  service  as  many  of 
them  as  possible,  for  making  the  joints  supple  and  the  mo- 
tions free  and  graceful,  for  correcting  sedentary  and  awk- 
ward habits,  for  quickening  the  power  of  attention  and 
for  disciplining  the  mind.  Agility  of  the  body  and  regu- 
larity of  its  functions,  courage  and  self-control,  coordination 
of  muscular  activity  and  self -direction,  all  are  promoted 
through  the   agency   of  systematic   gymnastic   exercises, 


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which  are  carried  on  under  the  supervision  of  competent 
and  careful  instructors. 

Manual  training  has  been  given  a  constantly  in- 
creasing prominence  in  the  curriculum  of  the  school,  and 
it  proves  to  be  an  educational  factor  of  inestimable  value. 
In  addition  to  making  the  fingers  skilful,  it  affects  the 
physical  condition  of  the  pupils  favorably  and  has  an  ex- 
cellent influence  on  their  moral  and  intellectual  nature. 
Thus  head  and  hands  are  equally  benefited,  the  judgment 
and  will  are  materially  strengthened,  while  the  ability 
to  acquire  mechanical  arts  and  crafts  is  distinctly  in- 
creased. 

The  work  of  the  literary  department  has  been  con- 
ducted on  a  larger  scale  and  more  advanced  lines  than 
heretofore  and  has  produced  excellent  results.  The 
curriculum  includes  all  the  branches  of  study,  which  are 
taught  in  the  best  public  and  private  schools  of  Massa- 
chusetts. The  processes  and  methods  of  instruction  have 
been  selected  with  great  care  and  are  well  adapted  to 
satisfy  the  wants  and  meet  the  special  requirements  of  the 
blind.  The  instructors  have  been  in  full  sympathy  with 
the  plan  of  studying  the  individuality  of  each  pupil  and 
ascertaining  his  needs,  of  leading  him  to  take  notice  of  all 
objects  around  him  and  helping  him  to  seek  and  dis- 
cover, to  be  exact  in  his  observations,  to  think  and  to  act, 
to  gain  knowledge  through  his  own  exertions,  to  be  more 
creative  and  independent  and  less  imitative  and  passive. 
We  are  glad  to  be  able  to  state  that  this  department  is  in 
far  better  condition  and  does  more  satisfactory  work  now 
than  ever  before. 

For  reasons  which  can  be  readily  explained,  music  has 
special  attractions  for  the  blind  and  plays  a  very  important 
role  in  their  education  and  life.  All  the  pupils,  except 
a  few  who  lack  musical  ability  or  whose  intelligence  is 


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below  the  average,  receive  instruction  in  this  art  and  learn 
to  sing  or  to  play  upon  one  or  more  instruments;  and 
those  who  have  well-marked  taste,  talent  and  the  other 
qualifications  essential  to  a  good  teacher  and  thorough 
musician  have  every  possible  aid  and  facility  to  become 
such.  During  the  past  year  both  instructors  and  students 
have  labored  zealously  to  place  the  work  of  the  depart- 
ment on  a  higher  plane,  and  they  have  met  with  signal 
success.  The  orchestra  deserves  special  mention  in  this 
connection  since  its  performances  have  been  so  fine  as  to 
win  the  unqualified  praise  and  high  commendation  of  the 
leading  musical  critics  of  Boston. 

Such  is  the  general  course  of  instruction  and  training, 
which  is  pursued  with  diligence  and  thoroughness  at  this 
institution.  When  it  is  finished  the  pupils  are  dismissed 
and  return  home.  There  is  the  place  for  them  to  seek  an 
opportunity  of  taking  a  humble  but  useful  part  in  the  great 
drama  of  life.  They  are  well  fitted  and  prepared  to  work 
and  become  active  and  independent  members  of  society. 
They  receive  from  the  institution  such  assistance  as  it  is 
in  its  power  to  give  them.  It  is  the  duty  of  their  neigh- 
bors, friends  and  fellow  townsmen  to  help  them  to  turn 
their  knowledge  to  advantage  and  to  make  their  way 
in  the  world. 

Need  of  Increase  of  the  Endov^ment  Fund. 

While  the  loyal  friends  ol  the  blind  rejoice  at  the  pre- 
eminence which  the  school  has  already  attained  through 
the  generous  aid  of  the  community  and  of  which  they 
have  reason  to  be  proud,  some  statements  have  gone 
abroad  likely  to  create  the  impression  that  the  institu- 
tion is  so  rich  that  it  stands  beyond  the  need  of  further 
assistance. 


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Most  fervently  do  we  wish  that  these  assertions  were 
correct;  but  we  are  grieved  to  be  obKged  to  say  that  they 
are  wholly  erroneous.  The  figures  which  we  have  before 
us  tell  a  different  story. 

As  was  pointed  out  in  our  last  annual  report,  the  ac- 
counts of  the  financial  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
August,  1904,  were  closed  with  a  balance  of  $2,034.17 
on  the  wrong  side  of  the  ledger.  This  result  was  produced 
by  the  rapid  rise  of  the  prices  of  provisions,  breadstuffs, 
fuel  and  all  other  commodities,  and  it  was  as  annoying  to 
us  as  it  was  sudden.  Believing  strongly  as  we  do  that  the 
institution  ought  to  live  strictly  within  its  revenue  and  that 
the  principal  of  its  invested  funds  must  be  kept  intact,  we 
decided  to  readjust  the  relations  of  the  receipts  and  ex- 
penditures by  cutting  down  the  latter  so  far  as  was  possible 
without  crippling  seriously  the  efficiency  of  the  operations 
of  the  school.  But  in  endeavoring  to  do  this  we  have 
been  obliged  to  defer  starting  new  lines  of  work  and  at 
the  same  time  to  postpone  indefinitely  the  making  of  some 
additions  and  general  repairs,  which  are  greatly  needed,  if 
not  absolutely  indispensable. 

These  facts  speak  distinctly  for  themselves.  They 
prove  that  the  income  is  barely  sufficient  to  cover  the  outgo 
and  that  after  the  current  expenses  are  defrayed  there 
remains  no  surplus  which  we  can  use  for  meeting  unex- 
pected emergencies  or  for  further  extension  of  the  work 
of  the  school  and  for  enlargement  of  the  field  of  its  ac- 
tivities. Evidently  we  cannot  hope  for  much  progress 
without  a  change  in  the  financial  condition  of  the  insti- 
tution. 

This  state  of  things  renders  it  necessary  for  us  to  seek 
a  permanent  remedy  of  the  difficulty  by  appealing  to  the 
public  for  an  adequate  increase  of  the  endowment  fund, 
which  alone  can  furnish  a  shield  of  security  against  un- 


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foreseen  contingencies  and  varying  conditions  and  remove 
once  and  forever  all  causes  of  anxiety. 

It  is  upon  the  strength  both  of  the  past  history  and  the 
present  condition  of  the  school  that  we  ask  its  friends  to 
come  to  our  aid.  Will  they  not,  by  legacies  and  gifts,  so 
increase  the  endowment  fund  that  it  will  yield  an  income 
large  enough  not  only  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  establish- 
ment as  it  stands  now  but  to  supply  the  means  for  its  con- 
stant growth  and  development  ? 

We  feel  sure  that  the  institution  is  peculiarly  fortunate 
in  the  character  of  its  friends  and  supporters  and  that  the 
community,  which  has  hitherto  helped  it  so  generously  and 
has  in  reality  made  it  what  it  is,  will  not  fail  to  heed  this 
appeal  and  to  respond  to  it  favorably. 

Finances. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer,  which  is  herewith  sub- 
mitted, contains  a  detailed  account  of  receipts  and  dis- 
bursements, which  may  be  summarized  as  follows: — 

Cash  on  hand  September  i,  1904,         .  $16,078.31 

Total    receipts    during    the    year    (in- 
cluding legacies  and  donations),        .  202,175.61 
Investnnents  collected, ....  288,23^.71 

$506,487.63 

480,873.29 


Total  expenditures,      ....         $131,479.09 
Investments, 349,394.20 


Balance  in  the  treasury  August  31,  1905,     .         .         .      $25,614.34 

It  is  believed  that  all  items  of  expense  have  been  pru- 
dently considered  and  judiciously  authorized  and  that  in 
nearly  every  instance  the  maximum  of  benefit  has  been 
obtained  at  the  minimum  of  cost. 


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Legacies  and  Gifts. 

We  gratefully  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  following 
bequests  since  the  date  of  our  last  annual  report. 

Mrs.  Susan  A.  Blaisdell,  late  of  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts, prompted  by  the  spirit  of  pure  benevolence  and 
by  an  earnest  desire  to  assist  as  many  good  causes  as  she 
could,  bequeathed  her  property  to  several  humane  as- 
sociations and  institutions,  among  which  ours  was  in- 
cluded, and  the  executor  of  her  will  has  paid  to  our  treas- 
urer the  amount  of  $5,060,  which  will  stand  for  years  to 
come  as  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Blaisdell. 

Mr.  George  Bruce  Upton,  a  valued  member  of  the 
corporation,  who  died  in  Milton  on  the  seventh  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1904,  and  to  whose  memory  an  appropriate  tribute 
was  recorded  in  our  last  annual  report,  left  to  the  institu- 
tion a  legacy  of  $10,000.  Thanks  to  the  diligence  of 
the  executors  of  his  will,  Messrs.  George  V.  Leverett  and 
Loren  G.  Dubois,  this  amount  was  promptly  sent  to  our 
treasurer.  Mr.  Upton  was  noted  for  his  sterling  integrity, 
his  keen  intelligence,  his  sound  judgment  and  his  unob- 
trusive philanthropy.  It  was  hardly  possible  for  a  gen- 
tleman of  his  type  not  to  be  appreciative  of  the  value  of 
the  work,  which  this  institution  is  doing  for  uplifting  the 
blind  or  to  withhold  from  it  the  aid  which  it  was  in  his 
power  to  give. 

Mr.  George  William  Boyd,  who  resided  in  recent 
years  in  this  city  but  formerly  in  Portland,  Maine,  be- 
queathed about  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars  to  charitable 
associations  and  to  educational  and  religious  corporations. 
He  manifested  a  deep  interest  in  this  institution  and  left 
to  it  a  legacy  of  $5,000,  which  amount  has  been  paid  to  our 
treasurer  by  the  executor  of  his  will,  Mr.  Louis  E.  G. 
Green.    The  poor,  the  sick,  the  forlorn  and  the  blind,  all 


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have  reason  to  cherish  the  memory  of  Mr.  Boyd  and  bless 
his  name. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  will  of  Mr.  Charles  H.  Hayden, 
late  of  Boston,  the  residue  of  his  estate,  after  the  payment 
of  several  large  legacies,  was  to  be  equally  divided  among 
seven  benevolent  associations,  our  institution  having 
been  named  as  one  of  these.  In  accordance  with  this  pro- 
vision the  sum  of  $2,500  has  been  sent  to  our  treasurer 
by  the  executors  of  the  will,  Messrs.  George  F.  Manning 
and  George  A.  Gibson. 

Mr.  Calvin  W.  Barker  of  Millbury,  Massachusetts, 
whose  death  occurred  in  March,  1903,  following  the  ex- 
ample of  his  noble  sister.  Miss  Lucy  A.  Barker,  bequeathed 
to  the  institution  the  sum  of  $2,000.  As  the  proceeds 
obtained  from  the  sale  of  his  property  were  not  sufficient 
to  cover  in  full  the  legacies  left  by  him,  it  was  necessary  to 
make  a  small  reduction.  Hence,  the  amount  which  we 
have  received  from  the  executor  of  his  will,  Mr.  George 
C.  Lawrence  of  Worcester,  was  $1,859.33.  Miss  Barker 
and  her  brother  proved  to  be  devoted  friends  to  our  school, 
and  their  names  have  been  indelibly  written  in  the  golden 
book  of  the  benefactors  of  the  blind  of  New  England. 

In  addition  to  these  legacies,  welcome  gifts  to  the  in- 
stitution have  been  received  from  Mr.  Amory  A.  Law- 
rence, vice-president  of  our  corporation,  Mr.  Robert  M. 
Pratt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  L.  Benedict  (in  memory  of  their 
beloved  son,  William  Leonard  Benedict,  junior),  Mrs. 
William  L.  Hodgman  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  Mr. 
Samuel  N.  Brown,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Richardson  of  Worcester, 
Mr.  Charles  B.  R.  Hazeltine,  Mr.  John  T.  Coolidge, 
Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Talbot,  Miss  Isabella  P.  Curtis  and 
Master  Edward  B.  Benedict. 

These  gifts  and  bequests  bear  testimony  to  the  esteem, 
in  which  the  institution  is  held  by  broad-minded  and  warm- 


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hearted  citizens,  and  give  evidence  that  its  beneficent 
work  is  duly  appreciated  by  those  who  have  had  an  op- 
portunity of  becoming  acquainted  with  its  character. 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press. 

The  printing  department  has  been  conducted  with  in- 
telKgence  and  efficiency.  Through  its  ministrations  the 
library  for  the  blind  has  been  enriched  with  works  of  per- 
manent value. 

During  the  past  year  the  following  books  have  been 
issued  from  our  press: — History  of  the  Great  Plague  in 
London  by  Daniel  Defoe,  in  two  volumes,  and  The  Boy^s 
Percy,  taken  from  Bishop  Thomas  Percy's  Reliques  of 
Ancient  English  Poetry. 

Of  the  standard  works,  which  were  either  out  of  print 
or  so  seriously  damaged  by  the  destructive  fire  in  the  Howe 
building  in  1901  as  to  be  rendered  entirely  useless,  ten 
have  been  replaced  by  new  editions. 

There  have  also  been  carefully  stereotyped  and  printed 
in  the  Braille  system  seventy-one  pieces  of  music  for  the 
pianoforte,  the  voice,  the  violin  and  the  orchestra,  covering 
944  pages. 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press  is  a  great  blessing  to  the 
blind  of  New  England  and  of  other  parts  of  the  country. 
It  provides  for  them  a  door  of  access  to  the  best  books  and 
masterpieces  of  English  poetry  and  prose.  The  collection 
of  publications  in  raised  characters  owned  by  the  insti- 
tution forms  an  important  adjunct  to  the  school.  As  it  has 
increased  in  size  it  has  occasioned  a  change  in  the  methods 
of  study.  It  enables  the  pupils  to  depend  more  upon 
themselves  and  less  upon  others.  They  begin  at  an  early 
age  the  practice  of  research  and  original  investigation. 
The  records  of  history  and  science  and  the  treasures  of 


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poetry,  philosophy  and  fiction  are  brought  within  their 
reach.  Aside  from  solacing  and  cheering  them  in  their 
solitude,  this  valuable  agency  helps  to  broaden  their  views, 
cultivate  their  minds  and  hearts  and  render  them  capable 
of  thinking  deeply  and  acting  worthily  in  whatever  po- 
sition in  life  they  may  be  placed. 

We  are  glad  to  report  that  the  circulation  of  books  in 
raised  print  has  been  vastly  increased  during  the  past 
year  and  that  much  of  the  embossed  matter,  which  was 
formerly  very  little  used  on  account  of  the  heavy  cost  of 
transportation,  has  become  recently  available  and  is  now 
in  demand.  This  change  is  mainly  due  to  a  beneficent 
law  which  has  been  recently  passed  by  congress.  In 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  publications 
in  relief,  borrowed  by  sightless  readers  either  from  public 
libraries  or  from  schools  for  the  blind  and  returned  to 
them,  are  carried  both  ways  through  the  mails  free  of 
charge. 

Teaching  the  Adult  Blind  in  their  Homes. 

The  plan  of  giving  instruction  to  the  adult  blind  in  their 
homes  has  been  in  successful  operation,  and  the  results 
produced  thereby  show  the  wisdom  of  the  state  in  making 
a  provision  for  this  purpose.  Indeed,  each  succeeding 
year  bears  testimony  to  the  value  of  this  branch  of  our  work 
and  to  the  necessity  of  its  further  development. 

We  are  convinced  by  observation  and  experience  that 
the  system  of  teaching  the  blind  at  the  place  of  their  resi- 
dence is  of  inestimable  benefit  to  a  number  of  men  and 
women  who  have  lost  their  sight  after  reaching  the  age 
of  maturity.  It  has  many  features  which  commend  it  not 
only  to  serious  consideration  but  to  general  adoption  in 
preference  to  such  arrangements  as  involve  the  gathering 
together,  in  one  place,  of  large  numbers  of  persons  similarly 


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afflicted  and  the  subjecting  of  them  to  the  disadvantages 
which  are  inevitable  in  such  congregations.  It  furnishes 
the  blind  with  suitable  occupation  and  relieves  them  from 
one  of  the  saddest  consequences  of  their  condition — en- 
forced idleness  in  unbroken  darkness.  It  opens  to  them 
channels  of  pleasure  and  storehouses  of  information  and 
helps  them  not  only  to  beguile  their  lonely  hours,  but  to  do 
something  with  their  hands  and  to  lead  a  more  useful 
and  congenial  life.  While  it  lifts  them  out  of  the  isola- 
tion and  idleness,  into  which  they  are  thrust  by  their  in- 
firmity, it  does  not  take  them  away  from  their  homes  and 
does  not  detach  them  from  the  communities  to  which  they 
belong,  but  keeps  them  near  their  neighbors  and  friends 
and  enables  them  to  preserve  unbroken  their  ties  of  kin- 
ship and  to  enjoy  their  social  relations.  ^  Nor  does  it 
bring  them  within  the  category  of  pitiful  pauperism, 
thereby  wounding  their  sense  of  self-respect,  offending 
the  dignity  of  their  manhood  and  womanhood,  lowering 
their  moral  standard,  degrading  them  in  their  own  con- 
sciousness and  in  the  estimate  of  their  fellow  men  and 
rendering  them  abject  in  mind  and  spirit. 

We  are  far  from  claiming  that  this  scheme  of  aiding 
the  adult  blind  is  so  perfect  in  all  respects  that  it  cannot 
be  improved  and  made  much  more  effective  than  it  is  now, 
but  nevertheless,  whether  we  consider  it  from  a  moral  and 
social  or  from  an  economical  and  practical  point  of  view, 
we  are  entirely  justified  in  saying  that  it  is  right  in  prin- 
ciple, beneficent  in  its  results,  frugal  in  its  administration 
and  absolutely  free  from  the  innumerable  evils,  which  are 
inseparable  from  the  aggregation  of  defective  persons 
for  any  purpose  whatsoever. 

A  careful  examination  of  the  detailed  account  rendered 
to  the  state  treasurer  will,  we  believe,  prove  that  the  funds 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  our  board  have  been  so  prudently 


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husbanded  and  so  judiciously  used  as  to  enable  the  teachers 
to  enlarge  the  field  of  their  operations  and  to  respond 
promptly  to  a  greater  number  of  applicants  for  lessons  than 
they  could  otherwise  do.  Nearly  the  whole  sum  of  money 
appropriated  by  the  legislature  for  the  benefit  of  the  adult 
blind  has  been  applied  exclusively  to  the  payment  of  the 
salaries  and  travelling  expenses  of  the  instructors  and  those 
of  the  guides  and  to  the  purchase  of  a  small  amount  of 
materials.  Not  one  dollar  has  been  expended  either  for 
the  administrative  supervision  and  proper  direction  of  the 
work  or  for  the  rent  of  office  and  store  or  for  the  remunera- 
tion of  clerks,  bookkeepers  and  librarians.  All  these  to- 
gether with  a  great  supply  of  books  printed  in  raised 
characters  of  various  kinds  have  been  given  by  the  institu- 
tion. Moreover,  at  the  request  of  our  director,  the  man- 
agers of  the  different  lines  of  railroads  running  through 
the  state  of  Massachusetts  have  been  so  generous  as  to 
allow  the  teachers  and  their  leaders  to  travel  from  place 
to  place  at  reduced  fares,  thus  contributing  their  full  share 
to  the  cause  of  the  enlightenment  and  comfort  of  the  blind. 

Workshop  for  Adults. 

This  department  is  entirely  separate  from  the  school 
and  has  no  organic  connection  whatever  with  the  latter, 
but  nevertheless  it  is  proper  to  refer  to  its  aftairs  here,  as 
it  is  under  the  same  general  administration. 

There  has  been  a  gratifying  increase  in  the  amount  of 
business,  which  has  been  done  at  the  workshop,  and  as 
a  consequence  steady  employment  has  been  furnished  to 
a  number  of  meritorious  men  and  women.  The  sum  of 
money  paid  in  wages  to  them  was  $7,271.95. 

We  are  glad  to  report  that  the  financial  condition  of 
this  department  has  been  steadily  improving  since  the 


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removal  of  our  office  and  salesrooms  from  Avon  place  to 
their  present  location,  No.  383  Boylston  street.  An  ex- 
amination of  the  balance  sheet  will  show  that  the  amount 
on  its  right  side  is  $378.46. 

Great  assistance  has  been  given  to  the  excellent  enter- 
prise, which  was  inaugurated  some  time  ago  by  the 
alumna  association  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging  not 
only  its  own  members  but  all  sightless  women  to  work  at 
some  of  the  handicrafts  of  which  they  have  a  knowledge 
and  of  disposing  advantageously  of  the  products  of  their 
industry.  Thus,  materials  of  various  kinds  are  procured 
for  them  at  wholesale  prices,  and  all  the  articles  made  by 
them  at  their  homes  and  sent  to  our  store  to  be  sold  are 
readily  received,  and  the  full  value  is  paid  to  the  consignors. 

There  is  a  large  number  of  deserving  blind  persons 
to  whose  case  we  desire  to  call  special  attention.  Most 
of  these  people  were  born  and  brought  up  in  this  country 
and  are  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  independence  and  the 
love  of  home  life.  They  are  industrious  and  self-respecting 
and  shrink  from  the  thought  of  being  considered  objects 
of  charity.  They  loathe  mendicancy  and  are  eager  to  find 
something  to  do  and  to  gain  the  means  for  their  support 
through  their  own  exertions.  They  beg  for  work,  not  for 
alms.  In  behalf  of  these  men  and  women  we  appeal  to 
the  public  for  an  increase  of  custom,  which  will  enable 
us  to  give  remunerative  employment  to  a  larger  number 
of  worthy  applicants.  We  assure  all  housekeepers  and 
heads  of  families,  who  are  disposed  to  investigate  matters 
before  making  their  purchases,  that  it  will  be  for  their 
interest  to  examine  carefully  the  articles  manufactured  at 
our  workshop.  They  will  find  that  these  are  strictly  such  as 
they  are  represented  to  be,  while  the  prices  are  even  lower 
than  those  charged  elsewhere  for  goods  of  the  same  grade. 

May  we  hope  that  the  claims  of  the  sightless  toilers  for 


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a  fair  share  of  public  patronage  will  receive  favorable 
consideration  and  satisfactory  response  from  our  citizens  ? 


Commencement  Exercises. 

Never  was  a  more  interesting  exposition  of  the  work 
of  this  institution  presented  to  the  public  than  was  offered 
by  the  commencement  exercises  of  the  school,  which  were 
held  in  Boston  Theatre  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  June  6, 
at  three  o'clock.  In  spite  of  a  heavy  and  continuous 
rain  the  spacious,  historic  auditorium  was  well  filled  by  a 
thoroughly  appreciative  audience  whose  interest  remained 
unabated  to  the  very  close  of  the  entertainment. 

The  exercises  were  begun  promptly  with  an  exceedingly 
fine  performance  of  the  first  movement  of  Schubert's 
symphony  in  B  minor,  by  the  full  orchestra  of  the  school. 
These  young  musicians  played  with  rare  skill  and  feeling, 
and  it  is  not  too  much  to  affirm  confidently,  without  taking 
into  account  any  physical  infirmities,  that  a  similarly 
masterly  rendition  could  not  have  been  given  by  any  or- 
ganization of  non-professional  players.  The  beautiful 
strains  of  Schubert's  masterpiece  gave  to  every  music 
lover  in  the  audience  a  high  degree  of  pleasure,  which 
could  be  felt  in  their  rapt  silence  and  absorbed  attention 
to  every  note, — not  because  a  group  of  blind  boys  and  girls 
were  playing  but  because  they  were  playing  well  and  ar- 
tistically. 

At  the  conclusion  of  this  number  the  kindergarten 
children  became  the  entertainers,  and  a  full  account  of 
their  games  and  songs  is  given  in  the  portion  of  this  re- 
port devoted  to  that  department. 

When  the  little  people  had  deserted  the  bright  scene, 
the  two  girls  of  the  graduating  class,  Lily  Howard  and 
Elsie  Paine,  gave  a  thoughtful  and  scholarly  recitation 


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on  the  Rise  of  the  Commons,  a  clear,  concise  and  compre- 
hensive account  of  that  period  in  EngHsh  history. 

This  was  followed  by  the  Song  on  the  Hymn  to  St. 
Cecilia,  beautifully  sung  by  Sophia  J.  Muldoon,  accom- 
panied on  pianoforte  and  stringed  instruments  by  a  class 
of  girls.  Sophia's  voice  was  fresh,  sweet  and  true,  and 
her  accompaniment  was  entirely  adequate.  She  sang 
well,  and  the  gift  of  lovely  carnations,  presented  to  her 
at  the  close,  was  greeted  by  the  audience  as  a  fitting  tribute 
to  the  principal  participator  in  a  delightful  performance. 

By  an  inversion  of  the  two  succeeding  numbers  on  the 
programme,  the  military  drill  by  a  class  of  boys  came  next. 
This  was  characterized  by  the  proud  bearing,  swift  obedi- 
ence and  precise  movement  of  young  soldiery  and  gave 
gratifying  evidence  of  their  ability  to  act  in  concert.  Their 
marching  was  excellent  as  well  as  their  manual  drill,  and 
they  won  well-deserved  applause  for  their  fine  appearance. 

No  less  interesting  was  the  exercise  in  educational  gym-' 
nasties,  given  by  a  class  of  girls  who  entered  at  this  point 
and  who,  clad  in  pretty  red  and  white  suits,  formed  a 
pleasing  spectacle.  Their  unity  and  promptness  in  exe- 
cuting the  commands  and  the  perfection  with  which  they 
performed  even  the  most  difficult  movements  were  ad- 
mirable. Both  of  these  examples  of  the  physical  training 
adopted  in  this  school  showed  well  the  splendid  work, 
which  is  being  carried  on  for  the  purpose  of  correcting 
all  bodily  defects  existent  in  these  pupils  and  of  inducing 
a  proper  amount  of  healthful  exercise  to  offset  their  mental 
activity. 

The  boys  of  the  graduating  class  then  gave  an  ex- 
ceedingly interesting  exercise  in  physics.  Their  subject 
was  sound,  and  their  carefully  prepared  and  well  arranged 
presentation  of  facts  was  clearly  illustrated  throughout 
by  experiments  with  a  sonometer. 


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The  consummation  of  the  hopes  oif  the  seniors  was  now 
attained,  and  the  diplomas  which  were  the  evidence  of  a 
course  of  study  successfully  followed,  the  reward  for  dili- 
gent work  through  many  years  of  close  application,  were 
presented  by  the  Hon.  Francis  Henry  Appleton,  the  pres- 
ident of  the  corporation,  with  a  few  earnest  words,  to 
each  of  the  seven  members  of  the  graduating  class,  Lily 
Blanche  Howard,  Elsie  Goulding  Paine,  Joseph  Bartlett, 
Wilbur  Dodge,  Lyman  Keith  Harvey,  Francis  Charles 
Nelson  and  Edward  Drury  Ryan,  who  were  warmly  ap- 
plauded by  the  enthusiastic  audience. 

The  entertainment  was  then  brought  to  a  close  by  a 
second  orchestral  selection,  the  minuet  from  Haydn's 
symphony  No.  2  in  D,  which  was  no  less  beautifully 
played  than  the  first  musical  number  and  with  even  more 
assurance  of  tone  and  volume  of  sound  and  which  made 
a  delightful  ending  to  the  exercises  of  the  day.  It  is  only 
due  to  these  pupils  who  have  so  earnestly  striven  for  such  a 
successful  exhibition  of  the  year's  work  to  say  that  this 
entertainment  was  unsurpassed  by  any  of  its  predecessors 
and  gave  entire  satisfaction  to  the  host  of  friends  who  are 
so  deeply  solicitous  for  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the 
institution. 


Iln  nDcmortam. 

Members  of  the  Corporation. 

We  are  grieved  to  be  obliged  to  report  that  since  the 
last  meeting  of  the  corporation  seventeen  of  its  valued 
members  have  died.  In  the  list  of  the  deceased  are 
included  the  following  honored  names: — 

Rev.  William  Rounseville  Alger,  D.D.,  died  at 
his  home,   No.  6  Brimmer  street,  on  the  seventh  day  of 


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February,  1905,  at  the  age  of  eighty- two  years.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  noted  unitarian  clergymen  of  his  day.  He 
was  born  in  Freeto^vn,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  a  de- 
scendant of  the  Huguenots  who  were  exiled  from  France. 
He  became  famous  throughout  the  country  as  a  pulpit 
orator  and  also  as  an  author.  He  was  endowed  with 
scholarly  tastes  and  aptitudes,  and  his  mind  was  habitually 
swayed  by  lofty  aims.  In  the  full  tide  of  his  career  few 
men  were  better  known  as  graceful  writers  and  eloquent 
preachers.  In  literature  he  has  left  an  enduring  monu- 
ment through  books  that  have  a  solid  worth  and  which 
testify  to  his  uncommon  ability  and  tireless  industry.  He 
had  an  unusual  command  of  words  and  a  quality  of  poetic 
feeling,  which  enabled  him  to  clothe  his  thoughts  in  lan- 
guage of  great  beauty  and  charm.  He  was  a  true  lover 
and  discriminating  critic  of  pictures  and  sculpture,  and 
one  of  his  best  and  most  interesting  lectures  was  a  treatise 
on  the  fine  arts.  He  was  also  passionately  fond  of  music 
and  had  some  intimate  friends  among  the  musicians  of 
the  highest  class.  Dr.  Alger  and  his  talented  daughter, 
Miss  Abby  Langdon  Alger,  who  followed  him  to  the  grave 
a  few  months  after  his  death,  were  loyal  friends  to  the 
institution  and  ardent  admirers  of  its  distinguished, 
founder.  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe. 

Mrs.  Emily  Warren  Appleton,  widow  of  William 
Appleton,  one  of  the  most  noted  philanthropists  of  this 
community,  died  at  her  home,  No.  76  Beacon  street,  on 
the  twenty-ninth  day  of  May,  1905,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years.  By  the  decease  of  this  noble  woman  Boston 
has  lost  one  of  its  valiant  daughters  and  most  useful 
citizens,  and  the  cause  of  the  blind  one  of  its  stanch  friends 
and  generous  benefactors.  Blessed  with  high  ideals,  she 
was  firm  and  unflinching  in  her  pursuit  of'  them.  She 
was  a  liberal  giver,  but  she  used  great  discretion  in  giving, 


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and  the  cases  which  appealed  to  her  most  were  those  of 
silent  and  hidden  suffering.  To  secure  kind  treatment  for 
every  living  creature,  to  help  the  poor  and  forlorn  in  their 
misery,  to  protect  the  abused  horse  and  the  neglected  cat 
or  dog,  to  serve  the  cause  of  humanity  in  general,  these 
became  to  her  objects  of  passionate  interest,  and  the 
influence  of  her  benevolence  was  widely  felt.  A  more 
conscientious,  public-spirited,  warm-hearted  and  white- 
souled  woman  has  not  lived  in  this'  city  during  the  last 
half  century.  She  was  active  in  numerous  good  works. 
Her  donations  to  the  episcopal  city  mission,  the  establish- 
ment of  which  was  made  possible  by  a  munificent  gift 
from  her  father-in-law,  amounted  since  1888  to  $50,000. 
Mrs.  Appleton  was  the  first  person  in  Massachusetts  to 
endeavor  to  procure  legal  protection  for  dumb  creatures 
from  brutal  abuse  and  shameful  neglect.  To  her  belongs 
the  credit  of  having  taken  the  initial  steps  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  society  for  the  prevention  of  cruelty  to  animals, 
similar  to  that  already  organized  in  New  York  by  Mr. 
Bergh.  Her  efforts  in  this  direction  are  described  with 
becoming  modesty,  charming  simplicity  and  absolute 
exactitude  in  a  letter  which  she  wrote  on  the  27th  of  June, 
1888,  from  Falmouth,  Massachusetts,  to  her  cousin,  Mr. 
Nathan  Appleton,  and  from  which  we  quote  as  follows: — 

I  have  just  reached  here  after  a  fatiguing  journey,  but  I  feel  that 
I  ought  to  make  some  reply  to  your  note,  which  awaited  my  arrival. 
It  will  be  impossible  for  me  to  ^vrite  anything  for  publication,  but 
I  will  just  give  you  some  facts  which  you  can  use  as  you  think  proper. 

In  1867,  while  on  a  visit  to  New  York,  I  called  on  Mr.  Bergh  to 
know  how  I  could  form  a  society  P.  C.  A.,  in  Boston.  He  replied 
that  he  would  assist  me  with  his  counsel  if  I  was  willing  to  do  the 
work.  Subsequently  he  wrote  a  circular  (I  should  say  petition  to 
the  Legislature)  to  which  I  was  to  procure  subscribers  (names).  I 
found  great  difficulty  in  getting  the  first  name,  but  finally  my  brother- 
in-law,  Mr.   Charles  Lyman,  headed  the  list.     My  cousin,   David 


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Sears,  Jr.,  followed;  then  Jonathan  Mason,  William  Appleton,  added 
their  names.  I  then  called  on  Governor  John  A.  Andrew,  who 
cheerfully  put  his  name  down  and  expressed  much  interest  in  the 
work.  Bishop  Eastburn  and  about  one  hundred  names  of  promi- 
nent citizens,  among  them  lawyers,  physicians,  clergymen,  super- 
intendents of  railroads,  were  soon  obtained.  Dr.  William  W.  Mor- 
land  gave  me  much  aid  in  this  labor. 

I  then  called  on  Hon.  Harvey  Jewell,  Speaker  of  the  House,  and 
asked  him  to  assist  me  in  arranging  a  bill  for  a  charter.  He  said 
if  I  would  draw  up  a  bill,  he  would  endeavor  to  get  a  charter.  I 
then  wrote  to  Mr.  Bergh,  who  was  enthusiastic  with  my  success  thus 
far,  but  he  could  only  refer  me  to  the  New  York  charter.  I  copied 
that  partially  and  it  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Agriculture 
in  the  Legislature. 

About  this  time  I  saw  in  the  Advertiser  a  communication  signed 
George  T.  Angell,  to  the  effect  that  the  horse  Eagle  had  been  driven 
to  death  between  Boston  and  Worcester,  and  he  desired  to  form  a 
society  P.  C.  A.,  if  anyone  would  aid  him.  I  at  once  went  to  his 
ofl&ce,  where  I  found  Mr.  Noyes  and  Mr.  William  G.  Weld.  I  told 
my  story.  He  immediately  went  to  the  State  House,  got  my  bill, 
amended  and  improved  it,  and  got  it  passed  in  a  few  weeks.  He 
then  formed  a  society,  and  my  friends  and  signers  gave  money  freely. 

I  have  all  the  details  in  a  book  written  by  Mr.  Appleton,  but  I 
cannot  get  it  while  here.  I  expect  to  go  to  Nahant  on  Saturday. 
I  send  you  the  bare  facts,  written  in  haste,  just  as  they  occur  to  me, 
but  if  you  use  them,  do  not  let  me  appear  as  the  author.  You  being 
a  ready  writer  and  accustomed  to  the  use  of  the  quill,  can  weave  a 
better  narrative  from  the  facts  than  I  can.  Of  course  there  were 
innumerable  details  to  be  arranged  that  it  would  take  too  much  time 
to  mention. 

Personally  Mrs.  Appleton  was  courteous  and  dignified 
in  manner,  lenient  in  her  judgments  and  candid  in  her 
dealings  with  others.  We  think  of  her  as  a  type  and 
embodiment  of  what  was  best  and  truest  in  the  womanhood 
of  New  England, — as  one  of  the  ripest  fruits  of  American 
life  and  civilization. 

Mrs.  Hannah  Staniford  Willard  Bartlett,  wife 
of  John  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Professor  Sidney  Willard 


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and  granddaughter  of  the  late  Joseph  Willard,  president 
of  Harvard  college,  died  at  her  home,  No.  165  Brattle 
street,  Cambridge,  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  November,  1904. 
She  was  a  woman  of  genial  disposition,  inflexible  integrity 
and  many  lovable  qualities  of  character.  She  carried 
about  with  her  the  sunshine  of  a  pure  and  noble  nature 
and  was  always  earnest,  frank  and  upright.  She  assisted 
the  needy,  comforted  the  sad,  spoke  words  of  cheer  to  the 
sorrowful  and  contributed  her  share  to  such  good  works 
as  met  the  approval  of  her  judgment.  Thirteen  years 
ago  the  cause  of  the  blind  attracted  her  attention,  and 
through  her  active  interest  in  it  she  became  a  member  of 
the  corporation. 

James  J.  Bundy  died  at  his  home  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  July,  1905,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-two  years.  A  native  of  Woodstock,  Connecti- 
cut, he  went  to  Providence  early  in  the  sixties  and  was 
employed  in  the  Rhode  Island  horseshoe  company  for  many 
years.  He  was  a  man  of  great  mechanical  ability  and 
well  fitted  to  achieve  success  in  any  undertaking  in  which 
he  was  interested  and  which  required  patient  study,  close 
attention  and  sound  judgment.  Earnest,  faithful  and 
compassionate,  he  was  highly  esteemed  and  duly  appre- 
ciated by  those  who  knew  him  well.  His  life  was  an 
eminently  useful  one,  his  honesty  was  unquestionable,  and 
his  aims  were  praiseworthy.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
membership  of  the  corporation  in  1882  through  an  un- 
solicited contribution  to  the  printing  fund. 

Hon.  William  Claflin,  former  governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  member  of  congress,  died  at  his  home,  the 
"Old  Elms"  in  Newton ville,  on  the  fifth  day  of  January, 
1905,  in  his  eighty-seventh  year.  He  was  born  at  Milford 
on  the  sixth  of  March,  1818,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  the  Milford  Academy  and  Brown  university. 


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In  1 841  he  went  into  business  as  a  dealer  of  shoes  in  Saint 
Louis,  where  he  remained  several  years.  He  then  returned 
to  Boston,  continuing  in  the  same  business  with  different 
partners.  Through  his  integrity,  industry  and  ability  he 
became  a  prominent  citizen  and  left  the  stamp  of  his 
strong  and  sturdy  personality  upon  many  of  the  interests 
of  the  commonwealth.  He  was  very  generous  without 
ostentation,  and  the  cause  of  education  is  greatly  indebted 
to  him.  He  was  a  wise  and  safe  counsellor,  a  patriotic 
and  public-spirited  citizen  whose  association  with  the 
affairs  of  the  state  was  long  and  valuable.  His  conceptions 
of  duty  were  high,  and  he  loyally  lived  up  to  them.  He 
served  as  treasurer  of  our  corporation  from  1862  until 
1869  when  he  was  obliged  to  resign  the  office  on  account 
of  his  election  to  the  governorship  of  Massachusetts. 

Charles  A.  Cummings  died  at  Asticon,  Maine,  on  the 
eleventh  day  of  August,  1905,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two 
years.  He  was  a  man  of  exceptional  culture  and  refine- 
ment, as  well  as  of  great  practical  ability.  A  gentleman 
in  the  true  sense  of  the  word,  he  was  gentle,  kindly, 
courteous  and  always  glad  to  be  of  use  to  his  fellow  men. 
The  death  of  such  a  man  can  not  fail  to  be  regarded  as  a 
loss  not  only  to  his  relatives  and  friends  but  to  the  com- 
munity, in  which  he  was  well  known  and  greatly  respected. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  R.  Motley  Fay,  wife  of  Mr.  Joseph 
S.  Fay,  jr.,  died  at  her  home.  No.  169  Commonwealth 
avenue,  on  the  fourth  day  of  June,  1905.  She  was  one  of 
the  leading  and  most  useful  women  in  Boston.  She  was 
full  of  good  works  and  abounding  in  blessings.  Ever 
sensitive  to  the  sorrows  and  needs  of  the  poor  and  the 
suffering,  she  kept  open  to  them  both  her  heart  and 
purse  and  bestowed  aid  upon  those  who  appeared  to  be 
worthy  of  assistance.  Her  wisely  administered  charities 
made  her  one  of  the  most  useful  women  in  Boston,  while 


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in  private  life  she  was  a  tower  of  strength  to  her  family 
and  friends  and  attended  to  her  domestic  and  social  duties 
with  scrupulous  care.  Mrs.  Fay  occupied  a  high  position 
in  society  and  was  prominent  in  many  good  works.  A 
sweet  and  generous  spirit  has  taken  its  flight,  and  husband, 
relatives  and  friends  mourn  their  grievous  loss.  May  the 
memory  of  her  pure  and  beneficent  life,  filled  with  the 
love  of  humanity  and  devoted  to  good  works,  dull  the  sting 
of  their  sorrow. 

Hon.  William  Henry  Hodgkins  died  at  his  summer 
home  in  Kennebunk,  Maine,  on  the  twenty-fourth  day  of 
September,  1905,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.     He  had 
been  seriously  ill  with  kidney  and  heart  trouble  since  early 
in  the  summer.     He  was  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, on  the  ninth  of  June,   1840,  and  was  the  son  of 
William  and  Abigail  Hodgkins.     After  his  graduation  at 
the  high  school  of  his  native  town  he  obtained  employment 
in  a  firm  of  shipping  and  commission  merchants  in  Boston 
where  he  remained  until  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war.     In 
1862  he  enlisted  in  a  company  of  the  thirty-ninth  Massa- 
chusetts regiment  in  Charlestown,  and  in  three  months 
he  was  made  second  lieutenant.     Then  he  became  first 
lieutenant,   captain,   and   finally  received   his   brevet  as 
major  on  the  twenty-fifth  of  March,    1865,   for  gallant 
service  at  Fort  Steadman.     At  one  time  he  was  adjutant 
general  of  the  brigade  to  which  his  regiment  was  attached. 
In  June,  1865,  he  was  mustered  out  of  service.    After  the 
war  Major  Hodgkins  took  up  his  residence  in  Somerville. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  the  city  of  Boston  and  was  chief 
clerk  of   the  board  of  public  institutions  for  a  period 
of  twenty-one  years.     He  resigned  in  July,  1887,  to  as- 
sume the  duties  of  trustee  of  the  estate  of  J.  Putnam 
Bradlee,  in  the  management  of  which  he  has  shown  great 
administrative    ability   and    unquestionable   fidelity.     At 


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the  death  of  Miss  Helen  Curtis  Bradlee,  the  surviving 
sister  and  heir  of  the  testator,  he  followed  her  directions 
and  disposed  of  the  largest  part  of  this  immense  property 
for  benevolent  objects,  allotting  to  our  institution  a  share 
of  $100,000.  For  this  munificent  bequest  the  blind  of 
New  England  will  bless  forever  the  name  of  their  great 
benefactor,  J.  Putnam  Bradlee,  and  at  the  same  time  will 
remember  with  gratitude  the  kindness  of  the  faithful 
executor  of  his  will.  From  1892  to  1895  Major  Hodgkins 
was  mayor  of  the  city  of  Somerville  and  rendered  such 
valuable  service  that  his  positive  refusal  of  a  renomination 
was  deeply  regretted.  He  was  also  state  senator  for  the 
years  1898  and  1899.  In  every  position  which  he  held, 
whether  military,  civic,  political  or  of  a  private  character, 
he  has  distinguished  himself  for  courage,  probity  and 
executive  ability  and  has  written  his  name  in  the  records 
of  the  honorable,  patriotic  and  public-spirited  citizens  of 
Massachusetts. 

Hon.  Henry  Howard  died  at  his  home  in  Harris, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  September, 
1905,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  He  was  one  of 
the  leading  manufacturers  of  his  native  state  and  had 
been  president  of  several  industrial  concerns.  In  1873 
he  was  chosen  governor  of  Rhode  Island  and  served  until 
1875.  He  was  a  man  of  wide  and  varied  experience  in 
business  enterprises  and  was  highly  esteemed  for  his 
uprightness  and  practical  common  sense.  He  was  a  wise 
counsellor,  an  able  manager  of  affairs  and  a  firm  believer 
in  the  principles  and  policies  of  the  political  party,  to  which 
he  belonged  and  under  the  auspices  of  which  he  became 
a  member  of  the  legislature  and  chief  executive  of  his  native 
state. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Louisa  Nichols,  widow  of  Frederick 
Spelman  Nichols,  died  suddenly  at  her  home,  No.  2  Joy 


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street,  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  December,  1904.  She 
was  a  woman  of  exceUing  character,  ripe  wisdom,  and 
S)mipathetic  nature.  She  was  singularly  unassuming, 
patient,  kind-hearted  and  thoughtful  of  others.  She  was 
a  dispenser  of  charity,  and  her  deeds  of  benevolence  will 
be  long  remembered  by  many.  She  had  a  host  of  friends 
to  whom  she  endeared  herself  by  her  many  virtues.  She 
manifested  an  active  interest  in  the  cause  of  the  blind  and 
became  a  member  of  the  corporation  twelve  years  ago. 

John  Hov^ard  Nichols  died  at  his  home  in  Sargent 
street,  Newton,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  September,  1905, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years,  seven  months  and  twenty- 
four  days.  He  was  born  in  Kingston,  New  Hampshire, 
on  the  eighteenth  day  of  December,  1837,  and  in  1858 
went  to  China,  where  he  remained  about  twelve  years. 
In  1876  he  was  made  treasurer  of  the  Dwight  Manufac- 
turing Company,  the  plant  of  which  was  located  at  Chico- 
pee,  Massachusetts,  and  in  Alabama.  He  was  connected 
with  several  manufacturing  companies,  serving  either  as 
treasurer  or  as  president,  and  attained  great  success  in  the 
management  of  their  affairs.  He  was  diligent,  upright 
and  orderly  in  the  conduct  of  his  business  and  decided  in 
his  convictions.  He  has  left  behind  him  a  large  number 
of  devoted  friends  and  appreciative  associates  to  mourn 
his  death.  His  interest  in  this  institution  dates  back  to 
1882  when  he  made  a  contribution  to  the  printing  fund 
and  became  a  member  of  the  corporation. 

Richard  T.  Parker,  died  in  Dublin,  New  Hampshire, 
on  the  third  day  of  October,  1904,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
four  years.  He  was  deeply  interested  in  everything  that 
touched  the  welfare  of  his  fellow  beings  and  was  honored 
by  his  fellow  citizens  for  the  goodness  of  his  life,  for  the 
gentleness  and  sweetness  of  his  character.  His  natural 
abilities,  his  industry  and  his  gifts  of  mind  and  heart 


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opened  the  way  for  him  to  an  active  and  very  useful  life. 
He  was  highly  respected  for  his  probity,  his  business  ca- 
pacity and  his  quiet  generosity.  In  all  his  relations  and 
associations  he  was  strictly  honest,  just  and  upright.  He 
was  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  estate  of  his  sister,  the  late 
Mrs.  John  T.  Coolidge,  whose  earthly  career  was  closed 
on  the  eighteenth  of  October,  1899,  and  who  made  in  her 
will  a  most  generous  provision  for  the  benefit  of  the  little 
blind  children. 

Francis  Howard  Peabody,  the  head  of  the  banking 
house  of  Kidder,  Peabody  and  Company,  died  suddenly 
at  his  summer  home  on  Ober  street  in  Beverly  Cove  on 
the  twenty-second  day  of  September,  1905,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-four  years.  He  was  born  in  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1 83 1  and  was  the  son  of  the  late  Rev.  William 
Bourne  Oliver  Peabody,  a  distinguished  unitarian  clergy- 
man, to  whom  we  owe  several  of  the  best  hymns  in  our 
language  and  some  of  the  most  vigorous  work,  not  only 
literary  but  social,  of  half  a  century  ago.  Mr.  Peabody's 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  and  was 
supplemented  by  the  teachings  of  his  father.  In  1845  he 
left  school  and  secured  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  Chicopee 
bank  of  his  native  city.  Two  years  later  he  came  to 
Boston  and  entered  the  employ  of  John  E.  Thayer  and 
Brother  who  were  then  the  leading  bankers  of  New  Eng- 
land. His  younger  brother,  Col.  Oliver  W.  Peabody,  also 
became  a  clerk  in  the  same  house  directly  after  leaving 
Phillips  Exeter  academy.  The  young  men  devoted  them- 
selves assiduously  to  mastering  their  work  in  all  its  details 
and  grew  in  favor  so  that  when  Mr.  Nathaniel  Thayer 
retired  from  the  banking  business  in  1865  his  firm  was 
succeeded  by  that  of  Kidder,  Peabody  and  Company, 
which  was  at  that  time  organized  by  his  junior  partner, 
Mr.  Henry  P.  Kidder,  and  the  two  Peabody  brothers. 


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Mr.  Kidder's  death  occurred  in  1886,  that  of  Col.  Oliver 
Peabody  ten  years  later,  and  now  the  decease  of  Francis 
Howard  Peabody  removes  the  last  of  the  founders  of 
Boston's  foremost  banking  house — one  of  the  best  of  its 
kind  in  the  world.  For  nearly  half  a  century  Mr.  Peabody 
has  been  prominent  in  the  financial  circles  of  the  United 
States  and  was  an  acknowledged  leader  among  the  mone- 
tary magnates  at  home  and  abroad.  His  sagacity  in  his 
responsible  calling  was  never  challenged.  His  name  was 
associated  with  some  of  the  largest  transactions,  not  only 
local. but  national,  and  it  was  everywhere  recognized  as 
standing  for  strict  integrity  and  for  wise  conservatism.  He 
was  noted  for  his  superior  moral  character,  to  which  he 
joined  an  exceptional  business  ability.  With  advancing 
years  he  retired  from  active  work,  but  nevertheless  was 
found  daily  at  his  desk,  and  his  presence  there  was  always 
inspiring.  He  evinced  a  keen  interest  in  young  men  and 
watched  the  careers  of  his  clerks  with  a  knowledge  of 
their  trials  and  successes  that  surprised  them.  Fortu- 
nately the  great  banking  house,  of  which  he  was  the 
principal  representative  and  which  has  long  stood  con- 
spicuously for  probity  and  sound  principles  and  practices, 
remains  in  the  hands  of  a  younger  generation  who,  like 
its  original  founders,  have  demonstrated  their  fitness  and 
capacity  to  maintain  its  eminence  and  good  fame.  Mr. 
Peabody  inherited  his  father's  tastes  and  devotion  to 
the  welfare  of  society  and  up  to  the  day  of  his  death  was 
occupied  with  public  interests,  of  which  he  was  ever  a 
modest  yet  an  intelligent,  a  generous  and  an  effective 
promoter.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  education  of 
the  blind  and  contributed  largely  to  its  advancement. 
He  rendered  also  substantial  assistance  in  deserving  indi- 
vidual cases  in  an  unostentatious  way.  In  private  life 
he   was   highly  esteemed   for   his   manly   character,    his 


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social  virtues,  his  uprightness  and  his  intellectual  cultiva- 
tion. Although  of  a  quiet  and  retiring  disposition,  he 
had  a  wide  circle  of  close  friends  and  made  many  cherished 
acquaintances  among  all  classes.  He  was  without  the 
least  show  a  true  philanthropist.  He  will  be  greatly 
missed  by  those  who  have  benefited  from  his  bounty  and 
especially  by  those  who  held  for  him  the  tenderest  affection. 

Elliott  W.  Pratt  died  at  his  home,  No.  319  Beacon 
street,  on  the  tenth  day  of  February,  1905.  For  over  two 
years  he  had  been  so  much  of  an  invalid  that  his  retire- 
ment from  society  was  absolute.  Mr.  Pratt  had  a  rarely 
sunny  disposition  and  was  as  ready  with  a  kind  deed  as 
with  a  cheering  word.  Formerly  a  professional  musician, 
his  love  of  melody  was  deep  and  abiding.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  familiar  figure  in  the  concert  room  and  the 
opera  house  when  performances  of  a  high  character  were 
expected.  He  was  a  most  intelligent  and  appreciative 
listener  and  a  keen  though  not  a  harsh  critic.  His  nat- 
ure was  so  kindly  and  he  knew  so  well  the  great  diffi- 
culties in  the  path  of  the  musical  performer  that  all 
sincere  and  earnest  efforts  called  out  his  sympathy.  He 
had  a  simple  confidence  in  himself  that  gave  to  his  manner 
a  certain  dignity;  his  estimate  of  his  own  abilities  was 
modest,  and  he  sincerely  admired  the  fine  qualities  of 
others.  He  became  interested  in  this  institution  through 
his  friend  and  our  former  associate,  the  late  John  Sullivan 
Dwight,  and  he  declared  emphatically  that  its  work  was 
excellent. 

We  were  profoundly  grieved  by  the  sudden  and  un- 
timely death  of  Henry  Sturgis  Russell,  fire  commis- 
sioner, which  occurred  at  his  winter  apartments  in  the 
Hotel  Agassiz,  No.  191  Commonwealth  avenue,  Febru- 
ary sixteen,  1905,  in  the  sixty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  one  of  the  foremost  and  best  citizens  of  Boston. 


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Few  men  with  the  disposition  of  their  Hves  so  largely 
at  their  own  command  have  given  so  much  of  themselves 
to  the  public  service.  He  was  a  man  of  wealth  and  social 
position,  who  might  have  led  a  life  of  elegant  leisure, 
but  he  was  no  idler  nor  weak-minded  sportsman.  He  pre- 
ferred to  do  what  he  could  to  benefit  his  native  land  and 
the  community  in  which  he  lived  rather  than  to  lead  a 
selfish  and  useless  existence.  As  a  young  man  Col. 
Russell  was  among  the  most  gallant  and  successful  young 
officers  who  volunteered  for  the  defence  of  the  nation  in 
its  great  crisis.  He  was  cousin,  classmate  and  friend 
of  the  lamented  Colonel  Shaw,  and  under  the  same  cir- 
cumstances he  would  have  equally  proved  his  heroism. 
He  held  two  prominent  positions  in  civil  administrative 
life,  first,  that  of  police  commissioner;  second,  that  of  fire 
commissioner.  In  both  offices  he  won  the  highest  praise 
from  those  who  were  competent  to  judge  of  the  excel- 
lence of  his  work.  When  he  became  the  single  executive 
head  of  the  latter  department  he  found  it  in  a  somewhat 
demoralized  condition.  He  made  few  changes  by  re- 
movals but  eradicated  mistaken  notions  of  duty  and 
restored  a  high  standard  of  conduct.  He  was  a  strict 
disciplinarian,  a  hater  of  shams  but  a  lover  of  manliness 
and  fidelity,  and  these  qualities  never  failed  to  receive 
proof  of  his  cordial  appreciation.  He  discharged  his 
duties  in  no  perfunctory  manner,  but  felt  as  deep  an  in- 
terest in  the  public  service  with  which  he  was  identified 
as  though  it  had  been  his  own  private  business.  In 
whatever  position  he  was  placed  he  achieved  the  highest 
success.  He  gave  himself  up  to  hard  work  for  the  benefit 
of  the  city  as  unreservedly  as  though  his  livelihood  de- 
pended upon  it.  He  was  fearless  and  independent,  not 
because  he  could  afford  to  be,  but  because  it  was  in  his 
nature  to  be  so.     He  was  willing  to  listen  to  suggestions, 


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but  resented  as  an  unwarrantable  interference  with  his 
duty  anything  that  had  the  least  coloring  of  political  in- 
trusion. Rather  than  lower  his  standard  of  duty  an  inch 
to  partizan  influence  he  would  have  resigned  his  position 
instantly.  He  possessed  uprightness  and  downrightness 
of  character  and  it  was  the  exhibition  of  those  qualities 
that  drew  out  his  warmest  approval.  He  could  forgive 
venial  faults  of  men,  but  toward  falsehood  and  deceit 
he  was  inexorable.  Col.  Russell  was  an  example  of  the 
best  citizenship  and  characteristics  of  New  England  life. 
The  chivalric  motto  sans  peur  et  sans  reproche  may  well 
serve  to  designate  his  character.  He  held  many  offices 
of  trust  and  responsibility,  philanthropic,  civic,  educa- 
tional, and  he  filled  them  all  with  distinguished  ability 
and  exemplary  integrity.  Like  his  father,  his  mother 
and  his  sisters,  he  was  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of 
the  blind  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  this  institution  for  four  years.  His  late  father,  Mr. 
George  R.  Russell,  occupied  the  same  office  with  dis- 
tinction from  1847  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1866.  He  was  a  classmate  of  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley 
Howe  at  Brown  University  and  one  of  his  lifelong  and 
best  beloved  friends. 

Samuel  G.  Snelling  died  at  his  home  in  Dedham  on 
the  twenty-first  day  of  August,  1905,  in  the  eighty-first 
year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees from  1869  to  1886  and  discharged  his  duties  with 
diligence  and  devotion  to  the  welfare  of  the  school.  He 
was  deeply  interested  in  raising  the  printing  fund,  and  a 
great  portion  of  it  was  obtained  through  his  personal 
efforts.  He  also  took  an  active  part  in  securing  the  land 
upon  which  the  kindergarten  was  built. 

Colonel  William  Augustus  Tower,  senior  member 
of  the  banking  firm  of  Tower,  Giddings  and  Company, 


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died  at  his  home  in  Lexington  on  the  twenty-first  day  of 
November,  1904,  after  a  short  illness.     He  was  born  in 
Petersham,   Massachusetts,   on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
February,   1824,  and  was  the  son  of  Oren  and  Harriet 
(Gleason)   Tower.     He  received  his  early  education   in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.     At  the  age  of 
fifteen  he  was  thrown  upon  his  ow^n  resources  and  became 
a  clerk  in  Lancaster;   a  few  years  later  he  was  admitted 
to   partnership   with   his   employer.     This   arrangement 
continued  until  1848.     In  1850  he  entered  the  flour  and 
grain  business  in  Boston.     In   1855,   the  same  year  in 
which  he  moved  his  residence  to  Lexington,  his  health  was 
so  seriously  impaired  on  account  of  his  unremitting  atten- 
tion to  business  that  he  found  it  necessary  to  travel  and 
take  a  rest  from  care.     During  a  trip  to  the  south  and 
west,  he  visited  Chicago  and  established  there,  in  con- 
junction with  Mr.  George  Watson,  a  native  of  Scotland, 
the  banking  house  of  Watson,  Tower  and  Company.     He 
remained  in  Chicago,  doing  a  prosperous  business  as  a 
member  of  this  firm,  until   i860  when  he  returned  to 
Massachusetts  and  settled  again  in  Lexington.     In  1865 
he  organized  in  Boston  the  well  known  banking  house  of 
which  he  was  the  honored  head  to  the  end  of  his  days. 
Besides  conducting  the  affairs  of  his  firm,  he  was  director, 
manager  or  president   of   several   banks,   railroads   and 
trust    companies.     Throughout    his    career    Col.    Tower 
remained  true  to  his  principles  and  was  ever  faithful  and 
honorable.     He  was  a  practical  and  kindly  man,  liberal 
with  wise  and  safe  counsel  when  he  thought  it  might  be 
given  without  offence.     He  attached  to  himself  a  powerful 
group  of  young  men  to  many  of  whom  he  was  like  a  father, 
advising  and  assisting  them  in  many  ways.     Although 
in  later  years  he  took  no  active  part  in  politics,  his  interest 
in  them  never  ceased.     His  was  a  well  rounded  life. 


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We  cannot  close  these  tributes  to  our  deceased  friends 
without  saying  that  they  bring  to  mind  both  the  good 
fortune,  which  the  institution  has  had  in  counting  among 
its  benefactors  men  and  women  of  such  rare  characteristics, 
and  the  magnitude  of  the  loss,  which  it  has  sustained  in 
their  death. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

FRANCIS  H.  APPLETON, 
WILLLAM  L.  BENEDICT, 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT, 
PAUL  REVERE  FROTHINGHAM, 
CHARLES  P.  GARDINER, 
N.  P.  HALLOWELL, 
J.  THEODORE  HEARD, 
EDWARD  JACKSON, 
GEORGE  H.  RICHARDS, 
WILLIAM  L.  RICHARDSON, 
RICHARD  M.  SALTONSTALL, 
S.  LOTHROP  THORNDIKE, 

Trustees. 


THE   REPORT   OF  THE   DIRECTOR. 


We  have  not  wings,  we  cannot  soar; 

But  we  have  feet  to  scale  and  climb 
By  slow  degrees,  by  more  and  more. 

The  cloudy  summits  of  our  time. 


-Tennyson. 


To  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Gentlemen: — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  for  your 
consideration  the  customary  report  of  the  director,  setting 
forth  in  detail  the  history  of  the  institution  for  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  August,  1905,  and  presenting 
some  observations,  thoughts  and  opinions,  which  are 
pertinent  to  the  education  of  the  blind. 

The  year  under  review  has  been  a  complete  success  in 
every  particular.  The  teachers  and  administrative  officers 
have  rendered  faithful  and  efficient  service,  and  the 
scholars  deserve  commendation  for  their  zealous  efforts 
to  improve  themselves  and  for  the  spirit  of  obedience  and 
order,  which  they  have  manifested. 

The  operations  of  the  different  departments  of  the 
institution  have  been  conducted  with  assiduity  and  in- 
telligence and  with  a  view  of  securing  the  best  results  at 
such  a  cost  as  the  means  at  our  disposal  would  allow. 

The  plans  and  methods  employed  in  the  performance 
of  the  work  of  the  school  have  been  carefully  chosen  and 
judiciously  applied.  The  dominant  thought  in  all  these 
has  been  to  free  the  pupils  as  much  as  possible  from  the 
effects  of  their  infirmity,  to  strengthen  brain  and  muscle, 
stimulate  activity,  develop  manual  dexterity  and  lay  the 
foundations  of  character.     At  the  same  time  the  greater 


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part  of  our  efforts  have  been  devoted  to  bringing  out  what 
is  good  in  our  students  and  to  training  and  disciphning 
certain  mental  faculties  in  their  minds,  through  which 
they  will  work  out  their  destiny  in  life. 

In  the  direction  of  the  affairs  of  the  institution  it  has 
been  our  highest  aim  and  constant  endeavor  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  the  time,  to  keep  pace  with  every  step 
in  the  march  of  progress  and  to  provide  our  scholars  with 
educational  advantages  of  a  superior  character. 

Enrolment  of  Blind  Persons. 

Shall  we  go  draw  our  numbers? 

— Shakespeare  . 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  which  has  just  closed  the 
number  of  blind  persons  registered  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  the  institution,  as  pupils,  teachers,  employes  and 
work  men  and  women,  was  285.  Since  then  37  have  been 
admitted  and  28  have  been  discharged,  making  the  total 
number  at  present  294.  Of  these  168  are  at  the  parent 
school  in  South  Boston,  no  at  the  kindergarten  in  Jamaica 
Plain  and  16  at  the  workshop  for  adults. 

The  first  division  includes  156  pupils  (79  boys  and  77 
girls),  9  teachers  and  other  officers  and  3  domestics;  the 
second  comprises  56  little  boys  and  54  little  girls,  and 
the  third  16  men  and  women  employed  in  the  workshop 
for  adults. 

The  superior  educational  advantages  and  numerous 
facilities  for  thorough  intellectual  and  moral  development 
and  aesthetic  culture,  which  the  institution  affords  to  its 
students,  are  more  complete  now  than  ever  before.  They 
are  fully  recognized  and  duly  appreciated  everywhere, 
and  as  a  consequence  many  parents  living  in  the  different 
parts  of  the  country  apply  to  us  for  the  admission  of  their 


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children  to  this  school.  Much  as  we  desire  to  respond 
favorably  to  their  requests  we  are  obliged  by  the  limits 
of  our  accommodations  to  give  negative  replies.  Now  and 
then  we  find  it  convenient  to  make  an  exception  in  behalf 
of  some  particular  case,  and  we  are  always  glad  when  we 
have  it  in  our  power  to  do  so. 


The  Record  of  Health. 


What  signify  the  loads  of  weahh, 
Without  the  richest  jewel,  health? 


-Lloyd. 


In  the  training  of  all  children,  but  especially  in  the 
education  of  the  blind,  good  health  is  of  the  greatest  im- 
portance, as  it  forms  the  fertile  soil  which  alone  can  supply 
the  roots  of  the  tree  of  mental  achievements  and  moral 
excellence  with  the  needful  vitalizing  sap.  Therefore 
health  must  be  first  considered  and  must  receive  all  the 
attention  and  care  which  its  importance  deserves. 

In  this  institution  the  value  of  this  inestimable  blessing 
is  fully  realized,  and  all  our  sanitary  and  hygienic  arrange- 
ments are  made  in  the  best  possible  way  with  a  view  of 
shielding  the  members  of  the  household  from  sickness  and 
of  promoting  their  well-being  and  comfort. 

Thus  with  proper  nutrition,  pure  air,  regular  hours  of 
work  and  rest,  perfect  cleanliness,  an  abundance  of  sun- 
shine and  plenty  of  exercise  in  the  open  air  the  resistance 
to  disease  has  been  at  its  maximum  and  the  conditions 
have  been  favorable  for  the  development  of  a  sound  mind 
in  a  strong  body. 

While  we  have  cause  for  sincere  thankfulness  since  our 
pupils  have  with  few  exceptions  enjoyed  a  good  degree  of 
health,  yet  we  are  grieved  to  be  obliged  to  report  the  death 
of  two  of  them,  Francis  Drew  of  Boston  and  Ethel  S. 


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Hill  of  Amherst.  Both  of  them  died  at  the  city  hospital, 
the  former  on  the  ninth  day  of  October,  1904,  presumably 
from  a  tumor  on  the  brain,  and  the  latter  on  the  six- 
teenth of  March,  1905,  from  an  attack  of  diphtheria,  ag- 
gravated by  a  complication  of  other  diseases.  Francis 
was  an  amiable  and  quiet  lad,  Ethel  an  intelligent  and 
well-disposed  girl.  Their  loss  was  sincerely  regretted 
by  their  teachers  as  well  as  by  their  young  friends  and 
associates. 

There  have  been  three  other  cases  of  serious  illness, — 
one  of  a  chronic  organic  malady,  one  of  epUepsy  and 
one  of  incipient  tuberculosis.  Fortunately  none  of  these 
has  proved  fatal. 

Economy  and  Efficiency, 

Who  keeps  one  end  in  view  makes  all  things  serve. 

— Browning. 

In  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  a  school  like  ours 
we  feel  that  due  regard  must  be  had  to  proper  economy. 
This  subject  is  of  paramount  importance,  and  we  pay 
strict  attention  to  it  as  a  matter  of  duty  no  less  than  of 
principle.  We  believe  strongly  in  the  art  of  saving  and 
we  practise  it  conscientiously  and  to  the  utmost  of  our 
ability.  At  the  same  time  we  cannot  ignore  the  fact  that 
economy  itself  ceases  to  be  a  virtue  when  it  is  carried 
too  far  and  that  it  is  not  cheapness  nor  the  reduction  of 
expenditure  below  reasonable  limits  that  will  enlist  the 
confidence  of  the  public  in  our  efforts  and  insure  finan- 
cial support;  it  is  the  thoroughness  with  which  our  work 
is  performed  and  the  superiority  of  its  quality  that  will 
do  this. 

So  far  the  friends  of  the  blind  have  responded  readily 
to  our  appeals  for  aid  and  have  furnished  the  means 


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necessary  for  the  maintenance  of  the  institution  and  for 
the  enlargement  of  the  field  of  its  operations.  It  is  beyond 
question  that  they  were  led  to  do  this  not  by  mere  senti- 
mental motives,  but  because  they  firmly  believed  in  the 
value  of  the  work  of  the  school  and  were  thoroughly 
convinced  of  its  great  usefulness  by  the  excellence  of  its 
fruits.  It  is  evident  that  efficiency,  which  is  the  outcome 
of  the  endeavors  of  a  skilful  and  zealous  personnel, 
counts  much  more  than  any  other  consideration  and  that 
this  is  the  one  thing  to  be  sought  first  and  above  all  and 
to  be  secured  at  any  cost.  Without  it  the  establishment 
cannot  retain  its  prestige. 

In  order  to  attain  this  very  desirable  object  we  must 
offer  such  inducements  as  are  calculated  to  facilitate 
our  task.  We  must  render  the  atmosphere  of  our  house- 
hold very  inviting  and  home-like  and  the  relations  of  its 
members  as  pleasant  and  harmonious  as  possible.  Fur- 
thermore, we  must  make  the  salaries  of  the  teachers  and 
the  officers  of  administration  proportionate  to  the  quality 
of  service  desired  and  large  enough  to  attract  the  right 
kind  of  people  to  our  employ  and  to  hold  them  there. 
If  we  are  to  keep  a  band  of  well  trained  and  eminently 
able  coworkers,  we  must  be  prepared  to  compete  with 
others  who  are  eager  to  enlist  the  interest  of  such  persons 
and  willing  to  pay  the  price  asked  by  these. 

In  order  to  do  this  it  is  imperative  to  increase  the  per- 
manent endowment  of  the  institution,  so  that  it  may 
yield  an  income  sufficient  not  only  to  cover  the  current 
expenses,  but  to  provide  the  means  for  such  further  im- 
provements in  material  arrangements  and  larger  recom- 
pense for  personal  services  as  the  future  may  call  for. 

Although  the  funds  placed  at  our  disposal  are  very 
limited,  we  have  thus  far  been  so  fortunate  as  to  gather 
around  us  a  staff  of  assistants  and  coadjutors,  the  su- 


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perior  of  which  can  hardly  be  found  anywhere.  It  con- 
sists of  men  and  women  who  are  not  only  well  fitted  and 
adequately  equipped  for  the  performance  of  their  specific 
duties,  but  noted  for  their  self-forgetfulness  and  absolute 
devotion  to  the  interests  of  the  school  and  to  the  welfare 
of  its  pupils.  Having  learned  by  observation  that  even 
a  few  black  sheep  mar  the  whiteness  of  a  large  flock,  we 
are  exceedingly  careful  and  circumspect  in  the  selection 
of  candidates  to  fill  the  vacancies  which  occur  from  time 
to  time.  Nevertheless  we  discover  now  and  then  that  mis- 
takes have  been  made  and  one  or  two  of  the  persons  se- 
lected have  not  fulfilled  our  expectations.  They  prove  to 
be  selfish,  inconsiderate  and  inclined  to  disregard  the  rights 
of  others.  They  seem  to  have  no  clear  conception  of  the 
duties  of  their  position'^and  of  the  loyalty,  which  is  nec- 
essary in  any  school,  but  indispensable  in  an  institution 
like  ours.  Persons  of  this  sort  create  an  atmosphere  of 
discontent  about  them,  and  their  presence  cannot  long 
be  permitted  without  serious  danger.  They  are  chronic 
grumblers  and  constant  fault-finders,  criticising  with 
equal  indiscretion  and  asperity  the  food  they  eat,  the 
liquids  they  drink,  the  air  they  breathe,  the  shoes  they 
wear  and  the  people  they  meet  or  associate  with. 
They  seek  instinctively  the  dark  side  of  things  and  never 
realize  that— 

It  is  better  far  to  look  for  a  star 
Than  the  spots  on  the  sun  abiding. 

They  do  not  stop  to  think  of  their  obligation  to  the 
institution  and  of  the  loyalty  which  is  due  to  it  and  are 
utterly  oblivious  of  the  fact  that  the  world  will  never 
adjust  itself  to  suit  their  whims  and  vagaries.  Such  per- 
sons are  very  troublesome  everywhere,  but  are  espe- 
cially out  of  place  in  any  of  our  families.  Their  presence 
creates  an  unhealthy  atmosphere  and  a  spirit  of  discontent 


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and,  in  spite  of  their  knowledge  or  experience,  they  ought 
to  be  unhesitatingly  dismissed  for  the  peace  and  harmony 
of  the  establishment- 

I  am  truly  glad  to  state  emphatically  that  cases  of  this 
sort  are  very  rare.  Nearly  all  our  teachers  and  other  offi- 
cers are  upright,  methodical,  diligent  and  conscientious. 
Faithfulness  is  "the  girdle  of  their  loins."  They  possess  a 
combination  of  qualities  and  natural  gifts  which,  supple- 
mented by  careful  training  and  thorough  cultivation,  fit 
them  for  the  grave  responsibilities,  which  must  ever  rest 
upon  them.  Many  of  them  enter  upon  the  work  of  the 
institution  at  an  early  age,  when  the  heart  is  warm  and 
the  instincts  are  keen  and  outreaching,  and  consecrate 
themselves  to  it.  These  men  and  women  have  high  ideals 
and  a  strong  sense  of  honor  that  rises  above  mere  mundane 
considerations. 

A  school  that  has  in  its  service  such  persons  is  peculiarly 
fortunate,  and  we  have  ample  reason  to  congratulate 
ourselves  on  this  score. 


Through  Hard  Work  to  Victory. 

Thou  canst  not  gather  what  thou  dost  not  sow; 
As  thou  dost  plant  so  will  it  grow. 

— The  Code  of  Manu. 

The  curriculum  of  the  school  has  been  constructed 
with  great  care  and  comprises  in  harmonious  and  sym- 
metrical blending  the  modern  and  scientific  subjects  and 
the  old  classical  and  formal  ones.  It  has  a  rigid  back- 
bone, which  forms  its  strength  and  supplies  its  force.  It 
consists  of  well  chosen  and  disciplinary  studies  and  is 
accompanied  by  definite  rules,  which  allow  no  changes, 
omissions  or  substitutions  in  any  of  its  principal  parts. 

The  elective  or  eliminating  system,  which  has  become 


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rampant  not  only  in  the  universities  and  colleges  but  in  a 
large  number  of  high  schools  and  academies,  has  no  place 
with  us.  The  fallacy  that  infects  the  so-called  practical 
education  is  the  outcome  of  ignorance  or  of  disregard  for 
the  history  and  philosophy  of  pedagogy  and  does  an 
incalculable  amount  of  mischief.  No  superstitious  re- 
spect for  exciting  strong  interest  in  the  students  by  allow- 
ing them  freedom  of  choice  can  betray  us  into  scorning 
the  finest  of  all  human  interests — the  mind  itself.  The 
frivolities  and  superficialities,  which  abound  around  us, 
are  the  legitimate  offspring  of  the  elective  system  and  of 
the  sublime  conceit  of  machinists,  steel  manufacturers, 
mining  experts  and  builders  of  trusts,  who  pose  as  authors 
of  utilitarian  pedagogy  and  as  instructors  in  social  ethics. 
These  fads  constitute  a  warning  to  us  and  show  that  we 
must  stand  firm  and  not  give  up  too  readily  the  educational 
standards,  under  which  remarkable  success  has  been  at- 
tained. They  remind  us  to  be  prudent  and  not  to  sub- 
stitute sham  practicalities  and  gross  materialistic  processes 
for  the  liberal  and  sure  training  that  makes  the  mind 
sufficiently  keen  and  hardy  to  answer  all  challenges  and 
steady  enough  to  meet  the  most  exacting  practical  de- 
mands. 

No  reasonable  person  can  dissent  from  the  simple 
proposition  that  mental  fibre  no  less  than  physical  muscle 
must  be  strengthened  by  use  and  exercise.  Those  who 
toil  bravely  become  the  strongest.  Intellectual  alertness, 
moral  resolution,  power  of  thought,  force  of  will,  unflagging 
endurance,  all  are  gained  through  hard  work  and  per- 
sistent effort  and  not  by  means  of  flitting  from  one  object 
to  another  at  pleasure  and  getting  little  from  each  and  less 
from  all.     Of  recent  years  the  following  motto  is  in  vogue : 

No  profit  grows  where  is  no  pleasure  ta'en; 
In  brief,  sir,  study  what  you  most  affect. 


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This  has  been  conspicuously  inscribed  on  the  banners 
of  preparatory  and  high  schools  and  colleges.  This 
doctrine  is  a  pernicious  one  tending  to  produce  swarms 
of  vagrant  intellectual  habits.  If  there  be  any  advantage 
in  it,  the  latter  is  purchased  at  the  sacrifice  of  mental 
concentration  and  strength.  Only  by  performing  his  tasks 
well,  whether  they  interest  him  or  not,  a  student  can  avoid 
that  flabbiness  and  skittishness  of  mind,  which  in  later 
years  will  make  any  continuous  mental  exertion  a  direful 
thing  to  him.  What  he  needs  is  good  hard  work  and 
stern  discipline  to  develop  the  muscles  of  his  mind,  to 
fit  him  to  do  easily  what  at  first  appeared  to  him  to  be 
difficult,  to  free  him,  in  short,  from  the  misery  of  weakness, 
and  lassitude  and  to  foster  habits  of  concentrated  attention 
and  energetic  volition. 

No  one  can  truly  toil  in  vain, 

Nor  nobly  strive  for  naught; 
For  though  the  end  he  do  not  gain 

For  which  he  strove  and  vs^rought, 
Yet  will  he  some  result  attain 

As  great  as  that  he  sought; 
And  better  still,  there  will  remain 

A  mind  with  purpose  fraught. 

Our  scholars  are  not  permitted  to  consult  their  whims 
or  to  follow  their  fancies  and  go  their  own  way  in  the 
selection  of  studies.  Their  work  is  prescribed  for  them 
in  a  definite  manner,  and  its  performance  is  obligatory. 
None  of  its  parts  can  be  avoided  or  replaced  by  branches 
of  study  that  are  characterized  as  "soft  snaps."  In  other 
words  the  pupils  are  required  to  labor  under  positive  con- 
ditions at  tasks,  which  have  a  high  educational  value  and 
which  are  allotted  to  them  with  reference  to  the  effect 
that  these  have  upon  the  development  of  intellectual  scope 
and  power  and  upon  the  building  of  character. 

Not  what  we  would,  but  what  we  must  , 

Make  up  the  sum  of  living.  j 


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That  the  educational  advantages  afforded  by  this  in- 
stitution are  of  a  high  order  and  that  the  diplomas  given 
to  its  graduates  are  not  formal  scholastic  certificates  of 
decorative  worth,  but  have  a  positive  significance  and  the 
distinct  value  of  being  won  by  diligent  effort  and  un- 
remitting toil,  may  be  shown  by  a  brief  account  of  the 
work,  which  has  been  done  during  the  past  year  in  the 
various  departments  of  the  school. 


Department  of  Physical  Education. 

Stout  muscle  and  a  sinewy  heart, 
A  hardy  frame,   a  hardier  spirit; 
A  heritage,  it  seems  to  me, 
A  king  might  wish  to  hold  in  fee. 

— James  Russell  Lowell. 

In  order  that  our  school  may  not  fall  lamentably  short 
of  its  mission,  it  must  provide  for  its  pupils  the  best 
facilities  and  amplest  opportunities  for  the  harmonious 
development  and  thorough  cultivation  of  their  bodily 
and  mental  powers. 

As  it  is  upon  the  physical  man  that  we  can  alone  build 
with  safety,  we  must  first  and  above  all  things  pay  due 
attention  to  the  amelioration  of  the  physical  organism 
of  those  committed  to  our  charge  and  make  this  the 
corner-stone  of  our  work. 

As  we  have  repeatedly  stated  in  these  reports,  the  blind 
for  obvious  reasons  are  peculiarly  in  need  of  physical 
training.  Observation  and  statistics  show  that  their 
health  and  strength  are  far  below  the  normal  standard. 
The  causes  which  produced  the  obscuration  of  their 
visual  sense;  the  restrictions  and  limitations  to  loco- 
motion and  spontaneous  exercise,  which  are  imposed 
upon  them  by  their  infirmity,  sap  their  vitality  and  leave 


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them  puny  and  listless,  with  weak  bodies,  flaccid  muscles, 
spongy  spines,  dormant  brains  and  gelatinous  powers  of 
volition. 

These  conditions  affect  all  sides  of  their  being  most 
unfavorably  and  we  can  hardly  expect  that  any  scheme 
of  education  will  be  advantageous  to  them  unless  based 
upon  adequate  foundations.  No  substantial  and  enduring 
superstructure  can  be  reared  upon  soft  clay  or  arid  sand; 
it  must  stand  on  solid  ground-work  otherwise  it  will  be 
shaky  and  unstable.  Hence  before  we  can  hope  to  obtain 
satisfactory  educational  results,  all  physical  and  physi- 
ological defects  or  faults  must  be  corrected  so  far  as  they 
are  curable,  and  the  material  frame  must  be  strengthened 
and  put  in  the  best  possible  condition. 

To  build  a  thoroughly  sound  body,  crowned  by  an 
entirely  developed  brain,  is  the  chief  aim  and  most  com- 
plicated problem  in  the  education  of  the  blind.  It  is 
the  alpha  and  omega  of  the  work  of  our  school.  Upon 
its  consummation  depend  all  other  achievements. 

In  view  of  these  facts  physical  training  is  placed  in 
the  first  rank  in  our  school  and  forms  an  integral  part 
of  its  regular  curriculum.  It  constitutes  the  leading 
article  in  our  educational  creed. 

According  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  insti- 
tution, every  pupil  is  required  to  go  through  the  course 
of  physical  training,  which  is  wisely  planned  and  properly 
arranged  to  meet  the  special  needs  of  each  individual 
case.  It  consists  of  a  series  of  remedial  and  preventive 
exercises,  which  are  calculated  to  correct  any  deformities 
in  the  muscular  and  skeletal  systems  and  any  deficiencies, 
which  may  exist  in  the  nervous  control  of  the  physique; 
to  thwart  the  rise  of  idiosyncrasies  and  unsightly  move- 
ments; to  improve  and  strengthen  all  the  members  of 
the  body;    to  develop  the  brain  through  the  activity  of 


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the  muscles  and  to  leave  no  cells  to  drop  out  of  existence 
because  of  disuse;  to  invigorate  the  heart  and  lungs; 
to  stimulate  the  performance  of  all  functions  and  further 
the  digestion  of  the  food,  the  assimilating  process,  the 
circulation  of  the  blood,  the  breathing  and  molecular 
changes;  to  increase  the  volitional  powers  and  to  pro- 
mote self-direction. 

The  benefit  which  the  pupils  derive  from  this  course 
of  training  is  of  the  utmost  value  to  them.  It  will  be 
readily  noticed  in  their  activity,  agility,  healthy  looks, 
cerebral  energy  and  mental  alertness.  The  erectness 
of  their  posture,  the  ease  of  their  locomotion,  the  light- 
ness of  their  gait,  the  grace  of  their  carriage,  the  balance 
of  their  muscular  action,  the  quickness  of  their  under- 
standing and  the  power  of  self-control,  all  proclaim  the 
high  character  of  the  improvement,  which  can  be  secured 
in  the  case  of  the  blind  by  means  of  gymnastics. 

But  important  and  helpful  as  are  these  exercises  from 
a  physical  and  intellectual  point  of  view,  their  effect 
upon  the  moral  fibre  of  our  scholars  is  infinitely  greater. 
For  it  is  this  that  tells  in  the  life  of  the  blind.  The  stren- 
uous and  robust  qualities  of  grit  and  determination,  the 
rugged  virtues  of  courage  and  self -admonition,  the  ability 
to  grasp  the  problems  of  the  day  and  solve  them  quickly 
and  the  power  of  acting  in  conjunction  with  others,  all 
these  are  developed  and  thrive  in  a  wtU  cultivated  soil 
and  under  strictly  hygienic  conditions,  and  with  them 
many  a  time  come  purity  and  sweetness,  love  of  beauty 
and  an  appreciation  of  goodness,  a  feeling  of  hopefulness 
and  a  glow  of  optimism. 

The  corps  of  instructors  of  this  department  has  been 
greatly  strengthened  by  the  appointment  of  Miss  Mary 
E.  Sawyer,  who  is  exceptionally  able  and  admirably  fitted 
to  meet  the  requirements  of  our  pupils. 


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Department  of  Manual  Training. 

To  play  the  flute  is  not  enough  to  blow; 
We  must  use  the  fingers. 

— Goethe. 

For  some  time  past  it  has  been  repeatedly  stated 
that  the  teaching  of  handicrafts  of  every  kind  has  been 
aboKshed  at  this  institution  and  that  our  pupils  have 
no  opportunity  of  being  fitted  and  equipped  to  pursue 
industrial  callings  and  to  turn  their  manual  skill  to  ad- 
vantage. These  statements  are  born  of  a  gross  mis- 
apprehension of  the  true  situation  and  are  utterly  ground- 
less. The  facts  in  the  case  tell  an  altogether  different 
story  and  are  simply  these. 

At  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  first  schools  for  the 
blind  in  the  United  States  of  America,  the  plan  of  their 
work  comprised  three  distinct  parts — instruction  in  the 
ordinary  English  branches  of  study,  the  teaching  of  the  ele- 
ments of  vocal  and  instrumental  music  and  training  in  sev- 
eral branches  of  handicraft.  It  was  positively  asserted, 
however,  at  some  of  these  institutions  that  the  latter 
were  of  paramount  importance  and  that  their  chief  ob- 
ject was  to  teach  their  pupils  a  variety  of  mechanic  arts 
whereby  the  means  of  self-maintenance  could  be  surely 
secured.  Accordingly  a  prominent  place  in  the  course 
of  instruction  and  training  was  given  to  handicrafts  and 
these  formed  its  principal  part  and  central  point.  Instead 
of  being  used  as  auxiliaries  or  as  means  to  education, 
they  were  its  aim  and  end.  Thus  special  care  and  a 
great  deal  of  time  were  devoted  to  the  acquisition  of 
several  trades,  which  appeared  to  be  profitable,  and 
some  of  the  leading  schools  for  the  blind  in  this  country, 
although  they  paid  considerable  attention  to  the  mental 
development  of  their  pupils,  were  no  less  industrial  in 


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their  distinctive  characteristics  than  were  those  of  Edin- 
burgh and  Glasgow  in  Scotland. 

Broadly  speaking  we  may  say  that  this  system  of 
training  tended  to  relegate  intellectual  development  and 
aesthetic  culture  to  a  secondary  position  and  to  place 
above  them  mere  drilling  in  mechanic  arts,  which  had 
little  educational  value.  The  natural  outcome  of  this 
procedure  would  have  been  to  produce  human  machines, 
so  to  speak,  or  narrow  technical  experts  instead  of  turn- 
ing out  all-round  men  and  women,  capable  of  thinking 
and  knowing,  of  judging  and  planning,  of  doing  and 
commanding.  The  exaltation  of  the  work  of  the  hands 
might  be  temporarily  helpful  and  might  answer  a  good 
purpose  for  a  limited  period  of  time;  but-  it  could  not 
be  of  permanent  service.  Manual  labor  began  long  ago 
to  decrease  steadily  in  value  and  in  many  instances  has 
ceased  to  be  remunerative  or  in  demand  on  account  of 
the  extensive  employment  of  machinery  in  almost  every 
department  of  human  activity.  During  the  last  twenty- 
five  years  its  decadence  has  been  so  rapid  that  its  use 
has  diminished  seventy  per  cent,  in  the  United  States 
of  America. 

For  reasons  which  can  be  readily  explained  those 
bereft  of  sight  were  more  injuriously  affected  by  this 
radical  change  in  the  economic  order  than  any  other 
class  of  people.  Thus  the  problem  of  their  self-support, 
instead  of  approaching  a  satisfactory  solution,  has  become 
more  and  more  complicated  by  the  new  developments. 

When  the  Perkins  Institution  was  founded  in  1832, 
Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe  sought  to  combine  the  ad- 
vantages of  the  English  and  French  systems.  Hence 
he  brought  over  as  instructors  a  blind  mechanic  from 
Edinburgh  to  teach  trades  and  an  accomplished  grad- 
uate of  the  famous  school  for  the  blind  in  Paris  as  a 


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teacher  in  the  literary  department.     In  his  first  report 
Dr.  Howe  spoke  as  follows: — 

Considering  handicraft  work  to  be  the  occupation  in  which  the 
blind  can  compete  to  less  advantage  with  seeing  men  than  any  other, 
it  should  be  resorted  to  only  in  the  case  of  those  who  manifest  no 
decided  talent  for  anything  else. 

Thus  while  industrial  training  held  a  position  of  some 
prominence  in  the  early  days  of  the  school  owing  to  the 
necessities  of  the  case,  it  was  never  made  of  paramount 
importance.  Dr.  Howe  saw  at  once  that  the  blind  could 
not  be  freed  from  the  effects  of  their  infirmity  and  raised 
in  the  social  and  moral  scale  by  means  of  manual  occupa- 
tions alone,  which  might  be  helpful  to  individual  cases. 
He  realized  fully  that  the  "mind  was  a  kingdom  to  them" 
and  that  the  power  of  their  redemption  and  uplifting 
lay  in  the  cultivation  of  their  brains  and  not  in  the  dex- 
terity of  their  fingers.  Therefore  he  departed  from  the 
Scottish  or  English  models  and  laid  the  foundations  of 
a  system  of  broad,  liberal  and  thorough  education,  which 
alone  could  release  them  from  the  captivity  of  their  in- 
firmity, from  the  bondage  of  dependence  and  degradation, 
and  link  their  lives  to  a  dynamic  power  able  to  lift  them 
to  the  highest  levels  of  usefulness  and  happiness.  In 
building  this  system  he  labored  indefatigably  for  its 
proper  construction  and  based  it  upon  the  rock  of  sound 
physiological  and  pedagogical  principles.  Dr.  Howe  as- 
sisted in  the  foundation  of  twelve  schools  for  the  blind, 
and  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  the  plan,  which  he  had 
worked  out,  adopted  in  all  institutions  of  this  sort  in 
America. 

The  test  of  time  has  proved  the  permanent  value  of 
this  scheme,  in  which  manual  occupations  played  a  role 
but  not  the  supreme  one. 


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Firmly  believing  in  the  efficiency  and  beneficence  of 
the  educational  plan  designed  by  Dr.  Howe  for  the  blind, 
we  have  striven  to  enlarge  it  and  give  to  it  that  consist- 
ency and  perfection,  which  will  help  to  unfold,  cultivate 
and  discipline  their  being — the  body  and  the  mind,  the 
brain  and  the  feelings,  the  hand  and  the  heart,  the  soul  and 
its  emotions.  Upon  a  complete  development  like  this, 
supported  by  the  pillars  of  a  strong  moral  character, 
rests  the  destiny  of  our  pupils,  and  the  attainment  of 
this  constitutes  the  goal  of  our  work.  Thus  every  ex- 
ercise or  branch  of  study  included  in  the  curriculum  of 
this  school  is  employed  as  a  means  for  reaching  it. 
Gymnastics  and  literature,  history  and  mathematics,  phys- 
ical sciences  and  chemistry,  foreign  languages  and  music, 
all  are  made  tributary  to  this  end. 

Manual  training  holds  a  prominent  place  among  these 
agencies  and  is  coordinated  with  them.  Hence  it  forms 
an  integral  part  in  our  scheme  of  education  and  receives 
such  attention  as  its  importance  preeminently  deserves. 
Its  value  is  not  overrated,  however,  nor  is  it  allowed  to 
absorb  all  the  energies  of  the  pupils. 

Among  the  various  forms  of  manual  training,  which 
are  in  vogue  both  in  Europe  and  in  this  country,  sloyd 
is  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  needs  and  special  require- 
ments of  the  blind;  it  has  done  more  than  anything  else 
to  lift  the  department  in  which  it  is  carried  on  to  a  high 
educational  plane  and  to  supply  the  foundation  of  its 
true  character. 

This  system  is  based  upon  universal  pedagogical  prin- 
ciples and  concerns  itself  no  less  with  the  head  and  heart 
than  with  the  hand.  Being  permeated  with  the  spirit 
of  Froebel,  it  is  worthy  to  follow  the  kindergarten  in  a 
rational  scheme  of  education.  It  offers  an  excellent 
opportunity  for  the  exercise  of  both  sides  of  the  human 


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body  with  a  purpose  thus  making  the  pupil  ambidexterous, 
and  improves  the  physical  health  and  poise.  It  stirs 
up  the  senses  and  promotes  concentration  of  attention 
and  quickness  of  perception.  It  encourages  observation 
of  the  activities  that  are  close  at  hand  and  stimulates 
causal  thinking.  It  feeds  the  imagination  and  arouses 
the  whole  mental  energy.  It  cultivates  manual  dex- 
terity and  secures  skill  of  organism  to  be  used  in  life. 
It  evolves  the  natural  capacity  for  creative  work  and  trains 
the  fingers  to  execute  it.  It  strengthens  the  will  and 
fosters  self-reliance.  It  conveys  an  idea  of  form  and 
inspires  an  appreciation  of  symmetry  and  beauty.  It 
instils  a  love  of  labor  and  begets  habits  of  industry  and 
perseverance,  of  cleanliness  and  order,  of  regularity  and 
self-control.  Finally,  by  planting  in  the  minds  of  chil- 
dren the  desire  to  realize  an  end,  which  they  recognize 
to  be  of  real  value,  it  impels  them  to  right  action,  which 
in  turn  leads  them  to  the  development  of  the  power  of 
concentrating  all  their  energies  upon  the  attainment  of 
the  desired  end. 

The  effects  of  the  intelligence  and  general  dexterity 
gained  through  this  form  of  manual  training  are  evident 
in  the  ability  of  the  pupils  to  utilize  their  tactual  power 
in  different  ways  and  in  the  facility  with  which  they  learn 
to  read  and  write,  to  use  the  ciphering  board  and  the 
embossing  machine,  to  operate  the  type-writer  and  the 
sewing-machine,  to  master  the  keyboard  of  the  piano- 
forte and  that  of  the  organ,  to  construct  outline  maps 
and  geometrical  diagrams,  to  ply  the  needle  and  wield 
the  scissors,  to  manipulate  the  appliances  and  apparatus 
in  making  chemical  experiments  and  to  handle  skilfully 
the  tools  employed  in  tuning  and  repairing  musical  in- 
struments. The  latter  attainment  is  indispensable  to 
our  tuners.     The  degree  of  their  success  in  the  practice 


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of  their  trade  is  determined  by  the  amount  of  skill  shown 
in  manipulating  the  various  implements. 

The  value  of  sloyd  as  an  essential  agent  in  perfecting 
not  only  the  main  features  of  our  plan  of  education  but 
the  whole  of  it  can  hardly  be  over-estimated. 

But  while  this  system  has  been  chosen  as  the  founda- 
tion of  the  manual  training  of  our  pupils  and  forms  its 
substratum  and  framework,  the  ordinary  trades  taught 
in  other  institutions  are  by  no  means  neglected  in  ours. 
On  the  contrary  they  are  very  judiciously  selected  and 
receive  even  greater  attention  and  care  here  than  else- 
where. From  time  to  time  we  try  to  ascertain  the  avail- 
ability of  various  handicrafts;  but,  led  by  honesty  and 
common  sense  in  our  decisions,  we  retain  in  practice 
only  such  as  promise  to  be  remunerative  according  to 
the  usual  standards  of  business  and  discard  or  discon- 
tinue those  of  which  the  products  prove  profitless  and 
serve  only  to  adorn  a  show-case  and  to  elicit  the  pity  of 
benevolent  people.  We  cannot  possibly  believe  that 
the  use  of  a  fancy  hand-loom  or  of  any  toy-machine  will 
ever  provide  gainful  employment  for  the  blind  or  become 
a  permanent  source  of  revenue  even  to  a  very  limited 
number  of  sightless  persons.  Nor  can  we  countenance 
any  of  the  numerous  vagaries,  in  which  place-seeking 
charlatans  may  find  it  advantageous  to  themselves  and 
promotive  of  their  selfish  interests  to  indulge. 

Nothmg  is  farther  from  our  intention  or  more  distaste- 
ful to  us  than  to  speak  vauntingly  of  our  own  affairs; 
but  we  do  not  boast,  we  state  a  simple  and  incontroverti- 
ble fact  when  we  say  that  there  does  not  exist  on  either 
side  of  the  Atlantic  a  school  or  college  for  the  blind, 
which  affords  as  ample  opportunities  and  as  great  facili- 
ties for  systematic  manual  training  and  for  teaching  its 
students   one   or   more   trades   as   does   this   institution. 


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Comfortable  and  commodious  workrooms,  tools,  machines, 
materials  of  every  description  and  a  corps  of  able  and 
skilful  teachers,  all  are  supplied  with  unsurpassed  lib- 
erality. For  about  one  hundred  and  sixty  pupils  we  have 
EIGHT  instructors,  two  of  whom  are  graduates  of  the 
sloyd  training  school  in  Boston.  It  is  true  that  the  man- 
ufacture of  brooms  and  door-mats  has  been  abandoned 
because  the  articles  made  by  hand  could  not  compete 
advantageously  in  the  market  with  those  produced  by 
machinery;  but  seating  cane-bottomed  chairs,  making 
mattresses,  upholstering  furniture,  sewing  both  by  hand 
and  by  machine,  netting  hammocks,  knitting  and  cro- 
cheting are  systematically  taught  and  diligently  prac- 
tised. 

The  course  of  manual  training  pursued  in  the  girls' 
department  of  our  school  has  been  arranged  with  great 
care  and  is  very  inclusive.  Indeed  it  is  a  model  of  its 
kind  and  covers  the  ground  thoroughly.  A  detailed 
description  of  the  plan  of  work,  written  by  the  teachers 
for  the  benefit  of  those  who  might  be  disposed  to  examine 
the  extensive  exhibit  sent  to  the  international  exposition 
in  Saint  Louis,  was  published  in  our  last  annual  report 
and  is  reprinted  here  in  full. 

Instruction  is  given  in  the  girls'  department  in  three  distinct  Hnes 
of  manual  training.  The  sloyd  system  is  followed  in  all  these 
branches,  namely,  knitting,  wood-work  and  sewing. 

The  course  in  knitting  is  four  years,  in  wood-sloyd  three  years 
and  in  sewing  eight  years.  The  work  in  each  line  is  graded,  but 
the  pupil  at  her  entrance  begins  them  all  and  advances  as  rapidly 
as  her  ability  permits.  With  the  exception  of  the  preparatory  work 
in  learning  stitches  and  patching,  something  useful  is  created  at  every 
step  of  the  way.  The  result  of  the  first  clumsy  attempt  in  knitting 
is  made  into  a  bag  for  rubbers;  the  tools  in  wood-sloyd  are  first 
handled  in  an  effort  to  make  a  flower-pin  or  a  ruler;  and  the  piece 
of  canvas  used  in  practising  stitches  in  sewing  is  a  pretty  mat  when 


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the  work  is  finished.     So  the  pupil  produces  something  of  positive 
value  even  in  elementary  exercises. 

Training  in  knitting  is  begun  with  the  use  of  coarse  twine  and 
heavy  wooden  needles,  followed  by  finer  cord  and  bone  needles,  and 
then  by  still  finer  twine  and  steel  needles.  The  first  worsted  used 
is  eight- fold  Germantown,  then  four-fold,  and  from  this  the  work 
grades  through  Saxony  and  Shetland  wool  to  fine  thread.  The  size 
of  the  needles  of  course  decreases  correspondingly.  Two  or  three 
articles  are  made  at  each  step  of  the  process. 

After  the  first  exercise  with  twine,  the  regular  course  begins. 
First  Year:  plain  knitting,  casting  on  and  binding  off.     The  worsted 
is  held  over  the  left  hand  in  the  German  way,  as  this  position 
gives  a  freer  and  more  even  exercise  to  both  hands. 
Second  Year:  seaming,  widening  and  narrowing. 
Third  Year:  using  finer  materials  with  both  coarse  and  fine  needles. 
The  rainbow  shawl  belongs  to  this  period  and  other  shawls 
made  with  two  kinds  of  worsted. 
Fourth  Year:  using  four  needles  and  knitting  with  thread.     Mittens, 
stockings,  some  kinds  of  infants'  socks,  and  sweaters  are  made 
at  this  time.     Crocheting  comes  in  this  last  year  of  the  course 
but  is  not  considered  so  good  an  exercise  as  knitting  because 
only  one  hand  is  actively  engaged. 

WooD-SLOYD  is  given  only  to  the  younger  girls  or  to  new  pupils 
who  need  especially  to  gain  control  of  their  hands.  The  course 
usually  extends  over  the  first  three  years  of  a  girl's  training  at  South 
Boston.  She  begins  with  a  knife  and  makes  a  flower-pin ;  then  with 
a  plane  she  makes  a  ruler  and  so  on  to  tool-rack,  coat-hanger,  plant- 
stand,  corner-shelf,  paper-knife,  knife-box  and  towel-roller,  as  she  is 
learning  to  use  the  saw,  awl,  bores,  dividers,  spoke-shave,  etc.  She 
has  the  results  of  her  labor  and  may  keep  her  models  or  give  them 
away,  as  she  pleases. 

The  course  in  sewing  is  naturally  the  longest.     Pupils  can  ad- 
vance from  the  first  simple  stitches  to  the  stage  where  they  can  darn, 
patch,  draft  their  own  patterns  and  complete  common  articles  of 
dress. 
First  Year.     The  pupil  is  taught  to  make  stitches  with  heavy  worsted 

on  perforated  leather.     She   repeats   these  on   burlap-canvas. 

The  openings  in  this  material  make  it  possible  for  her  to  keep 

the  stitches  in  a  straight  line. 


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Second  Year.  She  applies  her  knowledge  of  stitches  to  coarse  cloth 
by  basting  towels,  dusters,  etc. 

Third  and  Fourth  Years.  She  bastes  sheets,  hems  napkins  and  over- 
hands  pillow-cases,  puts  two  edges  together  with  different  stitches 
in  making  bags,  slipper-cases,  aprons,  over-sleeves,  etc.,  besides 
measuring  and  cutting  straight  and  curved  edges,  making  but- 
tonholes, darning  and  patching. 

Fifth  and  Sixth  Years.  She  gains  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
sewing  machine,  and  stitches  towels,  sheets,  pillow-cases,  and 
sometimes  table-cloths.  All  the  table  linen,  sheets,  pillow-cases 
and  towels  for  the  five  cottages  of  the  girls'  department  are  made 
by  the  pupils  in  class. 

Seventh  and  Eighth  Years.  Advanced  work  in  taking  measurements, 
drafting  patterns  for  her  own  underwear,  linen  skirts,  breakfast 
jackets,  and  shirt-waists,  then  fitting  and  completing  these  gar- 
ments. The  drafting  is  done  by  the  help  of  a  system  with  raised 
measurements  and  of  a  dress-maker's  wheel  to  take  the  place  of 
a  pencil.  The  wheel  leaves  a  line  of  perforations  that  can  be 
easily  followed  by  the  fingers. 

The  order  followed  in  the  instruction  in  these  different  subjects  is 
invariable;  but  the  length  of  time  taken  by  individual  pupils  to  com- 
plete satisfactorily  each  step  of  the  course  depends  upon  the  capa- 
bility of  each  girl.  At  the  completion  of  this  course  the  pupil  has 
gained  skill  and  strength  in  her  hands,  and  probably  has  clearer  ideas 
of  shape  and  proportion,  a  little  keener  intelligence  and  more  self- 
reliance.  It  is  certain  that  she  finds  satisfaction  in  being  able  to  do, 
to  a  great  extent,  what  seeing  girls  of  her  own  age  are  capable  of  ac- 
complishing in  the  line  of  repairing  and  dress-making. 

This  is  not  all  that  is  done  for  fitting  our  girls  to  become 
useful  to  themselves  and  to  others.  There  is  more  which 
is  of  equal  importance  to  them.  The  pupils  of  the  girls' 
department  are  divided  into  five  separate  families,  which 
compare  most  favorably  in  every  particular  with  the  best 
in  the  neighborhood.  The  training  received  in  the  work- 
rooms of  the  school  is  supplemented  and  enlarged  by  that 
obtained  at  the  cottages,  in  which  they  live.  Here  they 
are  taught  by  intelligent  and  cultivated  New  England 


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housekeepers  the  practical  side  of  domestic  science  with- 
out being  required  to  wear  white  caps  and  to  carry  note- 
books for  the  purpose  of  recording  fine  theories  of  cooking 
and  digestion.  Here  they  become  acquainted  with  the 
ordinary  duties  of  Hfe,  with  the  amenities  and  courtesies 
of  sensible  society.  Here  in  the  quietness  of  the  family 
circle  they  talk  of  manners  and  morals;  they  listen  to 
the  reading  of  the  magazines  and  newspapers  and  discuss 
the  civic,  literary,  artistic  and  scientific  events  and  ques- 
tions of  the  day.  Here  they  learn  to  set  and  clear  away  a 
table,  to  wash  and  wipe  dishes,  to  sweep  floors  and  dust 
furniture,  to  make  beds  and  help  in  the  kitchen,  to  patch 
clothes  and  mend  stockings,  in  short  to  do  everything, 
which  is  needful  to  make  a  home  clean,  wtU  ordered  and 
attractive. 

Thus  it  is  evident  that  we  have  by  no  means  abolished 
the  teaching  and  practising  of  various  handicrafts;  nor 
have  we  directly  or  indirectly  lessened  their  value  as 
auxiliaries  to  the  work  of  the  school.  We  have  simply 
put  them  in  their  proper  place.  Instead  of  making  them 
the  principal  aim  and  sole  end  of  our  scheme  of  education 
we  use  them  as  a  means  to  it. 

This  is  the  true  status  of  manual  and  technical  train- 
ing in  our  school.  Any  statement  to  the  contrary  is 
absolutely  groundless. 

We  desire  to  say  most  emphatically  that  the  ultimate 
purpose  of  our  system  of  education  is  not  to  transform 
our  graduates  into  human  machines  of  narrow  gauge 
fitted  to  work  profitably  at  some  manual  occupation. 
Far  from  it.  Our  main  object  is  to  produce  men  and 
women  of  a  fine  type — strong  and  hardy,  self-reliant 
and  enterprising,  fortified  with  fully  developed  and  well 
trained  minds  and  with  increased  resources,  adequately 
equipped  to  cope  successfully  with  the  problems  of  life 


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and  able  to  use  their  powers  intelligently  and  skilfully 
and  to  enter  into  as  many  relations  with  their  fellow-men 
as  circumstances  permit.  To  the  achievement  of  this 
end  manual  training  is  made  to  contribute  its  full  share. 
Only  one  change  has  occurred  in  the  corps  of  in- 
structors of  this  department  during  the  past  year.  Miss 
Marian  E.  Chamberlain  has  been  chosen  assistant  teacher 
in  place  of  Miss  Grace  E.  Snow  who  declined  a  reap- 
pointment. 

Literary  Department. 

Who  feels  the  thirst  for  knowledge, 

In  Helicon  may  slake  it, 
If  he  has  still  the  Roman  will 

To  "find  a  way  or  make  it." 

— John  G,  Saxe. 

Under  the  judicious  and  efficient  management  of  the 
head  teachers  and  with  the  earnest  and  faithful  coopera- 
tion of  their  associates,  the  work  of  this  department  has 
been  carried  along  broad  and  progressive  lines  with  in- 
creased energy  and  very  gratifying  results. 

The  methods  and  processes  of  teaching  herein  pursued 
are  so  simple  in  themselves  and  so  natural  in  application 
that  the  pupils  do  not  lose  sight  of  their  work  in  the  haze^ 
which  is  created  by  the  instruction  given.  They  stimu- 
late and  discipline  the  mental  faculties,  cultivate  the 
understanding  and  the  power  of  thought,  vivify  the  im- 
agination, refine  the  taste  and  have  an  elevating  moral 
influence  upon  the  lives  of  the  scholars. 

Although  our  classes  are  much  smaller  than  those  in 
other  schools,  yet  there  is  a  wide  difference  in  the  degree 
of  capacity  and  hereditary  power  of  their  members. 
Hence  individual  instruction  is  indispensable.  This 
has  been  already  very  generally  adopted  and  is  steadily 


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becoming  a  feature  in  our  work.  The  teachers  are  alert 
to  ascertain  the  cause  of  the  difhcuky  met  with  and  then 
they  endeavor  to  remove  or  remedy  it.  The  assistance 
which  they  give  in  each  case  is  of  a  progressive  character, 
so  that  as  the  inteUigence  of  a  scholar  is  awakened  and 
increased,  he  gains  self-confidence,  courage  and  willing- 
ness to  think,  to  act  and  to  do.  Thus  the  spirit  of  in- 
difference or  apparent  indolence  disappears  gradually, 
and  in  its  place  comes  a  readiness  to  persevere  and  strive 
until  the  prescribed  task  is  accomplished. 

The  teachers  of  the  blind  must  never  forget  the  fact 
that  they  deal  with  a  class  of  students  whose  basis  of 
mental  conceptions  is  deep  but  decidedly  narrow  and  that 
they  must  widen  and  broaden  it  as  much  as  possible 
before  they  can  build  upon  it  a  symmetrical,  intellectual 
structure.  The  instructors  of  science  are  particularly 
urged  not  to  confine  their  efforts  to  trivial  specialization  and 
atomic  analyses  or  to  the  theory  of  potential  and  polyphase 
currents.  They  must  seize  every  opportunity  to  inspire 
their  pupils  with  love  for  nature  and  with  reverence  of 
her  laws  and  to  ennoble  their  hearts  and  stimulate  the 
soaring  of  their  minds.  Above  all  they  must  avoid  those 
educational  methods,  which  narrow  the  intellect  and 
turn  it  into  a  specializing  mechanism,  dwarf  the  imagina- 
tion, banish  the  idealism  and  destroy  sentiment. 

The  educational  facilities  afforded  by  the  institution 
have  been  constantly  increased  and  greatly  improved, 
while  numerous  additions  have  been  made  to  the  mechan- 
ical appliances  and  apparatus  and  to  the  materials  used 
for  illustration  or  for  investigation  and  experimentation 
in  the  various  branches  of  study.  There  are  few  public 
schools  and  private  academies  in  the  state,  which  are  so 
well  equipped  for  teaching  by  means  of  objects  as  ours. 

The  type-writer  is  classed  with  the  exercises  of  the 


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school  and  is  extensively  taught.  As  an  educational 
device,  this  machine  is  an  invaluable  aid  to  the  formation 
of  correct  habits  in  the  use  of  written  language.  It 
throws  into  bold  relief  all  errors  of  form,  such  as  bad 
spelling,  incorrect  grammar,  imperfect  arrangements 
and  faulty  punctuation  and  capitalization.  It  enforces 
constantly  the  advantages  of  neatness,  care  and  order. 
It  encourages  close  and  accurate  observation  and  brings 
about  unconsciously  a  greater  attention  to  style,  choice 
of  words,  terseness  and  vigor  of  thought  and  expression. 
At  the  close  of  the  school  term  two  of  the  teachers, 
Miss  Irene  Mason  who  has  rendered  faithful  service  in 
the  girls'  department  since  1902  and  Mr.  James  W.  Dyson 
who  has  done  good  work  with  the  boys  during  the  past 
year,  decided  not  to  accept  a  reappointment.  They 
were  succeeded  by  Miss  Mary  E.  Sawyer  and  Mr.  Ray 
Waldron  Pettengill,  a  recent  graduate  of  Bowdoin  college. 


Department  of  Music. 

O,  well  for  the  fortunate  soul 

Which  music's  wings  infold, 
Stealing  away  the  memory 

Of  sorrows  new  and  old. 

— Emerson. 

Indisputably  music  is  a  great  educational  force,  a 
power  making  for  progress,  intelligence  and  joy.  It 
helps  to  enlighten  and  uplift  its  devotees,  to  intensify 
their  inner  life  and  to  strengthen  and  deepen  their  char- 
acter. It  promotes  the  development  of  the  intellectual 
faculties,  quickens  the  imagination,  strengthens  the  judg- 
ment and  softens  the  passions.  By  calling  for  the  closest 
attention-,  it  cultivates  habits  of  observation,  concentra- 
tion and  discernment. 


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To  the  blind  music  offers  advantages  which  they  can 
derive  from  no  other  source.  It  refines  their  taste,  puri- 
fies their  heart  and  ennobles  their  sentiments.  Like 
poetry,  it  addresses  itself  to  their  artistic  nature  and 
brightens  their  sense  of  the  beautiful.  It  accentuates 
the  receptive  side  of  their  being  and  fosters  their  creative 
powers.  It  is  the  sole  means  whereby  they  can  ascend 
to  the  highest  plane  of  aesthetic  beauty  accessible  to  them. 
No  other  member  of  the  sisterhood  of  fine  arts  can  be 
of  any  service  to  them  in  this  direction. 

In  view  of  these  facts  one  of  the  leading  places  in  the 
curriculum  of  the  school  has  been  assigned  to  music, 
and  unremitting  care  has  been  bestowed  upon  its  study 
as  a  science  and  its  practice  as  an  art.  The  department 
devoted  to  it  has  been  conducted .  in  both  its  branches 
with  intelligence  and  earnestness  and  has  attained  a 
higher  degree  of  efficiency  and  excellence  than  that  ever 
before  reached.  Great  credit  is  due  alike  to  pupils  and 
instructors  for  the  progress  that  has  been  made  and  for 
the  results  that  have  been  obtained  from  its  operations. 

Mr.  Edwin  L.  Gardiner,  the  head  master  in  the  boys' 
section  of  this  department,  has  furnished  the  following 
account  of  the  work  which  has  been  done  under  his  super- 
vision : — 

Forty-five  pupils  were  enrolled  in  the  boys'  section  of  the  music 
department  during  the  year  just  closed.  Forty- three  of  these  re- 
ceived instruction  in  playing  the  pianoforte;  five  studied  the  pipe 
organ,  and  nine  have  taken  lessons  in  singing.  Of  those  who  played 
the  orchestral  instruments,  ten  studied  the  violin;  four,  the  violon- 
cello; three,  the  contra  bass;  two,  the  flute;  two,  the  oboe;  five, 
the  clarinet ;  and  one  the  bassoon.  In  regard  to  the  brass  instniments, 
three  played  the  cornet;  four,  the  French  horn;  and  one,  the  trom- 
bone, while  one  studied  the  t\Tnpani. 

A  large  number  of  the  boys  received  special  lessons  in  the  study  of 
harmony,  and  the  greater  part  of  these  made  commendable  progress. 


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One  evening  each  week,  throughout  the  year,  all  the  pupils  who 
study  music  have  assembled  in  two  classes  to  listen  to  the  reading 
of  books  and  articles  on  biography,  musical  criticisms  and  current 
topics  of  interest. 

The  orchestra  has  been  increased  in  numbers  and  has  improved 
in  technique  and  in  smoothness  of  ensemble  playing.  The  pieces 
studied  during  the  past  year  were  selected  largely  from  the  works  of 
Mozart,  Haydn,  Beethoven  and  Schubert.  The  players  applied 
themselves  earnestly  to  their  work  and  took  much  pleasure  in  seeing 
how  well  they  could  perform  these  beautiful  old  classic  masterpieces. 

In  the  course  of  the  year  we  have  given  much  time  to  the  stereo- 
typing of  music  in  the  Braille  system,  and  we  have  added  a  very 
large  number  of  vocal  and  instrumental  pieces  to  our  collection. 
Among  these  compositions  will  be  found  important  works  by  Bach, 
Beethoven,  Chopin  and  Czemy  for  the  pianoforte,  while,  for  the  voice, 
the  studies  by  Vaccai  and  Seiber  have  been  printed  in  relief  and  will 
be  of  great  assistance  and  value  to  our  students  of  vocal  music. 

Miss  Lila  P.  Cole,  the  principal  teacher  in  the  girls' 
section  of  the  music  department,  has  written  the  follow- 
ing statement  of  what  has  been  accomplished  under  her 
direction : — 

During  the  past  year  there  have  been  forty-nine  pupils  in  the  girls' 
section  of  the  music  department.  All  of  these  have  studied  the  piano- 
forte; seven,  the  violin;  one,  the  violoncello;  one,  the  double  bass; 
and  seven  have  made  a  special  study  of  vocal  music. 

We  have  had  two  classes  in  harmony,  one  having  been  organized 
at  the  beginning  of  the  year.  The  pupils  who  do  the  more  advanced 
work  have  studied  sequences,  the  different  kinds  of  cadences  and  the 
use  of  the  dominant  seventh  and  dominant  ninth  chords,  by  means 
of  bases,  figured  and  unfigured,  and  original  phrases;  while  the  class 
of  beginners  has  devoted  its  time  to  the  treatment  of  triads  in  funda- 
mental position. 

A  large  class  has  just  completed  the  course  in  musical  history. 

Our  chorus  class  is  still  small,  though  a  few  additions  have  been 
made  to  it.  At  the  beginning  of  the  year  we  organized  a  second  class 
composed  of  girls  of  lower  grades,  hoping  that  in  due  time  we  might 
be  able  to  add  at  least  a  few  voices  to  the  first  class.     This  we  did 


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but  found  that  on  the  whole  the  two  classes  could  not  work  together 
to  advantage. 

The  work  of  the  violin  pupils  has  been  very  satisfactory.  The 
ensemble-Y>la.y'mg  class  has  met  twice  a  week  for  practice,  with  ex- 
cellent results.     The  addition  of  a  double-bass  has  been  very  helpful. 

Pupils'  recitals  have  been  given  as  usual  once  a  month,  each  pupil 
taking  part  at  least  once  during  the  year. 

The  musical  readings  on  Monday  evenings  have  been  continued. 
Various  articles  of  interest,  selected  from  books,  papers  and  maga- 
zines are  used. 

The  results  of  the  year's  work  have  been  generally  satisfactory, 
the  pupils  having  shown  their  interest  by  earnest  and  steady  appli- 
cation. 

As  a  general  rule,  the  teachers  have  not  confined  them- 
selves to  giving  formal  and  mechanical  instruction  in 
playing  and  singing.  They  have  endeavored  to  guide 
the  pupUs  to  the  inner  sanctuary  of  the  art  of  ''sweet 
sounds"  and  to  inspire  them  with  love  for  its  best  forms. 
Their  purpose  has  been  to  uplift  the  soul  of  every  in- 
telligent student  and  by  attuning  it  to  the  music  of  the 
universe  to  enable  him  to  comprehend  more  intricately 
woven  harmonies. 

The  ample  means  and  uncommon  internal  facilities, 
which  the  institution  provides  for  the  thorough  musical 
education  of  its  pupils  are  supplemented  and  fructified 
by  external  opportunities  of  a  superior  character,  which 
are  accessible  to  our  advanced  students. 

Boston  is  world  renowned  for  the  intellectual  and 
artistic  advantages,  which  it  affords  to  its  inhabitants. 
Judged  by  the  character  of  the  symphony  and  chamber 
concerts,  by  the  number  and  excellence  of  the  choral 
works  presented  year  by  year,  by  the  prominence  of  the 
societies  that  perform  them  and  by  the  appreciation  and 
size  of  the  audiences  that  make  the  existence  of  such  or- 
ganizations possible,   this  city  is  deservedly  called   the 


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musical  centre  of  America.  Thanks  to  the  unfailing 
kin'dness  and  unstinted  liberality  of  many  earnest  and 
loyal  friends  of  the  institution,  whose  names  are  grate- 
fully recorded  in  the  list  of  acknowledgments,  our  pupils 
have  been  permitted  to  attend,  free  of  charge,  a  large 
number  of  fine  concerts  and  to  listen  to  eminent  artists 
while  these  interpreted  the  masterpieces  of  the  great 
composers.  These  exceptional  opportunities  enable  the 
blind  to  broaden  their  views  and  to  get  a  glimpse  of  the 
ideal  beauty  of  art  and  at  the  same  time  to  be  imbued 
with  the  true  spirit  of  classic  music  by  becoming  ac- 
quainted with  the  richness  of  Bach,  the  lucidity  of  Mozart, 
the  magnificent  strength  and  dignity  of  Beethoven,  the 
melodiousness  or  tone  poetry  of  Chopin,  the  refined  and 
reverend  grace  of  Mendelssohn,  the  sublimity  of  Schu- 
mann, the  passionateness  of  Schubert  and  the  lyricism 
of  Franz. 

It  is  not  claiming  too  much  to  state  that  the  music 
department  has  reached  a  degree  of  efficiency  and  com- 
pleteness, which  is  hardly  equalled  and  not  surpassed 
anywhere.  It  is  conducted  in  an  intelligent,  systematic 
and  business-like  way  and  produces  results  of  a  high 
order.  The  excellence  of  its  work  is  evident  in  every 
particular,  but  especially  in  the  ensemble  playing  of  the 
orchestra,  which  is  the  critical  test  of  painstaking  train- 
ing and  of  artistic  proficiency.  The  performances  of 
this  band  may  stand  side  by  side  with  those  of  professional 
musicians.  They  have  been  witnessed  by  two  of  the 
ablest  and  keenest  critics  of  music  in  the  city  of  Boston 
and  have  been  not  only  approved  but  most  favorably 
commended  by  them.  Mr.  Philip  Hale  and  Prof.  Louis 
Elson  had  the  kindness  to  attend  last  June  the  gradu- 
ating exercises  of  our  school  in  the  Boston  Theatre  and 
to  listen  to  the  rendition  by  the  orchestra  of  the  first 


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movement  from  Schubert's  symphony  in  B  minor,  with 
which  the  programme  of  the  exercises  was  opened.  Both 
these  gentlemen  were  greatly  pleased  with  the  efforts 
of  the  players,  and  their  remarks  upon  them  were  very 
gratifying  as  well  as  helpful.  Mr.  Hale  spoke  as  follows  of 
the  performance  in  the  Boston  Herald  of  the  yth  of  June : — 

One  of  the  most  interesting  and  moving  features  was  the  perform- 
ance of  the  orchestra.  For  some  years  great  pains  have  been  taken 
in  the  instruction  of  the  pupils  in  ensemble  playing.  Mr.  Edwin  A. 
Sabin  has  had  charge  of  the  strings,  and  the  use  of  the  wind  instru- 
ments has  been  taught  by  various  accomplished  professionals.  The 
pieces  chosen  for  practice  have  been  gradually  more  and  more  am- 
bitious. Until  yesterday  the  performance  of  the  first  movement  of 
Schubert's  "Unfinished"  Symphony  showed  the  patience,  tact  and 
skill  of  the  instructors  as  well  as  the  musical  instincts,  taste  and  per- 
severance of  the  pupils. 

The  music  itself,  as  all  know,  demands  finesse  in  the  expression 
of  emotion,  a  fine  sense  of  rhythm,  perfection  in  the  ensemble.  The 
performance  was  one  of  engrossing  musical  interest.  Not  only  was 
there  a  praiseworthy  precision  in  attack,  a  general  purity  of  intona- 
tion, a  pervading  euphony,  but  there  was  an  unusual  elasticity  in  the 
expression,  a  freedom  in  the  display  of  emotion. 

When  one  considers  how  these  youths  and  children  must  play 
without  the  sight  of  either  time  beaten  or  of  temperamental  conductor 
with  encouraging  face  and  magnetic  gesture,  the  results  obtained  were 
surprising,  wellnigh  incredible.  And  in  the  performance  there  was 
often  a  grace,  a  finish  that  older  orchestras  composed  of  men  more 
kindly  treated  by  nature  might  envy. 

In  the  issue  of  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser  of  the  same 
date  the  following  account  was  published,  written  by 
Prof.  Elson: — 

THE    PERKINS    INSTITUTE   ORCHESTRA. 

Yesterday  afternoon,  in  the  Boston  Theatre,  before  a  large  audi- 
ence, the  graduating  exercises  of  the  Perkins  Institute  (class  of  1905) 
took  place.     One  might  say  much  of  the  interest  of  the  general  ex- 


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ercises,  of  the  surprising  results  obtained  in  many  different  directions 
by  the  pupils  who  appeared  in  history,  physics,  etc.,  and  of  the 
charm  of  the  kindergarten  work,  which  contrasted  well  with  the 
efficiency  of  the  advanced  grades;  but  the  shoemaker  must  stick  to 
his  last,  and  the  musical  reviewer  must  speak  only  of  the  orchestra. 

That  it  is  advancing  is  evident.  To  fly  as  high  as  the  allegro 
movement  of  the  "Unfinished  Symphony"  by  Schubert,  argues  a 
commendable  ambition  on  the  part  of  the  students  who  form  this 
band. 

Few  outsiders  can  appreciate  the  difficulties  that  lie  in  the  path 
of  an  orchestra  of  sightless  musicians.  In  the  first  place  their  parts 
must  be  transcribed  into  a  species  of  Braille  point  system  that  they 
may  memorize  their  phrases. 

Only  a  few  years  ago  this  part  of  the  task  was  much  harder,  for 
there  was  no  notation  system  and  each  player  was  obliged  to  have 
his  part  "read."  to  him  over  and  over,  until  he  had  committed  it  to 
memory. 

As  the  conductor  cannot  signal  his  points  of  shading  by  panto- 
mime, every  "nuance"  must  be  thoroughly  studied  beforehand,  in 
a  far  more  thorough  manner  than  is  the  case  with  ordinary  orchestras. 
This  handicap  is  balanced  by  the  love  of  music  that  seems  inherent 
in  most  of  these  young  musicians.  The  conductor  can,  however, 
stand  at  the  back  of  the  band  and  lightly  tap  out  the  rhythm,  in  a 
manner  which  is  not  audible  to  the  audience,  yet  is  perfectly  clear 
to  the  keen  ears  of  the  players. 

So  that  there  is  far  less  of  rigidity  in  such  a  performance  than  an 
outsider  would  imagine.  In  a  work  so  romantic  and  poetic  as  this 
symphony  of  Schubert's,  the  tempo  and  shading  has  frequent  changes 
and  many  subtleties.  It  was  gratifying  to  note  how  gracefully  these 
were  executed,  and  how  full  of  true  feeling  the  interpretation  of  the 
noble  allegro  became.  It  had  something  of  the  freedom  of  ensemble 
that  we  have  heard  in  Hungary  and  Bohemia,  where  the  natural 
musicians  also  play  without  the  aid  of  notes  and  sometimes  without 
a  conductor. 

Once  in  a  while  one  would  have  liked  a  little  more  power  and 
emphasis  on  some  of  the  "sforzando"  effects,  in  the  wind  instruments 
and  upon  the  kettledrums,  but  the  strings  played  with  more  freedom 
and  fire  than  ever  before.  The  orchestra  has  both  male  and  female 
musicians  in  its  ranks  and  seems  somewhat  larger  than  heretofore. 

There  were  other  excellent  musical  numbers  on  the  programme;  a 


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song  with  Miss  Sophia  J.  Muldoon  as  soloist,  a  Kinder  Symphony 
by  the  youngest  players,  etc.,  but  the  chief  musical  number  was  the 
Schubert  movement  described  above,  and  the  orchestra  is  one  of 
the  most  unique  organizations  in  the  music  of  America. 

These  critiques,  \^Titten  by  authors  of  wide  experience 
and  unbiased  judgment,  bear  authoritative  and  striking 
testimony  to  the  remarkable  progress,  which  this  depart- 
ment has  made  during  the  last  five  or  six  years,  and  to 
the  superior  chalracter  of  the  work  which  it  is  doing.  The 
building  of  a  fine  orchestra  is  no  ordinary  achievement 
in  the  field  of  music.  Thus  far  no  school  or  college  for 
the  blind  either  on  this  continent  or  in  Great  Britain  has 
attempted  a  task  equal  to  that  which  has  been  hopefully 
undertaken  and  successfully  accomplished  by  our  in- 
stitution. 

Owing  to  the  lack  of  funds  there  have  been  but  few 
additions  made  to  the  equipment  of  this  department. 
We  are  in  need  of  half  a  dozen  new  pianofortes,  and  we 
trust  to  be  able  ere  long  to  obtain  the  means  for  purchas- 
ing them. 

Tuning  Department. 

Strange!   that  a  harp  of  thousand  strings 
Should  keep  in  tune  so  long. 

— Watts. 

Closely  connected  with  the  study  of  music  is  the  art 
of  tuning  pianofortes.  This  calling  considered  from  a 
financial  point  of  view,  is  very  lucrative  and  in  addition 
it  affords  a  pleasant  occupation  to  those  who  pursue  it. 

The  art  of  tuning  is  peculiarly  suited  to  the  blind, 
while  it  is  also  specially  attractive  to  them  for  the  reason 
that  in  its  practice  they  labor  under  fewer  difficulties 
and  disadvantages  than  in  any  other  kind  of  work,  and 


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are  not  so  handicapped  by  their  infirmity  as  to  be  in- 
capable of  competing  with  seeing  men. 

But  in  order  that  our  graduates  may  be  successful 
as  tuners  they  must  be  thoroughly  prepared  and  adequately 
fitted  to  do  their  work  in  a  faultless  manner.  For  it  is 
through  consummate  training,  combined  with  an  entire 
freedom  from  objectionable  habits  and  with  good  address 
and  blameless  conduct,  that  they  will  be  apt  to  overcome 
the  prejudices,  which  exist  against  sightless  workmen, 
and  to  win  the  confidence  and  secure  the  patronage  of 
those  who  may  be  in  need  of  their  services. 

The  tuning  department  of  this  institution  is  conducted 
in  strict  conformity  with  these  considerations.  The 
instruction  herein  given  is  of  the  highest  order,  while 
its  work  is  carried  on  in  a  dozen  fine  rooms,  fully  equipped 
with  fourteen  grand,  square  and  upright  pianofortes, 
reed  organs,  models  of  every  kind  of  action  in  use,  acoustic 
apparatus,  tools  and  materials  of  all  descriptions.  In- 
deed, nothing  is  omitted  which  may  contribute  to  render 
this  branch  of  the  music  department  the  best  of  its  kind 
and  to  aid  the  recipients  of  its  benefits  to  become  pro- 
ficient in  their  art  and  able  to  hold  their  own  in  the  arena 
of  competition  with  seeing  craftsmen. 

During  the  past  year  twenty-four  pupils  have  received 
regular  instruction  in  tuning.  The  time  devoted  to  it 
has  varied  from  five  to  forty  hours  a  week  according  to 
age,  the  degree  of  progress  made  and  the  prospects  and 
capacity  of  the  learner. 

The  pupils,  selected  with  great  care,  have  been  method- 
ically taught  and  systematically  trained.  They  have 
been  supplied  with  such  facilities  and  advantages  as  are 
needed  to  enable  them  to  gain  a  general  theoretical  knowl- 
edge of  the  art  of  tuning,  as  well  as  to  become  thoroughly 
skilled  in  the  adjustment  of  its  mechanical  parts. 


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The  class  for  training  the  ear  of  the  students  and  of 
rendering  it  as  keen  and  as  discriminating  as  can  be 
made  has  been  continued,  and  the  fruits  of  its  work 
have  been  very  satisfactory.  In  every  instance  the  re- 
sults of  this  trial  have  demonstrated  to  such  of  the  candi- 
dates as  were  deficient  in  the  sense  of  hearing,  that  it 
was  useless  for  them  to  proceed  farther  and  have  led 
them  to  the  conclusion  that  it  would  be  best  for  them 
to  abandon  the  attempt  to  become  tuners  and  devote 
their  time  to  some  other  occupation,  which  promised  to 
be  profitable  to  them. 

The  natural  sciences  form  a  distinctive  feature  in  the 
curriculum  of  our  school,  and  those  of  the  pupils  who 
pursue  these  branches  have  an  excellent  opportunity 
to  study  acoustics  both  theoretically  and  experimentally 
in  a  thorough  way  and  to  gain  an  accurate  knowledge  of 
the  science  of  sound  in  all  its  details.  Furthermore  they 
join  the  classes  which  study  the  theory  of  music  and 
learn  the  principles  of  that  art  and  the  nature  and  the 
relations  of  the  tones,  which  enter  into  musical  compo- 
sition. They  derive  great  benefit  both  from  these  op- 
portunities and  from  the  musical  atmosphere  in  which 
they  live  and  which  is  a  stimulus  to  them. 

The  students  of  tuning  in  the  advanced  division  put 
into  practical  use  the  skill,  which  they  have  gained  through 
the  exercises  of  sloyd  in  the  manual  training  department. 
This  they  do  in  the  following  way :  They  are  given  certain 
parts  of  the  action  of  a  pianoforte  together  with  pieces 
of  plain  wood  and  are  asked  to  duplicate  the  former  by 
measuring,  cutting,  rounding  and  shaping  the  latter. 
If  a  tuner  succeeds  in  doing  this,  he  will  find  his  ac- 
complishment extremely  serviceable  in  the  practice  of 
his  calling,  for  he  will  sometimes  be  obliged  to  repair  or 
replace  broken  or  missing  portions  of  actions  and  will 


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have  very  great  difficulty  in  doing  so  unless  he  is  capable 
of  using  his  knife  handily.  This  exercise  is  exceedingly 
pleasing  to  the  apprentices,  and  they  enjoy  it  very  much. 
While  sitting  around  a  table,  they  whittle  attentively  but 
merrily.  A  casual  observer,  seeing  them  in  this  per- 
formance, may  criticise  them  as  loafing  and  wasting  their 
time,  when  in  reality  they  are  learning  to  do  a  kind  of 
work,  which  will  be  of  the  utmost  value  to  them. 

The  head  master  of  this  department,  Mr.  George  E. 
Hart,  deserves  great  praise  for  the  diligence  and  zeal 
with  which  he  manages  its  affairs.  Under  his  direction 
and  with  his  assistance  the  students  are  trained  to  do 
ordinary  repairs  in  a  neat  manner,  to  replace  the  damaged 
parts  of  an  action  and  to  rely  upon  themselves  in  sur- 
mounting all  the  obstacles,  which  they  may  meet  with 
in  the  practice  of  their  profession. 


Entertainment  on  Washington's  Birthday. 

Oh,  beautiful  my  country! 

What  were  our  lives  without  thee! 

What  all  our  lives  to  save  thee! 

— James  Russell  Lowell. 

In  accordance  with  a  custom  of  long  standing,  the  pupils 
of  the  boys'  department  of  this  institution  made  extensive 
preparations  for  the  celebration  of  Washington's  birthday 
by  offering  for  the  pleasure  of  their  friends  and  patrons 
a  musical  entertainment  of  high  order,  which  was  given 
in  the  school  hall  on  the  afternoon  of  the  holiday  at  three 
o'clock.  The  atmospheric  conditions  were  favorable, 
but  it  is  pleasant  to  believe  that  it  was  solely  a  deep  in- 
terest in  the  achievements  of  these  young  musicians 
which  drew  so  large  a  concourse  of  people  from  far  and 
near,  filling  the  good-sized  hall  almost  to  the  limit  of  its 


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capacity.  It  was  also  a  satisfaction  to  hear  the  heartfelt 
expressions  of  approval  and  appreciation  from  the  auditors 
as  they  left  the  building  at  the  close  of  the  exercises, 
showing  that  they  felt  amply  repaid  for  their  visit  to  the 
school. 

On  this  occasion  the  full  orchestra  of  the  school,  which 
has  come  more  and  more  into  prominence  as  its  tone 
and  volume  have  become  more  assured  and  as  its  rep- 
ertoire has  increased,  formed  an  important  feature,  con- 
tributing two  numbers  to  the  programme, — the  first 
movement  from  Schubert's  symphony  in  B  minor  and  the 
first  movement  from  Haydn's  symphony  No.  5.  The 
rendition  of  both  of  these  numbers  gave  evidence  of  the 
deep  musical  feeling  of  the  pupils  and  their  love  for  this 
beautiful  art,  which  urges  them  forward  in  the  careful 
painstaking  effort  whereby  alone  they  can  accomplish 
such  fine  results  in  this  field  of  work.  Some  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  orchestra  are  only  thirteen  years  of  age,  yet 
the  performance  proved  that  each  performer,  of  what- 
ever age,  was  willing  to  put  forth  such  earnest  effort  in 
the  mastery  of  his  individual  instrument  as  to  insure 
the  success  of  the  entire  organization.  Their  playing 
was  smooth,  melodious  and  well-phrased,  and  their 
entire  performance  was  such  as  to  cause  the  personality 
of  the  musicians  to  be  overlooked  in  pure  delight  over 
the  strains  which  they  evoked  and  gratification  over  the 
excellence   of  their  playing. 

A  quartet  of  stringed  instruments  gave  exquisite  ex- 
pression to  a  theme  with  variations  from  Haydn's  quartet, 
No.  12.  Each  instrument  sustained  well  its  part,  and  as 
the  motif  was  developed  by  each  in  turn  the  harmonious 
accompaniment  of  the  other  three  instruments  formed  a 
beautiful  background  for  the  dominant  tone.  The  quar- 
tet   was    thus    composed: — Alfred    Heroux,    first    violin; 


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Charles  Amadon,  second  violin;  Frank  Nelson,  viola; 
and  Barnard  Levin,  violoncello. 

The  programme  included  three  solos, — one  by  John 
Wetherell  who  played  a  concertstuck  for  the  flute  by  Popp ; 
a  grand  chorus,  written  for  the  organ  by  Guilmant  and 
rendered  by  Wilbur  Dodge ;  and  a  selection  from  Carmen, 
sung  by  Charles  Forrester.  Each  of  these  was  an  ex- 
cellent exponent  of  its  particular  branch  of  musical 
study  and  enhanced  greatly  the  charm  of  the  well-di- 
versified entertainment,  while  at  the  same  time  it  added 
cumulative  proof  that  the  work  in  this  department  is 
thorough  and  comprehensive,  embracing  all  musical 
branches  in  its  scope. 

Taken  all  in  all,  the  entire  performance  presented  an 
adequate  conception  of  the  high  standard  of  attainment, 
toward  which  these  earnest  students  are  striving,  and  of 
the  conscientious  and  painstaking  endeavors,  which  are 
put  forth  by  those  who  find  in  music  a  mode  of  self- 
expression  and  a  valuable  means  of  complete  aesthetic 
enjoyment. 

The  literary  exercises  which  were  introduced  into  the 
programme  served  as  appropriate  reminders  of  the  pur- 
pose of  the  holiday.  Joseph  Bartlett  read  in  clear,  ring- 
ing tones  Daniel  Webster's  Tribute  to  Washington,  and 
a  class  of  boys  gave  terse  but  telling  descriptions  of  dis- 
tinguished persons  and  events  connected  with  the  "Early 
Stages  of  the  American  Revolution." 

Thus  the  day  has  taken  its  place  in  the  annals  of  the 
year  as  one  which  has  played  a  prominent  part  in  pro- 
moting patriotic  fervor  among  the  pupils  and  it  is  pleasant 
to  report  that  the  boys  were  able  through  their  own 
efforts  to  prove  their  belief  and  zealous  interest  in  the 
kindergarten  department  by  adding  a  generous  sum  to 
its  funds. 


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The  Education  of  the  Blind  Deaf-Mutes. 

They  lay  in  prison  speechless,  sightless, 

Unhearing,  thralls  of  fate, 
Until  he  came  and  said,  "come  out! 
It  is  not  yet  too  late." 

He  came  and  lifted  up  and  spoke, 

He  set  them  in  the  sun; 
The  great  good  work  goes  on  and  on 

That  was  by  him  begun. 

— Howard  Glyndon. 

The  deliverance  of  Laura  Bridgman  from  the  dungeon 
of  never-ending  darkness  and  silence,  to  which  she  was 
doomed  by  a  cruel  decree  of  fate,  was  the  cro^vn  of  the 
marvellous  work,  which  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe  ac- 
complished for  the  afflicted  members  of  the  human  family, 
and  one  of  the  greatest  educational  achievements  of  the 
nineteenth  century. 

In  the  year  1837  this  eminent  philanthropist  learned 
through  an  account  written  by  Dr.  Mussey,  then  head  of 
the  medical  department  at  Dartmouth  College,  that  there 
was  in  Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  a  little  girl,  seven  years 
of  age,  who  had  been  bereft  of  all  the  senses  save  that  of 
touch.  She  had  been  delicate  and  sickly  from  the  cradle; 
but  at  the  age  of  two  years  she  was  attacked  by  virulent 
scarlet  fever,  which  ravaged  her  system  for  five  months 
with  fearful  fury,  destroying  utterly  the  organs  of  sight 
and  hearing,  blunting  the  senses  of  smell  and  taste  and 
prostrating  the  whole  being  so  completely  that  recovery 
seemed  impossible.  The  storm  of  disease  had  gradually 
abated,  however,  and  the  shattered  organism  at  last 
floated  peacefully  and  aimlessly  upon  the  stream  of  life. 
But  what  a  wreck!  Blind,  deaf,  dumb  and  without  that 
distinct  consciousness  of  individual  existence,  which  is 
developed  in  the  normal  child  through  the  exercise  of  the 


CORA  ADELIA  CROCKER.  ELIZABETH  ROBIN. 

THOMAS  STRINGER. 


NELLIE  WINITZKY. 


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senses!  Could  any  one  appear  more  absolutely  buried 
alive  in  a  hopeless  grave! 

In  Dr.  Mussey's  pathetic  description  of  Laura's  mourn- 
ful condition  Dr.  Howe  perceived  a  signal  of  distress 
flying  over  a  perishing  soul  and  calling  for  immediate 
assistance.  Led  by  his  quick  sympathies  and  his  ardent 
love  for  humanity,  he  became  deeply  interested  in  the 
hapless  victim  of  a  dire  calamity  and  began  at  once  to 
think  of  devising  ways  and  means  for  her  rescue.  He 
lost  no  time  in  going  to  Hanover  to  see  her  and  after  a 
careful  examination  of  her  case  he  was  so  profoundly 
touched  by  the  appalling  blackness  and  desolation  of  her 
solitary  confinement  that  he  decided  there  and  then  to 
devote  his  energies  to  its  alleviation.  He  talked  the 
matter  over  with  her  parents  and  tried  to  convince  them 
that  there  was  a  possibility  of  ransoming  their  little 
daughter  from  the  captivity  of  her  affliction  and  of  re- 
storing her  to  her  human  inheritance.  Finally  he  per- 
suaded them  to  bring  her  to  the  institution  for  the  blind 
in  Boston  and  place  her  in  his  charge.  This  was  done  on 
the  fourth  day  of  October,  1837,  and  the  great  work  of 
Laura's  liberation  was  then  commenced. 

In  order  to  realize  fully  the  magnitude  of  Dr.  Howe's 
undertaking  and  to  estimate  accurately  the  boldness  of 
his  mind  and  the  resoluteness  of  his  spirit,  we  must 
recall  to  memory  that  at  this  time  the  condition  of  persons 
shorn  of  the  senses  of  sight  and  hearing  was  generally 
regarded  as  hopelessly  irremediable  and  beyond  the  reach 
of  man's  power.  He  had  to  confront  not  only  the  enormous 
difficulties  inherent  in  such  a  new  and  thorny  path,  but 
the  still  more  deterring  and  discouraging  feature  that  the 
consensus  of  opinion  of  the  foremost  thinkers,  philoso- 
phers, savants,  scientists  and  medical  men  of  that  time 
in  Great  Britain  was  decidedly  pronounced  against  such 


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an  undertaking.  Sir  James  Mackintosh,  Sir  Thomas 
Dick  Lander,  Sir  Astley  Cooper,  the  distinguished  occu- 
list  Mr.  Vaughan  and  Dugald  Stewart,  the  essayist,  all 
had  seen  James  Mitchell  in  Scotland,  and  after  a  thorough 
investigation  and  careful  consideration  of  his  case  either 
concluded  that  nothing  could  be  done  for  him  or  declared 
that  they  could  see  no  way  whereby  assistance  might  be 
given  to  him.  The  same  view  was  held  by  Gall  of  Edin- 
burgh. The  natural  inference  drawn  from  this  judgment 
was  to  the  effect  that  persons  deprived  of  the  two  prin- 
cipal avenues  of  sense  were  ever  doomed  to  an  intermin- 
able prison-house  of  darkness  and  silence. 

This  verdict,  coming  as  it  did  from  high  authorities, 
seemed  to  be  final,  and  it  was  generally  supposed  that 
no  one  would  dare  to  attempt  to  set  it  aside  and  insist 
upon  a  new  trial.  Yet  this  was  just  what  Dr.  Howe 
decided  to  do.  He  had  already  given  much  thought 
to  the  question  as  to  whether  a  deaf,  dumb  and  blind 
person  could  receive  an  education  and  resolved  to  dis- 
cover the  means  for  solving  the  problem  satisfactorily 
and  for  snatching  Laura's  mind  from  its  fearful  destiny. 
He  was  the  pioneer  in  this  branch  of  pedagogy,  and  al- 
though his  task  was  a  mighty  one,  he  proved  equal  to  it. 
He  entered  confidently  upon  an  untrodden  field  and  an 
unknown  region  without  any  precedents  to  direct  his 
steps  and  with  no  one  to  give  him  counsel  or  encourage- 
ment. Only  here  and  there  he  had  a  shadowy  hint  or 
a  vague  suggestion  for  inspiration  and  guide.  There 
was  no  compass  to  point  the  direction.  But,  relying 
upon  the  strength  that  comes  from  clear  insight  and  firm 
conviction,  he  was  determined  to  succeed.  Never  for 
an  hour  was  he  disheartened  at  the  seemingly  overwhelm- 
ing odds  against  him. 

Dr.  Howe  arrayed  his  forces  of  marvellous  ingenuity 


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and  immeasurable  patience  in  front  of  the  formidable 
dungeon  in  which  Laura's  soul  was  imprisoned,  and  he 
began  a  regular  siege.  He  brought  to  bear  upon  this 
undertaking  the  resources  of  a  keen  intellect  and  an 
indomitable  energy  that  refused  to  quail  before  any 
obstacle.  Splendid  audacity,  fertility  of  imagination, 
unfaltering  perseverance,  knightly  chivalry  and  passion- 
ate love  for  humanity,  all  were  employed  with  consummate 
skill  in  this  campaign  against  "night  and  death  itself," 
which  was  enthusiastically  but  wisely  planned  and  set 
on  foot  by  this  modern  Sir  Philip  Sidney.  Experiments 
and  processes  of  various  kinds  were  used  with  unyield- 
ing pertinacity,  and  the  failure  of  one  suggested  the  im- 
mediate invention  or  adoption  of  another.  Finally  the 
triply- barred  gates  of  the  castle  were  forced,  the  in- 
carcerated mind  of  Laura  Bridgman  was  set  free  and  a 
thoroughfare  was  opened  for  the  redemption  of  all  chil- 
dren and  youths  similarly  afflicted. 

Both  by  nature  and  training  Dr.  Howe  was  peculiarly 
fitted  for  this  great  work.  He  was  one  of  the  most  re- 
markable men  of  his  time  and  generation — a  sane  idealist, 
a  practical  reformer,  a  true  philanthropist  whose  energy 
and  talents  were  always  devoted  to  the  cause  of  the 
weakest. 

He  mapped  the  desert  of  a  soul 
Untracked  by  sight  and  sound. 

His  achievement  was  a  triumph  of  supreme  faith  in 
the  inner  capacities  of  the  human  being.  The  facts, 
which  he  gathered  from  an  exploration  of  a  pedagogical 
field  hitherto  untried,  are  of  the  utmost  value  to  educators, 
psychologists  and  men  of  science. 

Starting  with  unproved  but  rational  methods  of  his 
own  device.  Dr.  Howe  studied  carefully  every  phase  of 


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his  work,  sifted  out  the  results  of  his  observations  and 
experiences  and  evolved  a  system  of  education  for  Laura 
Bridgman,  which  is  used  today  in  the  same  form  in 
cases  of  similarly  afflicted  persons  in  all  parts  of  Europe 
and  America.  In  the  journals,  which  he  caused  to  be 
kept  by  his  famous  pupil  and  her  instructors,  we  find 
an  accurate  record  of  every  step  taken  in  her  progress, 
while  his  annual  reports  contain  not  only  a  masterly 
summary  of  these,  but  a  clear  and  cogent  statement  of 
the  principles  upon  which  he  based  her  education. 

Dr.  Howe  was  an  original  thinker,  possessed  of  great 
constructive  ability.  What  he  said  or  did  concerning 
the  deliverance  and  instruction  of  Laura  Bridgman  was 
conceived  in  his  fertile  brain  and  described  in  language 
which  was  as  forceful  as  it  was  concise.  He  lived  long 
enough  to  see  the  desert  which  he  undertook  to  reclaim 
and  cultivate  transformed  into  a  veritable  garden,  blos- 
soming as  the  rose.  The  seed  which  he  planted  sixty- 
seven  years  ago  has  grown  into  a  stately  and  wide-spread- 
ing tree,  under  the  shelter  of  which  stricken  souls,  shut 
out  from  sight,  sound  and  speech,  may  nevertheless  grow 
to  full  mental  and  spiritual  stature.  He  blazed  a  path 
through  a  trackless  and  dreary  wilderness  and  beat  the 
way  in  which  his  disciples  and  successors  travel  with  ease 
and  certainty  as  to  their  destination.  Of  recent  years 
these  followers  of  the  distinguished  leader  move  under 
a  flood  of  light  shed  by  careful  studies  of  the  development 
of  children  and  avail  themselves  constantly  of  the  thoughts 
and  suggestions  of  modern  educators,  as  well  as  of  the 
teachings  of  a  new  psychology  constructed  on  purely 
physiological  lines  and  differing  essentially  from  that  of 
the  past.  They  use  freely  and  to  great  advantage  the 
improved  methods  and  processes  of  instruction  and 
training  indicated  by  Froebel  and  Herbart,  Beneke  and 


NELLIE  WINITZKY. 


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Rosenkranz,  Herbert  Spencer  and  a  large  number  of 
scientific  writers;  yet,  so  far  as  fundamental  principles 
are  concerned,  they  have  not  adde'd  an  iota  to  those 
systematized  and  enunciated  by  Dr.  Howe.  Pretenders 
may  appear  from  time  to  time,  arrogating  to  their  own 
marvellous  skill  and  extraordinary  ability  what  actually 
belongs  to  the  uncommon  natural  endowments  of  their 
pupils  and  cannot  help  blossoming  out  even  under  the 
most  ordinary  modes  of  teaching;  but  when  their  claims 
to  new  discoveries  are  placed  under  the  searchlight  of 
scrutiny,  they  vanish. 

It  is  very  gratifying  to  know  that  the  great  work  of 
teaching  the  blind  deaf-mutes,  which  was  inaugurated 
at  this  institution  by  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe  sixty- 
seven  years  ago,  is  receiving  due  attention  and  that  many 
earnest  and  intelligent  persons  are  devoted  to  it. 

In  the  following  pages  we  propose  to  give  a  brief  ac- 
count of  the  work,  which  has  been  accomplished  by  each 
of  the  three  blind  and  deaf  pupils,  Elizabeth  Robin, 
Thomas  Stringer  and  Cora  Adelia  Crocker,  whose  train- 
ing has  been  carried  on  during  the  past  twelve  months 
without  interruption.  It  is  very  gratifying  to  be  able 
to  say  that  all  of  them  have  made  satisfactory  progress  in 
their  studies  and  manual  occupations. 

For  reasons,  which  have  been  fully  stated  in  our  last 
annual  report,  Marion  Rostron,  who  was  admitted  here 
in  1 90 1,  was  discontinued  at  the  close  of  the  school  year 
in  July,  and  her  place  has  been  given  to  another  girl, 
similarly  afflicted,  Nellie  Winitzky  of  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. This  new  pupil  was  born  on  the  28th  day  of 
May,  1892,  and  seems  to  be  very  amiable,  intelligent 
and  well-disposed;  but  it  remains  to  be  seen  whether 
she  will  prove  a  fit  subject  for  education  at  this 
school. 


Elizabeth  Robin. 

Her  soul,   awakening  every  grace, 
Is  all  abroad  upon  her  face. 


— William  Hamilton. 


We  state  a  simple  fact  when  we  say  that  Elizabeth 
Robin  is  an  exceptionally  fine  girl  not  only  in  looks  but 
in  mind  and  character.  Whether  she  is  judged  from  a 
physical  or  an  intellectual  point  of  view,  she  stands  first 
among  those  of  our  pupils  who  are  both  blind  and  deaf. 

Elizabeth  enjoys  excellent  health.  She  is  sound  in 
body  and  has  a  tall  and  commanding  figure.  She  is 
erect  in  carriage,  attractive  in  appearance,  lively  in  her 
movements,  yet  free  from  restlessness.  Her  face  is 
beautiful  and  kindly,  her  manner  courteous  and  refined 
and  her  bearing  graceful  and  dignified.  She  is  indus- 
trious, thoughtful,  energetic.  She  likes  to  oblige  and 
assist  her  school-mates  and  to  contribute  her  share  of 
service  to  the  comfort  of  the  household  to  which  she 
belongs.  She  is  joyful  and  entirely  free  from  mental 
lassitude  and  such  morbid  peculiarities  as  are  inherent 
in  weak  and  disordered  constitutions. 

During  the  period  of  time  covered  by  this  report  Eliza- 
beth has  made  decided  progress  both  as  a  student  and  in 
the  development  of  character.  The  mental  acumen, 
which  she  has  gained  by  earnest  effort  in  the  course  of 
the  past  twelve  months,  has  enabled  her  to  master  the 
tasks  of  the  schoolroom  more  readily  than  any  previous 
year. 

The  difficulties  of  her  school  work  have  lessened  per- 
ceptibly in  proportion  to  her  increased  control  of  the 
powers  of  attention,  reason  and  memory,  and  she  has 
attained  a  creditable  standard  of  scholarship.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  senior  class  of  the  high  school  division  in 


ELIZABETH    ROBIN. 


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the  girls'  section  of  the  hterary  department  of  the  institu- 
tion and,  will  graduate  next  June.  She  will  be  then 
thoroughly  prepared  to  enter  upon  active  life  and  make 
herself  useful  in  any  community.  She  plans  to  return 
to  her  home  in  Texas,  to  labor  with  her  own  people  and 
be  helpful  to  them  and  to  do  as  much  good  in  the  world 
as  she  possibly  can. 

Under  the  watchful  care  of  her  special  tutor,  Miss 
Vina  C.  Badger,  and  the  wise  guidance  of  the  teachers 
in  the  girls'  department,  Elizabeth  is  brought  up  in  the 
best  possible  way.  She  is  taught  both  by  precept  and 
example  to  be  truthful  and  just,  upright  and  honorable, 
fairminded  and  considerate  of  others.  She  is  deeply 
impressed  with  the  value  and  importance  of  veracity, 
moral  rectitude  and  purity.  She  shuns  meanness  and 
deceit  and  is  genial  and  sympathetic,  seeming  always 
bright  and   happy. 

A   sweet   heart-lifting   cheerfulness, 
Like  spring-time  of  the  year, 
Seems  ever  on  her  steps  to  wait. 

Last  year  Elizabeth  experienced  her  first  heavy  be- 
reavement. She  lost  one  of  her  best  friends  and  most 
generous  helpers  by  the  death  of  Mrs.  Albert  T.  Whiting, 
which  occurred  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  January, 
1905.  For  about  thirteen  years  this  noble  woman  has 
manifested  a  genuine  maternal  affection  for  the  unfor- 
tunate girl  and  treated  her  as  lovingly  as  if  she  were  her 
own  daughter.  She  offered  to  Elizabeth  the  hospi- 
tality of  her  home  during  the  long  summer  vacations 
and  short  recesses  of  the  school,  took  excellent  care  of  her, 
replenished  her  wardrobe  from  time  to  time,  travelled 
with  her  and  did  everything  in  her  power  to  make  the 
girl    comfortable    and    happy.     Whether    Mrs.    Whiting 


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was  sick  or  well,  she  never  ceased  to  the  last  day  of  her 
life  to  think  of  Elizabeth's  future  welfare,  and  the  re- 
lations which  existed  between  them  were  touching  and 
bore  ample  testimony  to  the  goodness  and  tenderness  of 
her  heart. 

Since  the  death  of  Mrs.  Whiting  the  problems,  which 
have  meant  struggle  to  Elizabeth,  have  been  questions 
of  life,  arising  from  her  first  acquaintance  with  sorrow. 
Her  strong  will  was  at  first  in  open  revolt  against  the 
great  changes,  which  it  brought  to  her,  and  the  inner 
process  of  growth,  by  which  she  has  been  learning  to  ad- 
just herself  to  new  conditions,  has  been  of  particular 
value  in  the  enlargement  of  her  conception  of  the  true 
purpose  and  meaning  of  life.  The  motive  power  of 
''right"  is,  we  believe,  working  in  Elizabeth's  nature 
through  the  darkness  of  personal  loss  to  new  strength 
and  courage  for  the  days  to  come. 

Miss  Vina  C.  Badger,  who  has  been  serving  as  Eliza- 
beth's special  teacher  and  mentor  since  1896  with  great 
devotion,  exemplary  self-forgetfulness  and  sound  judg- 
ment, has  kept  as  usual  an  absolutely  correct  journal 
of  what  her  pupil  has  accomplished  and  of  the  difficulties 
met  with  in  the  performance  of  her  tasks.  At  the  close  of 
the  school  year  these  materials  were  placed  in  the  hands 
of  Miss  Anna  Gardner  Fish,  who  has  gone  through  them 
with  scrupulous  care,  selecting  with  rare  discrimination 
the  most  interesting  portions.  Her  account,  which  is  con- 
cise and  strictly  accurate,  here  follows: 

Each  succeeding  year  of  Elizabeth's  school-life  gives  abundant 
cause  for  gratification  in  the  excellent  results,  which  are  the  fruition 
of  the  twelve  months'  growth  and  development. 

Her  duties  have  been  well  performed,  and  the  work  has  progressed, 
for  the  most  part,  easily  and  pleasantly.  Elizabeth  has  studied 
United  States  history  and  geometry,  which  in  the  middle  of  the  year 


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gave  place  to  physics.  Daily  attention  has  been  paid  to  composition 
and  to  type-writing,  while  work  in  the  gymnasium  and  in  the  depart- 
ment of  manual  training  have  filled  to  the  brim  days  bright  with 
the  zest  of  endeavor  and  crowned  with  a  fair  measure  of  success. 

Her  work  with  her  needle  has  been  accomplished  with  much  greater 
assurance  than  hitherto  and  with  more  rapidity,  to  which,  however, 
accuracy  and  neatness  have  been  by  no  means  sacrificed.  Several 
of  the  articles,  which  she  has  completed,  were  of  a  complex  nature, 
that  made  large  demands  upon  her  ability;  but  she  has  met  these 
without  dismay  or  misgivings,  and  the  finished  work,  whether  knitted 
jacket  or  shawl,  skirt  or  shirt-waist,  has  in  every  instance  justified 
her  confidence. 

With  her  accustomed  fond  remembrance  of  her  home-people 
she  has  gladly  turned  to  account  her  facility  with  the  needle  in  mak- 
ing gifts  for  the  several  members  of  the  family,  which  must  be, 
indeed,  highly  prized  by  them  as  an  expression  of  the  affection  of 
this  far-distant  daughter  and  sister. 

The  study  of  geometry  had  been  well  advanced  during  the  previ- 
ous year,  and  Elizabeth  therefore  took  up  the  subject  again  in  Sep- 
tember with  a  sense  of  renewing  acquaintance  with  an  old  friend. 
Although  some  of  the  terms  had  escaped  from  her  memory  the  nec- 
essary processes  of  demonstration  were  clear  in  her  mind,  and  she 
was  able  to  undertake  advance  work  with  little  or  no  delay.  Her 
interest  in  it  has  been  well  sustained,  and  her  record  of  achievement 
is  very  creditable  to  her.  Lifting  the  thick  book  of  theorems,  which 
she  had  written  out  in  Braille  during  the  previous  year,  she  ex- 
claimed: "I  can  hardly  realize  that  I  did  all  this  last  year."  In  the 
course  of  her  work  one  day  she  remarked:  "I  could  not  enjoy  arith- 
metic as  I  do  geometry."  She  did  not  in  the  least  realize  how  much 
she  had  gained  since  the  days  of  her  early  struggles  with  mathematics. 

Elizabeth  took  part  in  a  recitation  in  geometry,  which  her  class 
gave  in  public.  She  betrayed  neither  pleasure  nor  dissatisfaction 
in  the  prospect,  but  made  her  preparations  for  the  event  carefully 
and  thoroughly,  and  when  the  occasion  arrived  she  proved  clearly 
and  correctly  the  theorem,  which  had  been  assigned  to  her.  During 
her  preparations  one  or  two  of  her  expressions  had  been  criticised  and 
suggestions  for  their  improvement  had  been  made.  In  giving  the 
exercise  in  public  by  means  of  the  manual  alphabet,  Elizabeth  could 
not  resist  an  emphatic  gesture  to  indicate  to  her  teacher  the  fact 
that  she  had  remembered  to  substitute  proper  phrases  for  the  ex- 


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pressions  that  had  been  corrected  some  days  before.  Althou^  all 
went  well,  she  exclaimed  fervently  as  soon  as  it  was  over:  "I  hope 
this  will  be  the  last  time." 

In  her  original  work  at  the  end  of  the  course  in  geometry  she 
proved  satisfactorily  her  mental  grasp  of  the  subject. 

Early  in  January  geometry  gave  place  to  physics.  In  the  new  study 
Elizabeth  was  an  enthusiastic  student,  for  she  expressed  a  strong 
desire  to  acquire  a  practical  knowledge  of  natural  forces.  Never- 
theless she  failed  to  make  a  triumphant  entry  in  consequence  of  the 
metric  system,  which  formed  the  preliminary  step  and  confused  and 
perplexed  her  not  a  little.  It  was  soon  mastered,  however,  and  the 
subject  of  density  was  considered.  Scales  were  given  to  her  and  she 
pulled  the  spring  and  noticed  that  she  was  using  muscular  power. 
Then  a  weight  was  hung  on  the  scales  and  she  noted  that  the  finger 
on  the  scales  stood  at  the  same  point  at  which  it  did  when  she  ex- 
erted force.  As  the  result  of  some  thought  she  reached  the  con- 
clusion that  the  weight  had  power,  too,  but  of  a  kind  different  from 
her  muscular  exertion.  From  this  point  her  mind  became  alert  and 
she  was  able  to  reason  promptly  with  no  more  than  a  hint  by  way  of 
help.  After  the  force  of  gravity  had  been  explained  to  her  and  she 
had  been  led  to  perceive  the  difference  between  weight  and  density 
she  did  not  once  confuse  the  two  terms. 

Frequent  examinations  throughout  the  course  have  shown  the  steady 
growth  of  her  mental  powers  and  a  greater  facility  of  expression,  and 
she  has  proved  herself  capable  of  sustained  effort.  A  summary  of 
these  tests  at  the  end  of  the  course  in  June  proved  Elizabeth's  work 
to  be  equal  to  that  of  the  other  members  of  her  class  for,  although 
she  had  fallen  below  them  in  her  ability  to  answer  general  questions, 
she  had  excelled  in  the  working  out  of  problems,  which  involved  the 
practical  application  of  principles. 

As  a  preparation  for  the  study  of  the  history  of  the  United  States 
three  weeks  were  spent  in  the  review  of  English  history  for  the  pur- 
pose of  refreshing  in  the  minds  of  the  class  our  ancestral  charac- 
teristics and  the  development  of  the  English  government,  which  with 
slight  variations  has  become  the  government  of  the  United  States. 
Elizabeth  had  chafed  under  the  restrictions  of  the  review  which,  how- 
ever, had  proved  to  be  very  necessary  in  her  case  for,  while  her  mind 
had  retained  many  facts  with  surprising  clearness,  others  no  less 
important  had  quite  slipped  from  her  memory.  It  was  noted  that 
she  had  remembered  details  connected  with  religious  movements 


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much  better  than  those  of  political  import.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
introductory  lessons,  Elizabeth's  interest  was  quickly  aroused,  and 
each  successive  step  has  added  to  her  enjoyment  of  the  subject.  She 
has  seemed  to  have  a  feeling  of  personal  relationship  to  certain  of 
the  occurrences  in  her  own  country  and  has  exhibited  a  truly  patri- 
otic sentiment  in  regard  to  them,  while  some  of  them,  like  the  an- 
nexation of  Texas,  her  native  state,  have  touched  her  very  deeply. 
Such  a  topic  as  the  revolutionary  war  finds  her  keenly  alive  to  every 
detail  of  the  campaign,  and  she  likes  to  follow  the  plan  in  its  working 
out  through  battles,  advances,  retreats  and  sudden  surprises.  As 
of  yore  she  has  exhibited  a  great  interest  in  anything  involving  action 
and  has  shown  less  appreciation  of  political  or  diplomatic  schemes. 

Her  written  work  has  been  adequate  to  the  requirements,  and  her 
marks  while  not  high  have  established  a  satisfactory  record  for  her 
in  this  branch  of  study.  After  one  examination,  in  which  her  per- 
centage was  seventy-one,  she  was  sufficiently  magnanimous  to  con- 
gratulate a  more  successful  classmate. 

In  Elizabeth's  papers  it  is  extremely  difficult  for  her  to  express 
herself  concisely  and  her  thronging  thoughts  often  lead  her  farther 
afield  than  the  allotted  time  will  permit.  Realizing  this,  it  was  with 
a  sense  of  triumph  that  she  presented  an  outline  of  the  Civil  War, 
covering  a  page  and  a  half. 

At  a  lecture  on  Some  Fugitive  Slave  Escapes,  given  to  members  of 
the  school  by  Mr.  Frank  B.  Sanborn,  Elizabeth  was  enabled  through 
her  knowledge  of  that  period  of  the  country's  history  to  enter  into 
full  understanding  and  real  enjoyment  of  the  discourse. 

More  and  more  Elizabeth  proves  capable  of  taking  care  for  her- 
self and  of  exercising  forethought  in  the  arrangement  of  her  affairs. 

She  is  as  sociable  in  disposition  as  ever  and  dearly  loves  a  friendly 
chat,  while  her  horizon  has  been  broadened  not  a  little  through  con- 
versation with  those  who  have  travelled  afar.  She  spent  a  delightful 
evening  with  a  teacher  who  had  recently  returned  from  Sweden,  the 
home  of  Elizabeth's  ancestors,  and  who  kindly  devoted  herself  to 
entertaining  her  visitor  by  a  full  description  of  that  country.  At 
another  time  a  lady  from  Sweden  was  a  guest  of  the  school,  and 
Elizabeth  acted  well  the  part  of  hostess,  escorting  her  to  the  differ- 
ent schoolrooms  and  showing  as  fully  as  possible  the  work  of  the  school 
and  the  household  arrangements.  Incidentally  she  gained  much 
pleasure  in  learning  the  details  of  similar  work  in  Sweden,  in  which 
the   lady   was   interested.     Elizabeth   pays   much   more   intelligent 


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attention  to  affairs  of  world-wide  importance  than  ever  before,  and 
actual  contact  with  the  dwellers  in  different  climes  does  much  to 
strengthen  this  interest. 

A  source  of  deep  enjoyment  is  found  by  Elizabeth  in  her  oc- 
casional visits  with  friends  or  the' little  journeys  into  the  country  or  to 
the  seashore,  which  she  has  sometimes  taken  with  them.  In  calling 
at  the  house  of  an  acquaintance,  to  which  Elizabeth  had  been  once 
and  her  teacher  not  at  all,  they  failed  to  find  the  place  readily.  After 
walking  some  distance  Elizabeth  said:  "We  are  going  too  far.  I 
know  it  doesn't  take  so  long  to  go  to  her  house."  She  was  right 
for,  on  retracing  their  steps,  they  soon  arrived  at  their  destination. 
On  another  occasion  when  a  party  of  four,  including  Elizabeth,  had 
passed  a  pleasant  afternoon  rambling  in  the  country,  the  question 
arose  as  to  how  far  they  had  walked.  One  said  ten  miles  and  another, 
eight,  but  Elizabeth  said:  "We  have  walked  about  five  miles." 
This  seemed  to  the  others  to  be  an  under-estimate,  but  upon  meas- 
uring the  distance  by  the  aid  of  a  map  it  was  proved  that  her  judg- 
ment was  correct. 

The  most  delightful  outing  of  the  year  came  near  its  close  in  a 
visit,  which  Elizabeth  paid  to  Edith  Thomas.  The  latter  had  long 
looked  forward  to  such  a  meeting  and  in  her  letters  had  expressed  a 
desire  to  see  "her  Betsy"  who  was  "like  sunshine"  to  her.  The  two 
girls  were  very  happy  together.  They  had  much  to  talk  over,  and 
their  fingers  flew  with  old-time  rapidity  in  their  attempt  to  say  all 
that  they  wished  in  the  limited  time  at  their  disposal.  It  was  a  "red- 
letter  day"  to  both,  and  the  lunch  in  the  open  air  served  to  heighten 
the  festivity  and  increase  their  enjoyment.  Edith  clung  fondly  to  ' 
Elizabeth  and  both  were  loth  to  part  when  the  hour  of  their  separa- 
tion came,  all  too  soon,  with  the  close  of  the  joyous  day. 

Although  the  daily  tasks  of  the  school-room  have  presented  no 
especial  difficulties,  Elizabeth  has  been  confronted  by  some  of  the 
graver  problems  of  life  which  have  taxed  her  powers  to  a  far  greater 
degree  than  ever  before.  This  year  has  brought  to  her  the  deepest 
sorrow  which  she  has  known  in  the  death  of  her  dear  and  devoted 
friend,  Mrs.  Albert  T.  WTiiting.  This  fine,  true-hearted  woman 
has  been  in  very  truth  a  second  mother  to  this  young  girl  who  owes 
to  her  a  debt  larger  than  Elizabeth  herself  can  ever  realize  for  the 
comfort  and  happiness,  which  she  has  enjoyed  and  for  many  of 
her  excellent  qualities.  This  unexpected  loss  was  a  blow  to  Eliza- 
beth, from  which  she  has  hardly  recovered.     The  mutability  of 


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conditions  was  brought  home  to  her  with  crushing  force,  and  she 
found  it  difficult  to  readjust  herself  to  the  consequent  changes. 
Her  sorrow  and  sense  of  bereavement  have  been  a  severe  strain 
upon  her  and  have  left  a  deep  impress  upon  her  nature.  There- 
fore this  year,  when  for  the  first  time  the  stern  realities  of  life  have 
presented  themselves  to  Elizabeth,  may  be  regarded  as  a  transi- 
tional period  in  her  life,  from  which  it  is  hoped  that  she  may  emerge 
with  a  new  strength  of  <:haracter  and  with  courage  to  accept  pa- 
tiently the  storms  as  well  as  the  sunshine,  which  the  future  may  bring. 


Thomas  Stringer. 

My  hands  in  earnest  blessing 

On  thy  dear  head  would  rest, 
Praying  that  heaven  e'er  may  keep  thee 

So  fair  and  pure  and  blest. 

— Heine. 

The  story  of  the  emancipation  of  this  hapless  boy  from 
the  thraldom  of  a  double  affliction  and  of  his  reinstate- 
ment in  his  human  inheritance  is  as  instructive  and  in- 
spiring as  the  tale  of  his  early  life  is  sad  and  pathetic. 

Bereft  of  the  senses  of  sight  and  hearing  at  the  age  of 
three  years,  Thomas  was  abandoned  to  the  mercy  of  fate 
and  became  one  of  the  most  forlorn  and  hopeless  creat- 
ures that  ever  crawled  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  There 
was  nothing  done  to  arouse  him.  from  his  drowsiness  and 
kindle  in  him  a  spark  of  intelligence.  He  was  in  a  piti- 
ful plight,  although  his  physical  wants  were  attended  to, 
and  he  was  comfortably  clad  and  fed. 

It  was  in  April,  1891,  that  this  unfortunate  child  was 
brought  to  us  by  a  kind-hearted  nurse  from  the  Alle- 
gheny hospital  near  Pittsburgh.  He  appeared  then  to 
be  like  a  good-natured  little  animal,  wholly  unconscious 
of  himself  and  of  his  isolation  from  the  outer  world  and 
utterly  indifferent  as  to  where  he  was  and  what  was  going 


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on  around  him.  He  was  indeed  an  abject  image  of  life- 
less apathy,  a  bundle  of  flaccid  muscles  and  nerveless 
flesh.  He  showed  no  signs  of  energy  and  no  desire  to 
come  into  communion  with  his  fellow  men.  Apparently 
his  actions  and  movements  had  their  origin  in  an  elemen- 
tary instinct  of  self-preservation,  not  unlike  that  of  a 
puppy,  and  were  very  simple  and  rudimentary.  They 
consisted  in  eating,  drinking,  creeping,  shaking  a  bunch 
of  keys  for  amusement  and  sleeping,  and  these  perform- 
ances constituted  the  strands  in  the  web  of  his  existence. 

Although  a  number  of  persons  deprived  of  the  senses. 
of  sight  and  hearing  had  been  educated  at  the  institution, 
no  one  of  them  had  come  to  us  in  such  a  low  and  wretched 
condition.  Nevertheless  the  poor  boy  was  received  with 
open  arms  at  the  kindergarten  in  Jamaica  Plain,  and  the 
momentous  task  of  building  up  a  frail  and  weak  consti- 
tution and  of  releasing  an  enchained  soul  from  its  fetters 
began  at  once.  Tommy  was  four  years  and  nine  months 
of  age  at  this  time. 

It  is  no  exaggeration  to  say  that  the  happiest  and  most 
auspicious  event  in  Thomas'  life  was  his  admission  to 
the  blind  children's  sunny  garden,  which  was  most  ap- 
propriately called  by  Dr.  Alexander  McKenzie  of  Cam- 
bridge "  the  university  of  humanity."  Here  he  was  placed 
in  the  midst  of  genial  surroundings  and  was  cared  for 
and  watched  with  parental  solicitude.  Here  everything 
was  fresh,  sweet  and  invigorating,  and  he  lived,  moved 
and  had  his  being  under  a  "canopy  of  love."  Here  he 
was  trained  and  brought  up  in  accordance  with  the 
methods  invented  by  Dr.  Howe  for  the  deaf- blind  and  with 
Froebel's  principles  of  modern  pedagogy.  Here  his  mind 
was  disentombed  from  the  sepulchre  of  never  ending 
darkness  and  stillness  and  set  free  to 

Ascend  the  native  skies  and  own  its  heav'nly  kind. 


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Here  simple  rational  methods  of  nurture  and  all  avail- 
able means  for  improvement  were  intelligently  used  and 
skilfully  applied  to  develop  his  muscles  and  strengthen 
his  vital  organs ;  to  awaken  the  dormant  parts  of  his  brain 
and  rouse  his  spirit  from  its  torpor;  to  foster  to  germina- 
tion the  seed  of  his  intellectual  faculties  and  give  him  the 
habit  of  learning  by  doing ;  to  make  him  skilful  in  the  use 
of  his  hands  and  cultivate  his  natural  inclination  and  ap- 
titude, and  to  lay  firmly  the  foundation  of  his  character. 
Finally,  here  a  splendid  educational  battle  was  fought 
against  fearful  odds  and  appalling  difficulties,  and  a  signal 
victory  was  won. 

Thus  through  the  unwavering  attention  and  the  ju- 
dicious treatment  and  discipline,  which  Thomas  has  re- 
ceived at  the  kindergarten,  a  remarkable  transformation 
has  been  achieved  in  his  case.  Out  of  a  puny,  dull, 
spiritless  little  creature,  a  mere  piece  of  clay  shaped  into 
human  form  and  endowed  with  breath  and  with  blind  im- 
pulses to  certain  actions  there  has  been  triumphantly 
evolved  a  fine  sturdy  boy,  possessed  of  superior  qualities  of 
head  and  heart  and  of  rare  manual  dexterity  and  mechani- 
cal ingenuity.  Indeed,  the  general  development  of  this 
child  and  the  rapid  progress,  which  he  has  made  in  climb- 
ing the  rounds  in  the  ladder  of  human  intelligence,  consti- 
tute a  most  remarkable  feature  in  the  history  of  educa- 
tion and  afford  a  striking  example  of  the  great  work, 
which  is  done  in  the  kindergarten  at  Jamaica  Plain. 

Physically  Thomas  is  a  well  grown  lad  with  a  sound, 
healthy  and  robust  body.  He  measures  5  feet  and  5  7-10 
inches  in  height  and  weighs  131  pounds.  He  is  gentle 
and  amiable,  yet  not  lacking  in  spirit,  resolute  in  purpose, 
noble  in  aims  and  sentiments.  No  one  meets  him  with- 
out being  deeply  impressed  with  the  manliness  of  his 
bearing,  the  erectness  of  his  carriage,  the  comeliness  of 


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his  appearance  and  the  neatness  of  his  attire.  The 
weight  of  his  affliction  has  been  unable  to  overcome  the 
joyousness  of  his  disposition,  and  he  is  bright,  merry  and 
full  of  fun.  He  represents  a  typical  youth  who  is  strong 
and  hale  and  who  thinks  acutely,  reasons  rationally,  judges 
accurately,  acts  promptly  and  w^orks  diligently. 

The  picture  of  Thomas  inserted  on  this  page  is  an 

exact  copy  of  the  photo- 
graph taken  of  him  soon 
after  his  admission  to  the 
kindergarten  and  repre- 
sents him  just  as  he  then 
appeared — a  drowsy, 
heavy  child,  disinclined  to 
stand  erect  and  disposed 
to  creep  backwards  and 
"grovel  on  the  ground." 
Compare  this  with  the  one 
taken  a  year  ago,  which 
faces  the  beginning  of  this 
account,  and  then  say 
whether  or  not  a  veri- 
table educational  miracle 
has  been  performed  in  the 
case  of  Thomas  Stringer. 
But  remarkable  as  are 
the  steady  and  symmetri- 
cal growth  of  his  physical  and  intellectual  powers  and  the 
sweetness  of  his  disposition  in  the  midst  of  adverse  cir- 
cumstances, his  moral  development,  the  rich  fruition  of 
his  early  training  and  the  crown  of  his  character,  is  even 
more  noteworthy.  He  loves  truth  and  uprightness  and 
loathes  mendacity  and  deceitfulness.  He  appears  to  be 
absolutely  unselfish  and  is  very  grateful  to  his  benefac- 


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TOMMY  STRINGER  AS  HE  APPEARED 

SHORTLY  AFTER  ARRIVING 

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tors.  His  is  a  loyal  and  self-poised  soul — affectionate, 
tender  and  brave.  He  enjoys  the  tranquillity  of  inno- 
cence and  the  blessings  of  the  pure  in  heart.  He  is  honor- 
able, faithful,  straightforward  and  trustworthy  in  all  his 
relations.  He  is  not  only  happy  and  contented  with  his 
environment,  but  seems  to  dwell  perpetually  in  the  sun- 
light of  entire  confidence  in  the  probity  and  kindness  of 
his  fellow  men.  He  knows  nothing  of  the  meanness  and 
covetousness  or  of  the  falsity  and  brutality,  which  may 
exist  among  men,  because  the  wrong  side  of  the  shield 
of  human  conduct  has  never  been  described  to  him  in  its 
dark  colors  either  by  his  teachers  or  by  his  companions 
and  schoolmates.  His  serene  and  peaceful  life  may  be 
justly  compared  to — 

A  clear  stream 
In  whose  calm  depth  the  good  and  pure 
Alone  are  mirrored. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  in  September,  1904, 
Thomas  was  transferred  from  the  juvenile  school  in  Ja- 
maica Plain  to  the  parent  institution  at  South  Boston, 
and  here  the  work  of  his  training  has  been  carried  on  with 
renewed  zest  and  under  peculiarly  favorable  circum- 
stances. A  broader  field  of  activities,  a  wider  circle  of 
domestic  and  social  relations,  a  much  larger  number  of 
students  and  playmates  of  his  own  age,  a  new  special 
tutor  of  exceptional  efficiency  and  enthusiastic  energy, 
all  contributed  to  render  the  change  truly  delightful  and 
to  make  him  exceedingly  happy.  His  teacher  entered 
upon  her  duties  with  great  earnestness.  As  she  had  found 
that  he  was  not  as  thoroughly  grounded  in  some  branches 
of  study  as  he  needed  to  be,  she  undertook  to  give  him 
instruction  in  such  subjects  as  were  required  to  fill  the 
gaps  and  make  up  the  deficiencies  in  his  previous  train- 
ing.    This  was  done  with  the  explicit  purpose  of  enab- 


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ling  him  to  gain  admission  to  the  advanced  department 
of  the  institution;  which  corresponds  to  the  pubhc  high 
schools,  and  to  graduate  therefrom  in  due  season. 

The  arrangements,  which  were  made  for  the  continu- 
ance of  Thomas'  education  as  well  as  for  his  personal 
comfort,  were  eminently  satisfactory,  and  an  era  of  good 
work,  full  of  promise  for  the  future,  seemed  to  have  been 
inaugurated.  But  in  the  midst  of  his  joy  and  content- 
ment he  met  suddenly  with  a  terrible  loss,  which  came 
like  a  shock  upon  him  and  plunged  him  into  a  sea  of 
distressing  sadness  and  heart-rending  sorrow.  His  be- 
loved teacher  and  devoted  companion,  Miss  Ruth  Louise 
Thomas,  was  drowned  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  August 
while  bathing  with  two  of  her  sisters  at  Sea  View  beach 
in  Scituate.  This  dreadful  accident  caused  consternation 
to  Thomas,  who  was  informed  of  it  by  his  intimate  friend 
and  faithful  comrade,  Frederick  Vincent  Walsh.  For 
days,  weeks  and  months  the  unfortunate  boy  moaned 
and  grieved  over  the  awful  calamity.  The  loss  to  him 
was  irreparable. 

Miss  Thomas  was  a  young  woman  of  exceptional  parts 
and  rare  traits  of  character  that  commanded  the  admira- 
tion of  those  who  were  brought  into  close  contact  with 
her.  She  was  born  twenty-eight  years  ago  in  Worcester 
and  was  the  daughter  of  David  R.  and  Susan  Thomas. 
She  received  her  education  at  the  classical  high  school  in 
her  native  city  and  at  Mount  Holyoke  college.  Miss 
Thomas  possessed  an  active  mind,  keen  insight,  an  ami- 
able disposition  and  the  true  missionary  spirit.  She  was 
an  indefatigable  worker  in  her  chosen  calling  and  emi- 
nently candid  and  straightforward.  One  felt  indeed  that 
she  was  the  soul  of  honor.  Her  frank  and  womanly  nat- 
ure, her  broad  sympathies  and  lively  temperament  gave 
her  a  winning  personality.     Although  her  term  of  service 


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with  us  was  very  short,  she  proved  to  be  one  of  the  ablest 
instructors  of  the  bHnd  deaf-mutes  we  ever  met.  She 
was  entirely  altruistic  and  thoroughly  devoted  to  her 
pupil.  She  worked  and  walked  with  him,  advised  him 
and  corrected  his  faults  gently,  and  did  everything  in  her 
power  to  improve  his  mind  and  to  help  him  rise  in  the 
scale  of  manhood.  She  strove  to  quicken  his  energies, 
broaden  his  views  and  to  supply  what  was  lacking  in  the 
symmetry  of  his  development.  On  his  side  he  felt  the 
warmth  of  her  love  and  found  cheer  and  delight  in  the 
sunlight  of  her  genuine  friendship.  We  grieve  that  such 
an  invaluable  co-worker  was  taken  from  us  at  the  height 
of  her  usefulness,  and  we  use  no  formal  phrase  in  saying 
that  she  is  deeply  lamented  by  every  member  of  our  house- 
hold. The  void  which  she  left  in  our  circle  can  hardly 
be  filled. 

At  the  close  of  the  school  year  Miss  Thomas  prepared 
a  detailed  account  of  the  work  of  her  pupil,  which  her 
untimely  death  invests  with  increased  interest  and  which 
is  herewith  inserted  in  full. 

With  the  beginning  of  the  school-year  Tom  found  himself  again 
in  new  surroundings  and  under  changed  conditions  both  in  his  home 
life  and  school  relations.  The  larger  buildings  at  South  Boston, 
the  increased  number  of  fellow  students,  the  transition  from  the 
family  circle  at  the  kindergarten  in  Jamaica  Plain  to  the  community 
life  at  South  Boston  all  demanded  a  readjustment  of  Tom's  energies. 
The  change  has  proved  beneficial,  making  him  more  unselfish, 
more  mindful  of  the  rights  of  others  while  enlarging  and  broadening 
his  views  of  life.  The  comradeship  of  lads  of  his  own  age,  the  daily 
contact  with  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  boys,  has  done  much  to 
lessen  some  of  Tom's  too-precise  habits  and  his  tendency  to  fall 
into  ruts,  while  most  encouraging  of  all,  it  has  aroused  his  ambition 
to  be  just  as  other  pupils  are.  This  has  been  shown  in  his  reluctance 
to  remain  with  his  teacher  during  recess,  for,  as  he  says,  "the  other 
boys'  teachers  do  not  walk  with  them  on  the  piazza,"  and  in  his 


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annoyance,  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,,  when  some  of  the  scholars 
tried  to  lead  him  up  and  down  stairs,  to  and  from  his  room,  "I 
can  walk  alone,"  Tom  said  indignantly. 

In  his  studies,  Tom's  methodical  habits  and  excellent  memory 
have  stood  him  in  good  stead.  His  work  has  been  thorough  and  his 
progress  steady.  His  comprehension  of  life  wiU  always  be  concrete 
and  his  training  should  invariably  be  along  the  path  of  the  actual 
rather  than  the  theoretical,  along  practical  rather  than  philosophic 
lines.  His  sense  of  touch,  unaided  by  imagination,  is  the  great 
avenue  of  mtercourse  with  the  outer  world.  This  sense,  as  might 
be  exjjected,  has  been  highly  developed.  Thus  he  can  distinguish 
the  steps  of  his  room-mate,  his  friend  Fred,  and  his  teacher  by  his 
acute  sensibility  to  vibration.  In  taking  up  tyjDe-writing  it  was 
thought  that  he  would  have  difficulty  in  telling  when  the  end  of  the 
line  was  reached,  but  it  was  soon  evident  that  Tom  felt  the  jar 
made  by  the  warning-bell,  and  thus  the  problem  was  solved. 

Tom  has  studied  English  grammar  and  composition,  physiology, 
type-writing,  seating  cane-bottomed  chairs  and  gjonnastics. 

In  English  Tom  has  made  good  progress  in  the  use  of  longer  and 
more  complex  sentences  and  in  more  careful  construction,  and  he 
has  shown  a  greater  interest  in  language.  Special  effort  has  been 
put  forth  to  widen  his  vocabulary  and  to  overcome  his  tendency 
to  use  short,  disjointed  phrases. 

Physiology  has  been  the  subject  in  which  he  has  been  most  inter- 
ested, arousing  his  enthusiasm  more  than  any  other  of  his  studies. 
Such  questions  as  "why  has  the  tongue  no  bones?"  "Why  are 
there  eight  carpal  bones  and  only  seven  tarsal  bones?"  betray  his 
interest,  as  do  such  original  remarks  as  "the  heart  has  two  floors, 
an  upper  and  a  lower,  the  upper  with  two  auricle  rooms  in  it  and  the 
lower  with  two  ventricle  rooms,"  and  "animals'  hind  knees  bend 
backward  and  that  is  the  reason  a  cat  cannot  sit  down  as  I  do." 

Type-writing  has  brought  into  play  Tom's  neatness  and  accuracy, 
while  in  caning  he  has  done  excellent  work,  having  caned  fourteen 
chairs  during  the  year,  working  fifty  minutes  each  day. 

G}Tnnastics,  which  Tom  has  not  practised  regularly  for  some 
years,  have  done  much  for  him  physically,  strengthening  his  mucsles 
and  serving  as  an  outlet  for  the  abundant  energy  of  the  growing  lad. 
He  has  been  the  equal  of  any  boy  in  climbing  ladders  and  ropes, 
in  jumping  and  swinging,  performing  the  tasks  with  dogged  per- 
severance, which  allowed   no   sign   of  shirking.     Bar-vaulting  was 


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new  to  him,  but  aftei  touching  one  of  the  boys  as  he  vaulted,  Tom 
quickly  caught  the  idea  and  vaulted  fourteen  holes  at  the  first  at- 
tempt. Soon  after  this  first  trial  he  slipped  and  became  frightened, 
so  that  he  contented  himself  with  a  jump  at  the  sixth  or  seventh 
hole,  until  one  day,  of  his  own  accord,  he  announced  that  he  was 
going  to  try  to  jump  the  fifteenth  hole.  Those  watching  him  were 
somewhat  skeptical,  but  Tom  persevered  until  he  had  cleared  the 
seventeenth  hole,  and  then  he  stopped  only  because  the  director 
was  afraid  of  his  becoming  frightened  again.  The  running,  jump- 
ing and  wrestling  with  the  other  boys  has  met  precisely  his  need  of 
active  motion. 

Tom's  leisure  hours  have  been  given  to  work  with  his  ever-beloved 
tools,  to  walks  and,  one  happy  day,  to  fishing  with  the  other  boys, 
to  excursions  to  Newton,  Taunton,  Nantasket,  Worcester,  Brookline, 
Jamaica  Plain  and  the  Youth's  Companion  building,  to  letter- 
writing  and  to  the  making  of  plans  of  various  enterprises  of  his  own. 
He  has  spent  many  happy  hours  in  trying  to  make  a  metronome 
out  of  an  old  clock  which  had  been  given  him  and  in  measuring, 
with  a  plumb-line  and  a  surveyor's  tape,  the  height  of  his  room 
above  the  ground  and  the  depth  of  the  water  in  various  places  about 
City  Point. 

Tom's  sense  of  humor  has  often  helped  to  enliven  the  year.  He 
has  taken  mischievous  delight  in  shutting  the  doors  in  the  lower 
corridor  of  the  school  and  in  laughing  gleefully  when  the  boys  bumped 
into  them  with  a  great  clatter;  in  jumping  out  of  his  closet  un- 
expectedly upon  his  room-mate;  in  hiding  the  latter's  clothes  and 
then  explaining,  "I  did  it  because  I  am  a  joker;"  and  in  clumping 
down  to  gymnastics  with  number  nine  shoes  on  his  number  six 
feet. 

The  year  has  been  one  of  progress  for  Tom  along  every  line.  He 
has  grown  more  manly,  dehghting  in  many  little  courtesies  to  his 
teacher,  in  generosity  to  his  friends  and  in  obedience  to  the  rules 
of  the  school.  His  spirit  of  independence  has  been  shown  in  his 
request  to  be  allowed  to  pack  his  own  trunk,  to  arrange  his  own 
room  and  to  do  many  other  things  for  himself.  His  life  has  been 
broadened,  as  shown  by  the  fact  that,  whereas  in  the  fall  he  con- 
tinually talked  over  and  over  again  upon  a  few  subjects  in  which 
he  was  interested,  he  now  seldom  harps  upon  the  same  thing.  His 
interests  are  more  and  more  those  of  a  typical,  healthy  boy.  In 
disposition,  the  end  of  the  year  finds  a  gradual  lessening  of  the  at- 


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tacks  of  moodiness,  which  were  a  constant  source  of  anxiety  in  the 
fall,  and  a  gentler,  less  obstinate,  more  tractable  spirit  in  their  place. 

Tom's  personal  charm  has  been  shown  very  clearly  in  the  way, 
in  which  he  has  endeared  himself  to  many  in  his  new  home.  He  has 
cause  to  be  heartily  grateful  to  the  numerous  kind  friends  he  has 
found  among  the  teachers  and  students  of  the  school  and  to  others, 
life-long  friends,  who  have  again  this  year  been  helpful  to  him. 
The  close  of  the  year  finds  him  contented  and  happy, — "happy," 
as  he  says,  "because  I  have  so  many  friends." 

There  is  just  one  story  of  Tom's  perseverance  which  must  not  go 
untold.  He  has  long  talked  of  walking  twenty- five  miles,  the  dis- 
tance of  Wrentham  from  Boston  but  found  time  for  it  only  this  spring 
in  the  Easter  vacation.  In  the  orchard  at  Mr.  Brown's  farm,  he 
measured  off  a  certain  distance  between  the  trees  and  tied  a  string 
from  tree  to  tree,  marking  his  course.  Then,  allowing  twenty  min- 
utes for  a  mile,  Tom  walked  back  and  forth  eight  hours  and  twenty 
minutes  of  one  day,  stopping  only  for  meals.  Although  so  footsore 
and  weary  that  he  could  hardly  walk  the  next  day,  Tom  was,  never- 
theless very  proud  of  his  achievement  and  asked  Miss  Brown  to 
write  on  some  cards  "TOM  STRINGER,  25  miles."  These,  on 
his  return  to  South  Boston,  he  gave  to  his  friends  in  memory  of  his 
great  feat. 

Thus  has  passed  another  year  with  its  days  of  light  and  shade, 
its  hour  of  contrariness,  its  hours  of  conscientious  effort,  happily 
growing  more  and  more  frequent,  all  melting,  in  retrospect,  into  a 
whole  which  gives  encouragement  for  the  past  and  hope  for  the 
future. 

Miss  Annie  Carbee,  a  graduate  of  the  Boston  university, 
has  been  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death 
of  Miss  Thomas.  She  was  highly  recommended  to  us 
by  men  of  learning  and  competent  judges  of  her  abihties, 
and  we  are  very  glad  to  be  able  to  state  that  she  is  doing 
excellent  work  for  her  interesting  charge. 

There  is  no  spot  in  New  England,  which  is  more  at- 
tractive to  Thomas  than  the  farm  of  his  esteemed  friend, 
the  Rev,  William  L.  Brown,  in  Wrentham,  Massachusetts. 
As  soon  as  the  school  closed  he  went  directly  to  this  en- 


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chanting  place,  and  there  he  remained  during  the  sum- 
mer vacation  under  the  judicious  care  and  wise  guidance 
of  his  former  teacher  and  thoughtful  companion,  Miss 
Laura  A.  Brown.  In  the  midst  of  pleasant  and  peaceful 
surroundings  he  resumed  his  accustomed  occupations  in 
and  out  of  doors  and  kept  himself  busy  in  reading  and 
writing,  in  working  with  his  tools,  in  making  simple  re- 
pairs in  some  parts  of  the  buildings  and  on  the  fences, 
in  taking  long  walks,  in  helping  the  aged  members  of  the 
family  and  in  rendering  such  service  to  them  as  he  was 
capable  of  giving.  No  boy  residing  in  the  good  old  town 
of  Wrentham  enjoyed  himself  more  or  derived  greater 
pleasure  from  life  than  he  did. 

The  following  account,  written  by  Miss  Brown  at  our 
request,  describes  briefly  the  ways  in  which  Thomas 
passed  the  summer  months  at  her  father's  farm. 

As  Tom's  summer  was  spent  among  familiar  surroundings,  he 
turned  his  activities  at  once  into  accustomed  channels  and  took  up 
his  usual  lines  of  work.  Returning  to  Wrentham  is  a  veritable 
home-coming  to  the  dear  boy,  and  his  sense  of  part  ownership  in 
the  farm,  with  the  members  of  the  family,  makes  him  deeply  in- 
terested in  the  repairs  and  improvements  which  he  undertakes. 

During  the  vacation  Tom  caned  two  chairs  and  re-covered  several 
window-screen  frames,  besides  undertaking  many  minor  enterprises 
in  which  his  carpentering  tools  were  in  constant  requisition.  A 
metronome  which  he  made  from  the  works  of  an  old  clock,  providing 
it  with  a  suitable  wooden  case,  kept  him  happily  employed  for  a 
long  time. 

So  busy  was  he  that  it  was  hard  for  him  to  tear  himself  away 
from  his  labors  long  enough  to  enjoy  the  short  trips  which  were 
occasionally  planned  for  his  pleasure.  Late  in  the  vacation,  Tom 
received  an  invitation  from  a  friend  to  spend  a  week  in  Maine.  He 
loves  dearly  to  travel,  and  the  prospect  of  visiting  these  good  friends 
in  a  state  into  which  he  had  never  been  was  most  alluring;  yet  his 
sense  of  duty  toward  the  occupations  which  he  had  outlined  for 
himself  conflicted  with  his  desires  and  led  him  to  declare  that  he 


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was  too  busy  to  go.  Finally  he  arrived  at  a  solution  of  the  difficulty. 
He  would  arise  at  half  past  two  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  with 
the  extra  time  thus  gained  he  could  plan  his  work  so  that  he  could 
accept  this  invitation.  This  he  did,  and  the  week  in  Maine  brought 
him  much  happiness  and  many  novel  and  intere-ting  experiences. 

Among  his  self-imposed  tasks  was  that  of  letter-writing,  a  thing 
for  which  he  formerly  showed  a  decided  distaste.  He  wrote  in  all 
sixty-seven  letters,  some  in  the  Braille  system  and  others  in  the 
square-hand  form  of  pencil- writing;  he  showed  in  them  a  positive 
improvement  in  the  ability  to  express  himself  clearly. 

Tom  took  plenty  of  exercise  in  the  open  air  and  in  the  barn  where 
he  arranged  a  gymnasium.  He  developed  there  an  original  idea 
in  a  swing  with  four  ropes.  It  required  a  considerable  amount  of 
muscular  effort  on  his  part  to  operate  it,  and  thus  it  constituted  an 
excellent  means  of  exercise. 

The  last  few  weeks  of  Tom's  vacation  were  clouded  by  the  severe 
loss  which  he  sustained  in  the  death  of  his  teacher.  Miss  Thomas. 
This  was  the  greatest  sorrow  which  Tom  had  ever  known,  and  his 
grief  was  very  deep  and  almost  overwhelming.  The  thought  of 
returning  to  school  without  finding  Miss  Thomas  there  to  meet 
him  made  him  very  sad.  Nevertheless,  with  real  courage  and  a  manly 
effort  on  his  part  to  bear  his  loss  bravely,  he  once  more  set  his  home 
affairs  in  order  and  prepared  to  begin  his  school  life  again. 

Here  ends  the  story  of  what  Thomas  has  accomplished 
or  attempted  to  do  during  the  past  twelve  months,  in 
South  Boston  and  at  Wrentham,  and  of  his  joys  and  sor- 
rows. Whether  it  is  considered  from  an  educational  or 
from  a  humane  standpoint,  the  record  is  exceedingly 
interesting  and  instructive.  It  bears  witness  to  the  con- 
tinued development  of  the  capacities  of  his  mind  and  to 
the  steady  growth  of  the  sterling  traits  of  his  character. 
The  sweetness  of  his  nature  increases  as  the  years  go  by. 
Furthermore,  the  record  speaks  eloquently  of  the  un- 
failing liberality  of  those  who  voluntarily  supply  the  means 
for  his  maintenance  and  training.  Nothing  could  have 
been  accomplished  without  their  assistance. 


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Among  the  many  firm  friends  and  benefactors  of 
Thomas  there  is  one  of  whose  unostentatious  benevolence 
and  exemplary  generosity  we  have  had  occasion  to  speak 
repeatedly  in  these  pages  but  whose  name  we  are  for- 
bidden to  mention.  She  shuns  publicity  and  is  averse 
to  having  her  left  hand  know  what  the  right  one  is  doing. 
She  belongs  to  that  class  of  noble  and  modest  men  and 
women  who,  following  in  the  foot-steps  of  their  distin- 
guished ancestors,  love  to  do  good  solely  for  its  own  sake. 
Their  sympathy  with  the  suffering  members  of  the  human 
family  is  not  an  empty  word  nor  an  effervescence  of  vapid 
sentimentalism,  but  a  positive  fact.  This  lady  recog- 
nizes readily  the  urgency  of  Thomas'  needs  and  the  va- 
lidity of  the  claim  for  relief  made  in  his  behalf.  No 
sooner  had  she  seen  in  our  last  annual  report  the  account 
showing  that  his  expenses  for  the  previous  year  exceeded 
the  receipts  for  the  same  period  of  time  by  $441.68  than 
she  sent  to  us  her  cheque  for  the  full  amount  of  the  deficit, 
accompanying  it  with  a  note  showing  her  deep  interest 
in  the  lad's  welfare.  Thus  through  her  thoughtful  gen- 
'erosity  the  two  sides  of  the  balance  sheet  were  brought 
into  a  complete  agreement  and  no  encroachment  was 
made  upon  the  permanent  fund  or  its  income.  This  deed 
is  characteristic  of  the  doer  who  delights  in  good  works. 
She  has  a  genuine  fondness  for  helping  neglected  children 
and  other  deserving  cases  in  a  quiet  way,  and  many  are 
the  sufferers  who  are  relieved  by  her  in  an  unobtrusive 
manner. 

We  are  sincerely  glad  to  be  able  to  state  that,  in  addi- 
tion to  this  beloved  friend,  Thomas  is  so  fortunate  as  to 
have  many  others,  who  are  equally  interested  in  his  wel- 
fare and  upon  whose  yearly  bounty  he  depends  to  a  great 
extent  for  his  maintenance.  Prominent  among  these  are 
such  liberal  givers  as  A.  B.  (another  anon3nnous  subscriber 


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who  under  the  first  two  letters  of  the  alphabet  is  a  regu- 
lar contributor  to  almost  every  good  cause),  Dr.  B.  H. 
Buxton  of  New  York,  the  Children's  Aid  Society  of  Wash- 
ington, Pa.,  Miss  Jane  F.  Dow,  Miss  Mary  E.  Eaton, 
Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay,  Miss  Caroline  L.  W.  French,  Miss 
Susan  Day  Kimball,  Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews,  Miss 
Eleanor  G.  May,  trustee  of  the  Lydia  Maria  Child  fund. 
Miss  Ellen  F.  Moseley,  Mrs.  John  W.  T.  Nichols  of 
New  York,  Mr.  Grenville  H.  Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis  Nor- 
cross.  Miss  Mary  D.Sohier  and  many  others  whose  names 
are  printed  in  full  in  another  part  of  this  report. 

We  wish  to  tender  our  warmest  thanks  to  each  and 
all  of  the  kind  contributors  for  their  participation  in  the 
magnificent  work  of  freeing  Thomas  from  intellectual 
and  moral  darkness  and  enabling  him  to  rise  above  the 
murky  clouds  of  a  double  affliction.  The  blessings  of 
heaven  will  surely  be  vouchsafed  to  them  for  what  the;^ 
are  doing  in  his  behalf.  He  is  not  indifferent  to  the  sac- 
rifices made  for  his  benefit.  He  strives  to  turn  to  account 
the  aid  given  to  him,  and  his  swift  appreciation  of  the 
favors  bestowed  upon  him  marks  the  fineness  and  no- 
bility of  his  character.  We  are  sure  that,  if  he  could 
have  an  opportunity  to  address  his  benefactors  and  ex- 
press to  them  his  sense  of  gratitude  for  their  assistance, 
he  would  do  it  in  the  spirit  of  these  words  of  Words- 
worth : — 

You  gave  me  eyes,  you  gave  me  ears, 
And  humble  cares  and  delicate  fears; 
A  heart  the  fountain  of  sweet  tears; 
And  love  and  thought  and  joy. 

For  the  first  time  in  his  life  Thomas  has  been  kindly 
remembered  with  a  legacy  by  one  of  his  friends,  Mrs. 
Mary  E.  Meredith,  who  during  her  lifetime  and  for  a 
number  of  years  manifested  a  deep  interest  in  his  case. 


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The  amount  of  the  bequest  was  S500.  It  has  been 
promptly  paid  to  us  by  the  executrix,  Miss  Ehzabeth  L. 
Tappan,  and  has  been  deposited  in  the  bank  for  use  in 
such  emergencies  as  may  arise  before  the  income  of  the 
permanent  fund  shall  become  large  enough  to  cover  the 
current  expenses. 

We  regret  more  deeply  than  words  can  express  our 
inability  to  present  a  satisfactory  report  of  Thomas'  case 
on  its  financial  side.  Contrary  to  our  expectations,  the 
receipts  from  annual  subscriptions,  instead  of  increas- 
ing, have  been  falling  off  steadily,  and  there  is  again  this 
year  in  the  account  of  his  maintenance  a  deficit  of  $415.05, 
which  has  to  be  provided  for. 

This  shortage  will  be  materially  diminished  as  soon 
as  that  part  of  the  fund  which  is  now  placed  in  one  of 
the  trust  companies  is  advantageously  invested  and  the 
income  of  the  real  estate  already  purchased  becomes 
available.  But  even  under  favorable  conditions  the 
problem  of  providing  adequate  means  for  the  support 
of  the  hapless  lad  cannot  be  satisfactorily  solved  in  this 
manner. 

The  fund  already  secured  is  not  large  enough  to  yield 
a  sufficient  income,  and  as  a  consequence  we  shall  still 
have  to  take  our  hat  in  our  hands,  as  it  were,  every  year 
and  stand  by  the  wayside,  soliciting  subscriptions.  The 
sum  of  $5,000,  at  least,  must  be  added  to  that  which  we 
have  thus  far  obtained.  This  amount  will  guarantee  the 
safety  of  the  dear  boy  for  all  time  to  come. 

Mutely  but  most  pathetically  Thomas  appeals  to 
the  public  in  general  and  to  his  faithful  friends  and  bene- 
factors in  particular,  asking  them  to  contribute  the  bal- 
ance of  the  money  required  for  the  completion  of  the 
permanent  fund  and  thus  finish  the  erection  of  a  splendid 
monument,  the  greater  part  of  which  they  have  already 


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built.  The  approval  of  a  plea  for  helping  a  case  like 
his  issues  from  the  white  throne  and  is  written  in  letters 
of  fire  on  the  walls  of  the  temple  of  humanity.  If  the 
dumb  stars  could  hear  they  would  glitter  a  favorable 
reply  to  it  and  fight  for  its  success.  Shall  fair-minded 
men  and  tender-hearted  women  turn  a  deaf  ear? 


Cora  Adelia  Crocker. 

She  must  be  taught  and  trained  and  bid  go  forth. 

—Shakespeare. 

This  unfortunate  girl,  who  was  admitted  to  this  in- 
stitution five  years  ago,  has  made  satisfactory  progress 
during  the  past  twelve  months  in  her  studies  and  man- 
ual occupations.  She  has  pursued  her  work  with  energy 
and  zeal  and  has  shown  a  desire  to  improve  herself. 

Cora  had  not  only  to  conquer  a  high  temper,  the  out- 
bursts of  which  were  at  times  almost  intolerable,  but  to 
overcome  many  and  serious  difficulties,  which  were  the 
result  both  of  inheritance  and  environment.  She  seems 
to  realize  the  value  of  goodness  and  honesty,  and  there 
is  a  perceptible  change  in  her  conduct  and  disposition. 
Her  thoughts,  feelings  and  actions  are  beginning  to  be 
to  some  extent  a  reflex  of  the  impressions  and  training, 
which  she  receives  under  the  supervision  and  influence 
of  a  corps  of  able  and  conscientious  teachers. 

Briefly  speaking,  Cora  has  done  fairly  well,  though  she 
has  not  fully  justified  our  expectations.  Of  the  work 
which  she  has  accomplished  during  the  past  year,  her 
faithful  tutor  and  helpful  friend.  Miss  Abby  G.  Pottle, 
has  written  the  following  account: — 

The  beginning  of  the  present  school-year  found  Cora  a  member 
of  the  fourth  grade,  promotion  to  which  she  had  achieved  solely 


CORA  ADELIA   CROCKER. 


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through  her  own  persistent  efforts  and  arduous  work.  In  no  study 
has  this  been  more  apparent  than  in  arithmetic  which  is  a  veritable 
bete  noire  to  the  young  girl,  and  her  faithful  work  in  this  study  deserves 
no  little  credit.  She  has  mastered  multiplication  by  one  and  two 
figures,  short  and  long  division  and  addition,  subtraction  and  mul- 
tiplication of  mixed  numbers. 

Reading  has  been  a  source  of  pleasure  as  well  as  of  profit  to  Cora 
during  the  past  year,  and  no  stronger  proof  of  this  can  be  offered 
than  the  fact  that,  of  her  own  volition,  she  now  spends  much  of  her 
leisure  time  with  books,  whereas  formerly  it  was  devoted  almost  al- 
together to  sewing  and  letter-writing.  In  the  classroom  she  has 
read  The  Child's  World,  two  volumes  of  Tanglewood  Tales,  and 
selections  from  Gods  and  Heroes;  in  recreation  periods  Water  Babies, 
Heidi,  Black  Beauty  and  several  volumes  of  the  Star  Reader  claimed 
her  attention. 

Cora  has  a  strong  sense  of  humor  and  delights  in  reading  funny 
stories  or  in  having  them  told  to  her.  She  has  no  difficulty  in  re- 
membering anything  that  appeals  to  her  and  recounts  her  favorite 
myths  and  fairy  tales  with  such  evident  appreciation  that  her  mer- 
riment becomes  contagious. 

She  enjoys  using  the  long  words,  which  occur  in  her  reading 
lessons  and  which  she  stores  in  her  memory  for  futyre  use.  One 
day  at  a  picnic  she  surprised  her  companions  by  exclaiming:  "What 
gormandizers  we  are!"  when  she  learned  that  the  big  lunch  was 
all  eaten.  She  often  speaks  of  "encountering"  her  school-mates 
in  the  yard  and  accuses  her  friends  of  being  "melancholy"  when  they 
are  not  smiling. 

Her  natural  impulsiveness  influences  her  speech,  which  is  so  rapid 
and  abrupt  that  strangers  find  it  difficult  to  understand  her.  Special 
effort  has  been  made  to  overcome  this  fault,  but  thus  far  without 
very  satisfactory  results. 

Letter- writing  is  one  of  Cora's  chief  interests.  She  favors  her 
friends  with  long  and  delightfully  original  epistles,  and  she  is  never 
at  a  loss  for  apt  similes  or  illustrations.  Sometimes  she  becomes  so 
engrossed  in  the  thought  which  she  is  expressing  that  she  forgets  to 
give  due  heed  to  her  penmanship,  but  in  her  classroom  work  her 
writing  is  neat  and  legible,  the  words  are  well  spaced  and  the  sen- 
tences are  properly  punctuated.  She  has  reproduced  several  stories 
in  the  course  in  writing  and  composition  and  has  done  some  original 
work. 


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Cora  has  a  special  aptitude  for  manual  work.  She  has  wonder- 
fully capable  hands,  and  in  knitting,  crocheting  and  sewing  or  in 
her  household  duties  she  has  no  difficulty  in  keeping  her  work  up  to 
the  standard  established  by  teachers  and  matron. 

In  the  gymnasium  she  enters  with  enthusiasm  into  the  games  and 
sports.  She  is  able  to  execute  many  of  the  orders  with  a  fair  degree 
of  promptness  and  correctness,  but  the  balance  movements  are  still 
very  difficult  for  her. 

Her  superabundance  of  vigor  and  energy  hardly  find  sufficient 
vent  through  the  gymnastic  work,  her  outdoor  exercise  or  her  manual 
occupations,  and  she  has  not  yet  succeeded  in  gaining  the  amount  of 
self-control  without  which  the  full  value  of  the  year's  training  cannot 
be  said  to  have  been  acquired.  It  is  earnestly  hoped  that  the  future, 
which  is  bright  with  promise  of  further  success,  may  hold  for  Cora 
the  accomplishment  of  this  important  victory  over  self. 


Conclusion. 

It  is  the  end  that  crowns  all. 


— Herrick. 


In  bringing  to  an  end  the  story  of  the  operations  of 
the  different  departments  of  the  school  during  the  past 
year,  I  desire  to  state  that  grateful  acknowledgments  are 
due  to  my  faithful  and  diligent  coworkers,  who  have 
contributed  in  a  great  measure  to  the  success  which  has 
been  attained  in  the  administration  of  this  great  estab- 
lishment. 

The  achievements  of  the  present  fill  us  with  inspira- 
tion and  hope  for  the  future  and  indicate  to  us  clearly 
that  our  course  is  to  advance  with  undiminished  earnest- 
ness and  unconquerable  patience.  We  cannot  stop  or 
fall  back.  Our  work  is  constantly  growing,  and  its 
magnitude  brings  sometimes  bewilderment;  but  we  must 
not  be  daunted.  From  the  time  of  the  foundation  of 
the  institution  to  this  day,  our  place  in  all  matters  relat- 


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ing  to  the  education  of  the  blind  and  to  the  amelioration 
of  their  condition  has  been  in  the  front.  We  are  deter- 
mined to  keep  it  there,  and  we  appeal  to  the  friends  of 
the  school  to  supply  us  with  the  necessary  means  for 
carrying  out  this  resolution. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

MICHAEL    ANAGNOS. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


Among  the  pleasant  duties  incident  to  the  close  of  the  year  is  that 
of  expressing  our  heartfelt  thanks  and  grateful  acknowledgments 
to  the  following  artists,  litterateurs,  societies,  proprietors,  managers, 
editors,  and  publishers,  for  concerts  and  various  musical  enter- 
tainments, for  operas,  oratorios,  lectures,  readings,  and  for  an  ex- 
cellent supply  of  periodicals  and  weekly  papers,  books,  and  speci- 
mens of  various  kinds. 

As  I  have  said  in  previous  reports,  these  favors  are  not  only  a 
source  of  pleasure  and  happiness  to  our  pupils,  but  also  a  valuable 
means  of  aesthetic  culture,  of  social  intercourse,  and  of  mental  stim- 
ulus and  improvement.  So  far  as  we  know,  there  is  no  community 
in  the  world  which  does  half  so  much  for  the  gratification  and  im- 
provement of  its  unfortunate  members  as  that  of  Boston  does  for  our 
pupils. 

/. — Acknowledgments  for   Concerts,    Operas,    Recitals  and  Lectures. 

To  Major  Henry  Lee  Higginson,  through  Mr.  Fred  R.  Comee, 
for  thirty  tickets  for  the  course  of  symphony  concerts  in  Sanders 
Theatre,  Cambridge. 

To  Mr.  Hiram  G.  Tucker,  for  more  than  thirty  tickets  for  each 
of  the  two  series  of  Sunday  Chamber  Concerts  in  Chickering  Hall; 
for  seventy-five  tickets  for  the  course  of  concerts  by  the  Boston 
Singing  Club,  through  its  secretary,  Mr.  George  H.  Weale;  and 
to  both  of  these  friends,  for  sixty  tickets  to  the  orchestral  rehearsal 
of  the  Handel  and  Haydn  Society  for  the  International  Peace  Con- 
gress, with  ten  tickets  for  the  evening  performance. 

To  Mr.  Jacques  Hoffmann,  for  thirty  tickets  to  one  and  thirty- 
six  tickets  to  another  of  the  recitals  of  the  Hoflfmann  Quartet. 

To  Mr.  Lawrence  McCarty,  through  Mr.  F.  E.  Pond,  for  a 
general  invitation  to  the  opera,  "Parsifal,"  at  Boston  Theatre. 

To  Mr.  Richard  Newman,  for  twenty-two  tickets  to  a  lecture 


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on  "Parsifal"  by  Mrs.  Raymond  Brown  and  for  as  many  tickets 
for  each  of  a  series  of  concerts  and  recitals  in  Steinert  Hall. 

To  Prof.  Carl  Faelten,  for  ten  tickets  to  each  recital  by  his 
pupils,  for  eight  tickets  to  that  of  Mrs.  H.  H,  A.  Beach,  and  for 
six  tickets  to  that  of  Mr.  Josef  Hofmann,  at  the  Faelten  Pianoforte 
School. 

To  Mr.  George  Longy,  for  nineteen  tickets  to  one  and  for  forty 
tickets  to  another  of  the  concerts  by  the  Longy  Club. 

To  the  Cecilia  Society,  through  its  secretary,  Mr.  Edward  A. 
Studley,  for  thirty-six  tickets  to  one  of  its  concerts. 

To  Mr.  Albert  Marshall  Jones  and  Mr.  L.  H.  Mudgett,  for 
a  general  invitation  to  a  concert  by  Creatore's  Band;  and  to  Mr. 
Mudgett,  for  nine  tickets  to  an  organ  recital  by  Guilmant. 

To  Mr.  Ralph  Flanders  for  ten  tickets  to  a  pianoforte  recital 
by  Mr.  Frank  Watson  and  for  the  same  number  to  an  organ  re- 
cital by  Mr.  Lemare. 

To  Mr.  J.  Wallace  Goodrich,  for  twenty-five  tickets  to  a  con- 
cert by  the  Choral  Art  Society. 

To  Mr.  Wilhelm  Heinrich,  for  four  tickets  for  his  course  of 
Lenten  season  recitals. 

To  Mr.  Klahre,  for  twenty- two  tickets  to  his  pianoforte  recital 
in  Jordan  Hall. 

To  the  Music  Department  of  Boston,  for  fifty  tickets  to  each 
of  two  municipal  concerts. 

To  Mr.  John  M.  Flockton,  for  six  tickets  to  a  concert  by  the 
Verdi  Orchestral  Club. 

To  Mr.  B.  S.  Gaylord,  for  twenty  tickets  to  a  concert  in  Potter 
Hall  in  behalf  of  Denison  House. 

To  Miss  Mary  L.  Ware,  for  eight  tickets  to  a  concert  in  Jor- 
dan Hall  for  the  benefit  of  Miss  Elvira  Leveroni. 

To  Miss  Olive  Mead,  for  nine  tickets  to  a  recital  by  the  Olive 
M€ad  Quartet  in  Potter  Hall. 

To  Mr.  George  O.  Fogg,  for  twelve  tickets  to  a  recital  by  Madame 
Gladys  Perkins  Fogg  in  Winchester  Town  Hall. 

To  Miss  SiGRiD  Olsen,  for  thirty  tickets  to  her  recital  in  Stein- 
ert Hall. 

To  Mr.  H.  N.  Redman,  for  four  tickets  to  the  recital  of  his  com- 
positions in  Jordan  Hall. 

To  Mr.  Fred  C.  Way,  for  six  tickets  to  an  entertainment  by 
the  Phillips  Brooks  Glee  Club. 


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To  a  friend,  for  two  tickets  to  the  opera,  "Die  Meistersinger," 
and  for  the  same  number  to  a  concert  by  the  Boston  Singing  Club. 

To  the  Rev.  John  D.  Pickles,  for  a  general  invitation  to  a  con- 
cert in  St.  John's  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South  Boston. 

To  Mr.  Frank  V.  Thompson,  for  a  generous  supply  of  tickets 
to  a  series  of  illustrated  lectures  in  the  Bigelow  School,  South  Boston. 


//. — Acknowledgments  for  Recitals,  Lectures  and  Readings  given 
in  our  Hall. 

To  Prof.  Arlo  Bates,  for  a  lecture  on  "The  Art  of  Thinking." 

To  Miss  Edith  E.  Torrey  and  Mr.  George  Turner  Phelps, 
for  a  lecture-recital  on  "Parsifal." 

To  Mr.  A.  Gordon  Mitchell,  organist,  and  Miss  Edith  Hods- 
don,  contralto,  for  a  recital. 

To  Mr.  William  Strong,  for  a  pianoforte  recital. 

To  Miss  McQuESTEN,  for  a  reading  from  "A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream." 

To  Mme.  Gladys  Perkins  Fogg,  assisted  by  IVIr.  Milo  E.  Bene- 
dict, for  a  concert. 

To  Mr.  Frank  B.  Sanborn,  for  a  lecture  on  "Hector  St.  John." 

To  Mr.  H.  C.  Brown,  for  an  entertainment. 

To  members  of  the  senior  class  of  the  New  England  Conserva- 
tory of  Music,  for  a  concert. 

To  Mr.  Henry  E.  Mozealous,  baritone,  and  Miss  Margaret 
M.  Lackey,  contralto,  for  a  recital. 

To  Mr.  Frank  V.  \\'eaver,  pianist,  and  Miss  Florence  Purin- 
ton,  violinist,  for  a  recital. 

///. — Acknowledgments  for  Books,  Specimens,  etc. 

For  various  books,  specimens,  etc.,  we  are  indebted  to  the  follow- 
ing friends: 

To  Messrs.  Houghton  and  Dutton,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Row- 
land, New  York  City,  jSIr.  Augustus  Sparhawk,  Mr.  'Thomas 
Beechwood  Mulheirn,  San  Francisco,  California,  and  the  Xavier 
Free  Publication  Society  for  the  Blind,  New  York  City. 


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IV. — Acknowledgments  for  Periodicals  and  Newspapers. 

The  editors  and  publishers  of  the  following  reviews,  magazines 
and  semi-monthly  and  weekly  papers  continue  to  be  very  kind 
and  liberal  in  sending  us  their  publications  gratuitously,  which 
are  always  cordially  welcomed  and  perused  with  interest: — 


The  N.  E.  Journal  of  Education, 

The  Atlantic,    . 

Boston  Home  Journal, 

Youth's  Companion, 

Our  Dumb  Animals, 

The  Christian  Register, 

The  Missionary  Herald, 

The  Well-Spring,     . 

Woman's  Journal,  . 

St.  Nicholas,     . 

Collier's  Weekly, 

American  Annals  of  the  Deaf, 

The  Etude, 

The  Mentor,    . 

Daily  Advocate, 

The  Silent  Worker, 


Boston,  Mass. 


New  York,  N.  Y. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Inst,  for  Deaf-Mutes,  Malone,  N.  Y. 

Inst,  for  Deaf-Mutes,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Inst,  for  the  Deaf-Mutes,  Trenton,  N.  J. 


The  California  News, 

Inst,  for  Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind,  Berkeley,  Cal. 


The  Ohio  Chronicle, 
The  Web-Foot, 
The  Messenger, 
The  Tablet,      . 
The  Washingtonian, 
The  Colorado  Index, 


Inst,  for  the  Deaf-Mutes,  Columbus,  O. 

School  for  Deaf-Mutes,  Salem,  Ore. 

.    Ala.  Academy  for  the  Blind. 

West  Va.  School  for  Deaf-Mutes  and  Blind. 

.     School  for  the  Deaf,  etc.,  Vancouver. 

Colorado  School  for  Deaf  and  Blind. 


The  Sunday-School  Weekly  (embossed), 


Philadelphia,  Pa. 


LIST   OF   PUPILS. 


Addelson,  Bessie. 
Allen,  Mary  K. 
Anderson,  Elizabeth  D. 
Bailey,  Minnie. 
Burke,  Norah. 
Burns,  Nellie. 
Crocker,  Cora  A. 
Crockett,  Marion  S. 
Cross,  Ida. 
Curran,  Mary  I. 
Dart,  M.  Femette. 
Deveau,  Evelyn  M. 
Dodd,  E.  Elizabeth. 
Dolan,  Ellen  F. 
Dubreuil,  Maria. 
Durant,  Rose  M. 
Elmer,  Edith  M. 
Elwell,  Gertrude. 
Finnegan,  Alice. 
Fisher,  Annie  J. 
Flardo,  Rena. 
Forbush,  Vinnie  F. 
Gavaghen,  Annie. 
Gavin,  Ellen  A. 
Gilman,  Lura. 
Goullaud,  E.  Edna. 
Hamlet,  Ethel. 
Harvey,  Ida  M. 
Healey,  Mary  J. 
Hilgenberg,  Johanna. 
Hinckley,  Gussie  P. 
Houghton,  Elizabeth  M. 
Ingham,  Beatrice  E. 
Jones,  Louise. 
Jones,  Maud  E. 
Keegan,  Margaret  M. 
Kennedy,  Annie  M. 
Kennedy,  Nellie  A. 


Knap,  Mary  G. 
Landregan,  Annie. 
Langdon,  Margarita. 
Lawrence,  Anna. 
Lewis,  Jessie. 
McCabe,  Jennie  L. 
McClintock,  Mary. 
McDuffie,  Lottie  A. 
McKenzie,  Ethel. 
McKenzie,  Margaret. 
McVay,  Catherine. 
Miller,  A.  Marion. 
Montgomery,  Ethel  A. 
Morris,  Mary  E. 
Muldoon,  Sophia  J. 
Murphy,  Frances  A. 
Norton,  Agnes  E. 
bvens,  Emily  A. 
Parcher,  F.  Mabel. 
Perella,  Julia. 
Puffer,  Mildred  E. 
Robin,  Elizabeth. 
Ryan,  Margaret. 
Sheehy,  Margaret  M. 
Sheffield,  Emma  J. 
Skinner,  Maggie. 
Smith,  Nellie  J. 
Spring,  Genevra  S. 
Steams,  Gladys  L. 
Stewart,  Margaret  C. 
Traynor,  Rose. 
Velandr^,  Corinna. 
Viles,  Alison  P. 
Walker,  Isabella  M. 
Walsh,  Annie, 
Wells,  M.  Esther. 
Wilde,  Agnes. 
Wilmot,  Anna. 


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Winitzky,  Nellie. 
Aberg,  George  H. 
Adler,  Morris. 
Amadon,  Charles  H. 
Bardsley,  William  E. 
Barnard,  Richard  J.  C. 
Bartlett,  Joseph. 
Bates,  Harold  W. 
Bixby,  Charles  A. 
Black,  Charles. 
Blood,  Howard  W. 
Butler,  Frank  B. 
Butters,  Albert  W. 
Cameron,  Chester  V. 
Carragher,  William  A. 
Corliss,  William  A. 
Cotton,  Chesley  L. 
Crandall,  Albert  M. 
Crandall,  Daniel  L. 
Cummings,  Edwin. 
Cunningham,  James  H. 
Curran,  John. 
Davison,  Everett  H. 
Deming,  Harold  B. 
De  Roche,  Gilbert  H. 
Diamond,  Francis. 
Dodge,  Wilbur. 
Elms,  Arthur  W. 
Farley,  Charles  E. 
Fyrberg,  Oscar  A. 
Gibson,  Leon  S. 
Gordon,  Allen  G. 
Gosselin,  Arthur. 
Gosselin,  Napoleon. 
Govereau,  Edward. 
Goyette,  Arthur. 
Graham,  William. 
Hagopian,  Krikor  D. 
Hamlett,  Clarence  S. 
Harvey,  Lyman  K. 


Heath,  Aldace  C. 
Heroux,  Alfred  N. 
Hickey,  Bernard. 
Holbrook,  William  F. 
lerardi,  Francesco. 
Jordan,  John  W. 
Kettlewell,  Gabriel. 
Kirshen,  Morris. 
Levin,  Barnard. 
Lucier,  George. 
Lund,  Olaf  H. 
Marshall,  Joseph. 
McDonough,  William. 
McQueeney,  William. 
Morang,  James  A. 
Muldoon,  Henry  M. 
Muldoon,  Robert  D. 
Nelson,  Francis  C. 
Nelson,  Ralph. 
Osborne,  Patrick. 
Pratt,  William. 
Rand,  Henry. 
Ray,  Edward  R. 
Robinson,  William  E. 
Ryan,  Edward  D. 
Ryan,  M.  James. 
Sacco,  Nicola. 
Stamp,  Charles. 
Sticher,  Frank  W. 
Stover,  Alfred. 
Stringer,  Thomas. 
Stuart,  Edwin. 
Vaughn,  William  M. 
Velandrd,  Daniel. 
Viggers,  Frederick. 
Walsh,  Frederick  V. 
Walsh,  William. 
Wetherell,  John. 
White,  Thomas  E. 
Wolpe,  Aaron  D. 


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ANALYSIS  OF   MAINTENANCE   ACCOUNT. 


Meats,  fish  and  vegetables,      $5,067.19 

Butter  and  milk, 3,646.43 

Bread,  flour,  meal,  etc., 1,038.88 

Fruits,  fresh  and  dried, 399-87 

Sugar,  tea  and  coffee, 1,124.70 

Groceries, 1,339.17 

Gas  and  oil, 607.69 

Coal  and  wood, 5,166.90 

Sundry  articles  of  consumption, 695.99 

Wages,  domestic  service,      8,411.02 

Salaries,  superintendence  and  instruction, 32,763.30 

Medicines  and  medical  sundries, 78.03 

Furniture  and  bedding, 1,892.96 

Expense  of  stable, i70-37 

Musical  instruments  and  supplies, 492.48 

Manual  training  supplies, 139-76 

Stationery,  printing,  etc., 1,082.46 

Construction  repairs, 1,963.93 

Taxes  and  insurance, 588.00 

Sundries, 596.01 

$67,265.14 


WORK   DEPARTMENT. 


Statement  for  the  year  ending  August  31,  1905. 

Receipts. 

Cash  received  from  sales, $26,036.67 

Expenditures. 

Cash  paid  for  salaries  and  wages,    ....     $11,570.37 
Cash  paid  for  rent,  stock  and  sundries,  12,799.22 

24,369.59 


Balance  of  cash, $1,667.08 

Stock  on  hand  and  bills  receivable  August 

31,  1904, $9,269.04 

Stock  on  hand  and  bills  receivable  August 

3i»  i905> ■ 7>98o.42 

Less  difference  in  amount  of  stock  and  bills  receivable,         1,288.62 
Gain, $378.46 


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The  following  account  exhibits  the  state  of  property,  as  en- 
tered upon  the  books  of  the  institution,  September  i,  1905: — 


Building,  205-207  Congress  street,     .    .    . 

$75,800.00 

House,  II  Oxford  street,      

8,500.00 

House,  402  Fifth  street, 

4,300.00 

Houses,  412,  414,  416  Fifth  street,     .    .    . 

9,300.00 

Houses,  424,  426,  428  Fifth  street,     .    .    . 

15,300.00 

Houses,    430-440    Fifth    street    and  103- 

10=5  H  street, 

47,200.00 
21,300.00 

Building,  442  Fifth  street  to  11 1  H  street. 

House,  537  Fourth  street, 

3,900.00 

Houses,  541,  543  Fourth  street, 

7,800.00 

House,  542  Fourth  street, 

7,800.00 

House,  555  Fourth  street, 

2,000.00 

Houses,  557,  559  Fourth  street,      .... 

14,900.00 

Houses,  583,  585,  587,  589  Fourth    street, 

18,700.00 

Houses,  591,  593,  595  Fourth  street,     .    . 

15,400.00 

Houses,  99-101  H  street, 

3,000.00 

House,  527  Broadway, 

8,200.00 

$263,400.00 

Real  Estate  used  by  the  Institution. 

Real  estate,  Broadway  and  Fourth  street, . 

$345,000.00 

House,  418  Fifth  street, 

3,100.00 

House,  422  Fifth  street, 

3,700.00 

351,800.00 

Unimproved  land.  South  Boston,    .... 

5,196.00 

72,500.00 

Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Fitchburg  R.R.,  preferred,  150  shares,      . 

$21,500.00 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  R.R.,  ist  consolidated 

5s, 

New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  R.R., 

debenture  4s,      

25,000.00 

New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  R.R., 

(Lake  Shore),  3is, 

9,500.00 

Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.R.,  Den- 

ver extension,  4s, 

14,000.00 

Kansas  City,  Clinton  &  Springfield  R.R., 
cs 

3,000.00 
40,000.00 

New  York,  Ontario  &  Western  R.R.,  4s,  . 

Long  Island  R.R.,  refunding,  4s,   ...    . 

25,000.00 

Lake  Shore  &  Michigan    Southern  R.R., 

debenture,  4s, 

30,000.00 
48,500.00 

American  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.,  4s, 

Illinois  Steel  Co.,  5s, 

35,000.00 

271,500.00 

Amount  carried  forward, 

$964,396.00 

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Amount  brought  forward,     

Cash, 

Household  furniture,  South  Boston,  .    .    . 
Provisions  and  supplies.  South  Boston,     . 
Pofll    South  Boston       

$9,300.00 

250.00 

9,000.00 

100.00 

2,250.00 

1,400.00 

$964,396.00 

16,908.53 

17,900.00 

1,690.00 

2,627.50 

Work  Department. 
Stock  and  bills  receivable, 

Musical  Department. 
P"iftv-fivp  niflnnfortps          

7,980.42 

One  three  manual  pipe  organ, 

Knur  rppH  nrcffins        .         

Fifty-nine  orchestral  instniments,  .... 
Musical  library, 

Miscellaneous. 
School  furniture  and  apparatus,     .... 
Library  of  books  in  common  print,   .    .    . 
Library  of  books  in  embossed  print,     .    . 
Special  library    .    .        

$7,325.60 

23,800.00 

7,500.00 

14,000.00 

38,625.00 
120.00 

Rtflhlp  and  tools          

400.00 

$1,086,947.45 

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The  foregoing  property  represents  the  following  funds  and 
balances  and  is  answerable  for  the  same: — 


INSTITUTION    FUNDS. 

General  fund  of  the  institution, 

Stephen  Fairbanks  fund, 

Harris  fund, 

Richard  Perkins  fund, 

Stoddard  Capen  fund,     ........ 

In  memoriam  Mortimer  C.  Ferris,   .    .    . 

Legacies: — 

Mrs.  Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker, 

Miss  Lucy  A.  Barker, 

Calvin  W.  Barker, 

Thompson  Baxter, 

Mrs.  Susan  A.  Blaisdell, 

George  W.  Boyd, 

J.  Putnam  Bradlee, 

Robert  C.  Billings, 

Robert  C.  Billings  (deaf,  dumb  and  blind), 

T.  0.  H.  P.  Burnham,        

Miss  Mary  Bartol, 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Colburn, 

I.  W.  Danforth, 

John  N.  Dix, 

Albert  Glover, 

Joseph  B.  Glover, 

Joseph  B.  Glover  (deaf,  dumb  and  blind), 

Charles  H.  Hayden, 

Benjamin  Humphrey, 

Mrs.  Susan  B.  Lyman, 

The  Maria  Spear  Legacy  for  the  Blind,  .    . 

Stephen  W.  Marston, 

Edward  D.  Peters, 

Henry  L.  Pierce, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  P.  Putnam, 

Mrs.  Charlotte  B.  Richardson, 

Mrs.  Matilda  B.  Richardson, 

Miss  Mary  L.  Ruggles, 

Samuel  E.  Sawyer,      

Joseph  Scholfield, 

Mary  F.  Swift, 

Alfred  T.  Turner, 

George  B.  Upton, 

Mrs.  Ann  White  Vose, 

Joseph  K.  Wait,      

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  P.  Weld, 

Thomas  Wyman, 

Charles  L.  Young, 

Cash, 

Buildings,  unimproved  real  estate  and  per- 
sonal property  in  use  of  the  institution. 
South  Boston, 


^121,458. 42 
10,000.00 
80,000.00 
20,000.00 
13,770.00 
1,000.00 


2,500.00 
5>953-2i 
1.859.32 
322.50 
5,060.00 
5,000.00 
100,000.00 

25,000.00 
4,000.00 
5,000.00 
300.00 
5,000.00 
2,500.00 

10,000.00 
1,000.00 
5,000.00 
5,000.00 
2,500.00 

25,000.00 
4,809.78 

15,000.00 

5,000.00 

500.00 

20,000.00 
1,000.00 

40,507.00 
300.00 
3,000.00 
2,174.77 
2,500.00 
1,391.00 
1,000.00 

10,000.00 

12,994.00 
3,000.00 
2,000.00 

20,000.00 
5,000.00 


$607,400.00 
16,908.53 


462,638.92 
$1,086,947-45 


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The  following  account  exhibits  the  state  of  property  as  en- 
tered upon  the  books  of  the  institution,  September  i,  1905: — 


PRINTING   DEPARTMENT. 

Stocks  and  Bonds. 
Fitchburg  R.R.,  preferred,  loo  shares,    .    .    . 
Boston  &  Providence  R.R.,  75  shares,   .    .    . 
Boston  &  Albany  R.R.,  209  shares,    .... 

Old  Colony  R.R.,  70  shares, 

West     End     Street     Railway,  common,   100 

shares, 

Suffolk  Real  Estate  Trust,  15  shares,      .    .    . 
Boston  Ground  Rent  Trust,  i  share,      .    .    . 

Eastern  R.R.,  6s, 

St.  Paul,  Minneapohs  &  Manitoba  R.R.,  4s, 
Northern  Pacific  &  Great  Northern  R.R.  (C. 

B.  &  Q.),  joint  4S, 

Chicago,  Burhngton  &  Quincy  R.R.  (IlUnois 

division),  3^5, 

Western  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company, 

5s, •  •    •    • 

American  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company, 

4S, 

Stock  and  machinery, 

Books, 

Electrotype  and  stereotype  plates 

Cash, 


H4,ooo.oo 
22,500.00 
52,000.00 
14,000.00 

9,800.00 

15,000.00 

900.00 

1,000.00 

9,000.00 

10,000.00 

1,800.00 

15,000.00 

14,500.00 


!S2,ooo.oo 
14,300.00 
27,778.00 


$179,500.00 


44,078.00 
2,896.33 


$226,474.33 


The  foregoing  property  represents  the   following  funds  and 
balances  and  is  answerable  for  the  same: — 


PRINTING    FUND. 

Capital, 

Legacy,  Joseph  H.  Center, 

Additional  funds, 

Cash, 

Personal  property  in  use  of  the  printing  de- 
partment,        


[0(5,500.00 

1,000.00 
70,000.00 


$179,500.00 
2,896.33 

44,078.00 

$226,474.33 


INSTITUTION    ENDOWMENT   FUND. 


List  of  Contributors. 
From  August  31,  1904,  to  September  i,  1905. 

Benedict,  Edward  B., $1.50 

Brown,  Samuel  N., 10.00 

Coolidge,  John  T.,      10.00 

Curtis,  Miss  Isabella  P., 5.00 

Ellis,  George  H., 75-oo 

Hazeltine,  Charles  B.  R., 10.00 

Hodgman,  Mrs.  Adelaide  K., 25.00 

Holbrook,  Miss  Eunice, 3.00 

In  memory  of  William  Leonard  Benedict,  Jr., 25.00 

Lawrence,  Amory  A., 100.00 

Peabody,  F.  H., 100.00 

Pierce,  S.  S.,  Company, 120.00 

Pratt,  Robert  M., 50.00 

Richardson,  Mrs.  W.  A.,  Worcester, "  10.00 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Vose,  Frank  T., 2.00 

$551-50 


SUBSCRIPTIONS  FOR   THOMAS  STRINGER. 

From  September  i,  1904,  to  August  31,  1905. 

A.  B., $10.00 

Bancroft,  Miss  Elizabeth  Hope, i.oo 

Children  of  the  first  grade  of  Winthrop  School,  Brookline, 

through  Miss  Anna  M.  Taylor, i.oo 

Children's  Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa., 25.00 

Dow,  Miss  Jane  F.,  Milton,      25.00 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  M., 50.00 

George,  Mr.  Robert  H., i.oo 

Hudson,  Miss  Mary  R., i.oo 

Income  from  house  in  Washington,  Pa.,  through  A.  Leg- 
gate  and  Son  (for  1904  and  1905), 97-37 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Mary  J., 2.00 

Kimball,  Miss  Susan  Day, 10.00 

Matthews,  Mrs.  Annie  B., 50.00 

May,  Miss  Eleanor  G.,  trustee  of  Lydia  Maria  Child  fund,  35-oo 

Moore,  Mrs.  George  W.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Norcross,  Mr.  Grenville  H., 50.00 

"Rodelmer," 2.00 

Seabury,  The  Misses,  New  Bedford, 5.00 

Sohier,  Miss  Mary  D., 25.00 

$395.37 
A  friend  to  make  up  the  deficit  in  the  account  of  the  pre- 
vious year,    441.68 

Bequest  of  the  late  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Meredith,  through  Mrs. 

Elizabeth  L.  Tappan,  executrix, 500.00 


PERMANENT  FUND  FOR   THOMAS   STRINGER. 

[This  fund  is  being  raised  with  the  distinct  understanding  that 
it  is  to  be  placed  under  the  control  and  care  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  and 
that  only  the  net  income  is  to  be  given  to  Thomas  so  long  as  he 
is  not  provided  for  in  any  other  way,  and  is  unable  to  earn  his 
living,  the  principal  remaining  intact  for  ever.  It  is  farther  un- 
derstood, that,  at  his  death  or  when  he  ceases  to  be  in  need  of  this 
assistance,  the  income  of  this  fund  is  to  be  applied  to  the  support 
and  education  of  some  child  who  is  both  blind  and  deaf  and  for 
whom  there  is  no  provision  made  either  by  the  state  or  by  private 
individuals.] 

A.  B., $100.00 

Buxton,  Dr.  B.  H.,  New  York, i5-oo 

Children's  Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa., 25.00 

Conant,  Miss  Grace  W., «...  5.00 

Eaton,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Newton  Centre, 20.00 

French,  Miss  Caroline  L.  W., 100.00 

Income  from  the  Glover  Fund, 50.00 

Moseley,  Miss  Ellen  F., 100.00 

Nichols,  Mrs.  John  W.  T., 100.00 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis, 50.00 

Primary  department   of   the   Sunday-school   of   the   First 
Methodist  Protestant  Church  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa,,  through 

Mrs.  William  McCracken, 6.00 

Primary  department  of  the  Sunday-school  of  the  Winter 
Hill  Congregational  Church  of  Somerville,  Mass.,  through 

Miss  Gertrude  D.  Hall,      5.00 

Wallace,  Mrs.  Augusta  H.,  Allegheny,  Pa., 5.00 

$581.00 


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Alcott,  L.  M.     Little  Women, 

Andersen,  Hans.     Stories  and  Tales, 

Arabian  Nights,  six  selections  by  Samuel  Eliot,     .... 

Arnold,  S.  L.     Arnold  Primer,        

Baldwin,  James.     vStory  of  Siegfried, 

Burnett,  F.  H.     Little  Lord  Fauntleroy,       

Carroll,  Lewis.     Alice's  Adventures  in  Wonderland,       .     . 

Child's  Book,  first  to  seventh, 

Children's  Fairy  Book,  arranged  by  M.  Anagnos,       .     .     . 

Chittenden,  L.  E.     Sleeping  Sentinel, 

Coolidge,  Susan.     What  Katy  Did, 

Cyr,  E.  M.     Interstate  Primer  and  First  Reader,       .     .     . 

Eclectic  Primer, 

Ewing,  J.  H.     Story  of  a  Short  Life,        

Greene,  Homer.     Blind  Brother, 

Pickett's  Gap, 

Harte,  Bret.     Queen  of  the  Pirate  Isle, 

Kingsley,  Charles.     Greek  Heroes, 

Water  Babies, 

Little  Ones'  Story  Book, 

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IntheChild's  World,  Part  I.,  .     .     .     . 

In  the  Child's  World,  Part  II.,     .     .     . 

In  the  Child's  World,  Part  HI.,    .     .     . 

Stories  for  Little  Readers, 

Through  the  Farmyard  Gate,  .... 
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Sewell,  Anna.     Black  Beauty,    . 

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Standard  Braille  Primer,  revised, 

Thompson,  Ernest  Seton.     Wild  Animals  I  Have  Known,  . 

Turner's  First  Reader, 

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Story  of  Patsy, 

Youth's  Library,  arranged  by  M.  Anagnos, 

Script  and  point  alphabet  sheets,  per  hundred, 

GENERAL  LITERATURE. 

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Burt,  M.  E.     Odysseus,  the  Hero  of  Ithaca, 

Cervantes  Saavedra,  Miguel  de.     Don  Quixote,      .     .     .     . 

Cooke,  R.  T.     Deacon's  Week, 

Cooper,  J.  F.     Pilot, 

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Silas  Marner, 

Emerson,  R.  W.     Essays, 

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Sesame  and  Lilies, 

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Scott,  Sir  Walter.     Quentin  Durward, 

Talisman, 

Thackeray,  W.  M.     Henry  Esmond, 

POETRY. 
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Bryant,  W.  C.     Poems, 

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Poems  selected  by  Matthew  Arnold,  .     .     . 

Holmes,  O.  W.    Poems, 

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Book  of  Psalms, 

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Collar  and  Daniell.     Beginner's  Latin  Book, 

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Bach,  J.  S.    Gavotte  in  G  minor, 

Prelude  and  fugue,  Book  i.  No.  5,  .  .  .  . 
Prelude  and  Fugue,  Book  2,  No.  6,  !•  .  . 
Prelude  and  fugue.  Book  2,  No.  7,  .     .     .     . 

Six  Little  Preludes, . 

Bach-Saint-Saens.     Gavotte  in  B  minor, 

Bach,  C.  P.  E.     Solfeggietto, 

Bargiel,  W.     Album  Leaf, 

Idylle,  Op.  32,  No.  i, 

Barili.     Dance  Caprice, 

Baumfelder.     Good  Humor, 

Beethoven.     Farewell  to  the  Pianoforte, 

Fiir  Elise, 

Sonata,  Op.  2,  No.  i, 

Sonata,  Op.  2,  No.  3, 

Sonata,  Op.  10,  No.  2, 

Sonata,  Op.  24,  for  violin  and  pianoforte  (ist 

movement),         

Sonata,  Op.  49,  No.  i, 

Sonata,  Op.  no, 

Sonatina  (F  major), 

Sonatina  (G  major), 

Six  Little  Variations  (G), 

Six  Variations  on  a  theme  by  Paisiello,  .     . 
Nine  Variations  on  a  theme  by  Paisiello,    .     . 

Behr,  Frangois.     Bolero, 

Evening  Prayer, 

On  the  Lake, 

Silent  Happiness, 

Behr,  Franz.    Minuet,  Op.  503, 

Spring  Chimes,  Op  503, 

The  Bird's  Message,  Op.  503, 

Think  of  Me,  Op.  575, 

Berens.     School  of  Velocity,  Op.  61, 

Bertini.       Octave  Study,  Op.  29,       

Study  in  A, 

Blakeslee.     May  Party  Dance,  Op.  9, 

Crystal  Fountain  Waltz,  Op.  25, 

Brahms,        Scherzo,  Op.  4, 

Brauer,  Fr.     Twelve  Studies,  Op.  15.     (Litolff),  .... 

Burgmiiller.     £tudes.  Op.  100,  (new  edition), 

Chopin,     fitude,  Op.  10,  No.  i, 

Etude,  Op.  10,  No.  2, 

Etude,  Op.  10,  No.  3, 

Etude,  Op.  10,  No.  4, 

Etude,  Op.  10,  No.  5, 

Etude,  Op.  10,  No.  7, 


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Chopin.     £tude,  Op.  lo,  No.  8, 

£tude,  Op.  lo,  No.  12, 

Fantasie  Impromptu,  Op.  66, 

Impromptu,  Op.  36, 

Polonaise,  Op.  40,  No.  i, 

Prelude,  Op.  28,  No.  4, 

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Waltz,  Op.  34,  No.  3  (Kullak), 

Waltz,  Op.  64,  No.  I  (Kullak), 

Waltz,  Op.  64,  No.  2  (Kullak), 

Chwatal,  F.     The  Merry  Postillion,  Op.  228,    .... 

Sonatina  in  F,  Op.  245, 

Cramer-Biilow.  , Fifty  Selected  Studies,  Books  i  and  2, 

Czerny.     Fifty  Etudes  from  Op.  821, 

Six  Octave  Studies, 

Dennee.     Scherzino,  Op.  15, 

De  Wilm.     Canzonetta, 

Durand.     Pastorale, 

Chaconne, 

Dussek.     La  Matinee  Rondo, 

Duvernoy,     Studies,  Op.  176, 

Egghard.     Tender  Flower, 

Fontaine.     Swing  Song, 

Foote,  A.     Sarabande,  Op.  6,  No.  3, 

Gade.     Capriccio,  Op.  19,  No.  2, 

In  the  Woods,  Op.  41, 

Godard,  B.     2d  Valse,  Op.  56, 

Goldner.     Gavotte  Mignonne, 

Grieg.      Air,  (from  Holberg  Suite), 

Albumblatt,  Op.  12, 

Album  Leaf,  Op.  28,  No.  i, 

Album  Leaf,  Op.  28,  No.  3, 

Erotic,  Op.  43,  No.  5, 

Gavotte  (from  Holberg  Suite), 

In  the  Home  (In  der  Heimath), 

Lonely  Wanderer  (Einsamer  Wanderer),       .     . 

Lyric  Pieces,  Op.  12 

Papillon,  Op.  43,  

Prelude  (from  Holberg  Suite), 

Rigaudon  (from  Holberg  Suite), 

Sarabande  (from  Holberg  Suite),    ..... 

To  the  Spring,  Op.  43, 

Voglein,  Op.  43, 


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Gurlitt.     Hunting  Song, 

Morning  Prayer,  Op.  loi.  No.  2, 

Studies,  Op.  50, 

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The  Hunt, 

Haberbier.     A  Flower  of  Spring, 

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fitudes,  Op.  45,  Book  2, 

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fitudes.  Op.  47, 

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Henselt.     If  I  were  a  Bird, 

Hiller,  P.     The  Lonely  Rose,  Op.  66, 

Little  Rider,  Op.  66, 

Hofmann,  H.     Along  the  Brook, 

At  Evening, 

Gestaendnis,  Op.  52, 

Gavotte  from  "Donna  Diana," 

GondoUiera, 

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Minnelied, 

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Hummel.    Sonata,  Op.  13, 

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Jensen,  A.     Berceuse  in  A, 

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Cassandra,         

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Polonaise,  Op.  ^^, 

Reigen,  Op.  33, 

Reiterlied,  Op.  33, 

The  Mill,  Op.  17, 

Trompeterstiicklein,  Op.  33, 

Widmung,  Op.  33, 

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Kirchner.     Album  Leaf,  Op.  7, i  $0.06 

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Krause.     Trill  Studies,  Op.  2,  Book  2, i  .35 

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Scherzo, i  ,06 

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Merkel.     Impromptu,  Op.  18, 

In  the  Beautiful  Month  of  May, 

Jolly  Huntsman, 

Pleasures  of  May,  Op.  81, 

Spring  Song, 

The  Hunter's  Call, 

Moszkowski.     Waltz  in  A  flat, 

Mozart.     Sonata  No.  2  in  F  (A.  P.  Schmidt), 

Sonata  No.  8  in  C  (A.  P.  Schmidt), 

Nicode,  J.  L.     Barcarolle,  Op.  13, 

Parker,  H.  W.     £tude  Melodieuse,  Op.  19, 

Nocturne,  Op.  19, 

Romanza,  Op.  19, 

Scherzino,  Op.  19, 

Porter,  F.  A.     "In  the  Springtime,"  Book  i, 

"In  the  Springtime,"  Book  2,      .... 

Raff,  J.     Am  Loreley-Fels,  Op.  134, 

Rigaudon,  Op.  204, 

The  Echo,  Op.  75, 

Ravina.     Arabeske, 

Reinecke.     Gondoliera, 

Minuetto, 

Sonatina,  Op.  47, 

Thirty  Pianoforte  Pieces  for   Young  People, 

Op.  107  (Litolff), 

Reinhold.     Impromptu,  Op.  28, 

Suite  Mignonne,  Op.  45, 

Rheinberger.     Ballade,  Op.  7, 

Impromptu,  Op.  183, 

Prelude,  Op.  183, 

Roeske.     Capitol  March,       

Dover  Galop, 

Electric  Polka, 

Happy  Thoughts  Polka, 

The  Hub  Waltz, 

Rosenhain.     Andante  and  Rondo, 

Rummel.     Little  March,        

Little  Waltz, 

Saran.     Phantasie  Stiick,  Op.  2, 

Scharwenka,  P.     Tanz  Vergniigen,  Op.  68, 

Scharwenka,  X.     First  Valse  Caprice,  Op.  13,     ...     . 

Polish  Dance,  Op.  29, 

Valse  Caprice,  Op.  31, 

Schubert.    Impromptu,  Op.  90,  No.  2, 

Impromptu,  Op.  142, 

Waltzes,  Op.  9a, 

Schumann.     Album  for  young  Pianists, 


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Schumann.     Cradle  Song, 

Curious  Story,  Op.  15,        

Evening  Music,  Op.  99, 

Novellette,  in  F, 

Playing  Tag,  Op.  15, 

Valse  Noble,  Op.  9, 

Schmoll.     (The  following  pieces  are  from  Op.  50), 

Kathinka, 

Pastorale, 

Polonaise, 

Return  of  the  Gondolier, 

Rose  Mazurka, 

Saltarella, 

Scherzetto, 

Song  of  the  Miller  Maid, 

Spring  Thoughts, 

The  Hunter's  Horn, 

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Hide  and  Seek, 

Playing  Ball, 

Youth  and  Joy, 

Strong,  T.     Danse  des  Sabots, 

Thirty-five  Easy  Pieces  (  N.  E.  Conservatory  Ed.),    .     .     . 

Thoma.     Polish  Dance, 

Twenty -three  Select  Pieces  (First  Grade), 

Urbach.     Prize  Piano  School, 

Weber.    Invitation  to  the  Dance, 

Rondo  Brillante, 

Wollenhaupt.     fitude  in  A  flat, 

Organ. 
Allen,  N.  H.     Themes  with  varied  basses, 

Vocal. 
Songs  for  Solo  Voice. 

Beach,  Mrs.     June, 

Beethoven.     Nature's  Adoration,* 

Brahms.     Cradle  Song,* 

Chadwick.     I  said  to  the  Wind  of  the  South,* 

O  let  Night  Speak  of  Me,* 

Sweetheart  thy  Lips  are  Touched  with  Flame,* 

Cowen.     To  a  Flower, 

Franz.     Dearest  Friend,* 

From  Grief  I  cannot  Measure,* 


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Franz.     In  Autumn,* 

Marie,* 

Now  Welcome  My  Wood,* 

Oh!  why  so  soon,* 

The  Mourner,* 

Grieg,    A  Swan,* 

Departed,* 

StroUing  Minstrel's  Song,* 

Handel.    Arm,  Arm,  Ye  Brave  (Judas  Maccabeus),*  .     . 

But  Who  May  Abide  (Messiah),* 

Every  Valley  shall  be  Exalted  (Messiah),  .  .  . 
Hear  Me  Ye  Winds  and  Waves  (Scipio),*  .  . 
Shall  I  in  Mamre's  fertile  Plain  (Joshua),*  .  . 
The  People  that  walked  in  Darkness  (Messiah),* 

Mendelssohn.    Afar,* 

If  with  all  Your  Hearts, 

O  God  have  Mercy,* 

Moir.     Best  of  All, 

Rotoli.    My  Bride  shall  be  my  Flag,* 

Schubert.     Songs  in  the  original  keys,  Augener  &  Co.  Ed. 

By  the  Sea, 

Faith  in  Spring, 

Hark,  hark!   the  Lark  (high  voice),      .     .     .     . 
Hark,  hark !  the  Lark  (low  voice),       .... 

Hedge  Roses, 

Her  Portrait, 

Huntsman's  Even  Song, 

Impatience, 

Morning  Greeting, 

My  Sweet  Repose, 

Resting  Place, 

To  be  Sung  on  the  Waters, 

Wanderer's  Night  Song, 

Wandering, 

Who  is  Sylvia? 

Schumann.     Ah,  Sweet,  when  in  thine  Eyes, 

Beside  the  Rhine's  Sacred  Waters,    .... 

I'll  not  complain, 

Intermezzo, 

Moonlight,        

My  Soul  will  I  Steep  with  Longing,  .... 

O  Sunny  Beam, 

The  Rose  and  the  Lily, 

Thy  Lovely  Face, 

When  May  shed  Loveliness  around,  .... 

Where'er  my  Tears  have  Fallen, 

Woman's  Life  and  Love,  Nos.  i-8,  .... 


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Storace.    My  Native  Land  I  bade  Adieu,* 

Wagner.    Prize  Song  from  "Die  Meistersinger,"  .... 
Whelpley.    The  Nightingale  has  a  Lyre  of  Gold,  .... 

Duets. 
Smart,  Henry.  "  The  Fairy  Haunted  Spring, 

Part  Songs  for  Male  Voices. 

Abt.     Night  Song, 

The  Parting  Day, 

Bank,  C.     Evening  Song, 

Becker.    Vocal  March, 

Boieldieu.     Praise  of  the  Soldier, 

Chwatal,  F.  X.     Lovely  Night, 

Cramer.     How  Can  I  Leave  Thee, 

Gounod,  Ch.    The  Chase, 

Hatton,  J.  L.     Tar's  Song, 

Bugle  Song, 

Sailor's  Song, 

Knowles.    Our  Flag, 

Kreutzer.     Serenade, 

Kiicken.     O  Wert  Thou  in  the  Cauld  Blast, 

The  Banners  Wave, . 

The  Rhine,        

Macfarren,  G.  A.    Now  the  Sun  has  Mounted  High,  .    .     . 

Mendelssohn.     The  Huntsman's  Farewell, 

Farewell, 

The  Cheerful  Wanderer, 

Parting  Song, 

Rhine  Wine  Song, 

Serenade, 

Pflueger,    Carl.     The    Bugler.     Song   for   medium    voice 

with  male  chorus, 

Weber.     Bright  Sword  of  Liberty, 

Champagne  Song, 

A  Nation's  Day  is  Breaking, 

O  How  Lovely  the  Face  of  the  Deep, 

Werner.     Two  Roses, 

Part  Songs  for  Female  Voices. 

Gumbert.     Maidens'  Spring  Song  (trio), 

Hiller.     Dame  Cuckoo  (trio), 

Mendelssohn.     Hearts  Feel  that  Love  Thee  (trio),    .     .     . 
O  Vales  with  Siinlight  Smiling  (trio),    .     . 


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Wagner,  R.     Spinning-wheel  Chorus  (trio), 

Wiegand.    A  Meadow  Song, 

Mixed  Voices. 

Hatton,  J.  L.     Let  All  with  Merry  Voices  Sing,    .... 

Mendelssohn.     On  the  Sea, 

Smart,  Henry.     Wake  to  the  Hunting, 

Chorals,  Anthems,  Hymns. 

Bach,  J.  S.     Sixteen  German  Chorals  edited  by  John  S. 

Dwight,        

Gounod.     Praise  be  to  the  Father  (anthem), 

Hymns.     Collection  of  Forty-five  Hymn  Tunes,    .... 

Selected  Hymns.     Words  and  music,     .... 

Weber.     God  of  the  Fatherless  (anthem), 

Vocal  Exercises. 

Concone.     Fifty  exercises.  Op.  9, 

Panofka.     Vocal  A,  B,  C, 

Scala.     Twenty-five  Concise  Vocal  Exercises, 

Music  for  Children. 

Children's  Souvenir  Song  Book,  Selections  from.  Arr.  bj 
William  L.  Tomlins: 

Chadwick,  J.  W.     The  Brook, 

Faning,  Eaton.    -Boat  Song, 

Foote,  A.     Land  to  the  Leeward, 

Foster.     Every  Night, 

Johns,  Clayton.     The  Fountain, 

Osgood,  G.  L.     Happy  Spring  Waltz, 

Parker,  H.  W.     An  Even  Song, 

Roeske,  C.  C.     Collection  of  Songs,  Duets,  and  Trios,   .     . 


Orchestra. 

Bach.  Adagio  (Quintet  for  Strings  and  Clarinet),  . 
Beethoven.     Andante  con  moto,  from  Symphony  No.  i, 

Menuetto  from  Septet,  Op.  20,    .     .     . 

Scherzo  from  Septet,  Op.  20,   ...     . 

Scherzo  from  Symphony,  No.  4,       .     . 

Bendix.     Cradle  Song, 

Boccherini.     Minuet  in  A,* 

H^  Minuet  No.  2  in  A,* 

Eichberg.    Andante, 


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Eilenberg.     The  Mill  in  the  Forest, 

Fahrbach.     Mazurka,  In  the  Forest, 

Godard.     Berceuse, 

Gregh,  L.     Joyous  Serenade, 

Passacalle, 

Grieg,  E.     Anitra's  Tanz  from  Peer  Gynt  Suite,*  .... 

Gavotte  from  Holberg  Suite,* 

Rigaudon  from  Holberg  Suite,* 

Haydn.     Symphony  No.  5,  First  Movement, 

Symphony,  No.  8,  Finale, 

Symphony  No.  11,  First  Movement, 

Symphony  No.  11,  Allegretto, 

Symphony  No.  11,  Minuet, 

Symphony  No.  11,  Finale, 

Symphony  No.  13,  Largo, 

Hofmann,  H.      Serenade,  Op.  65,  First  Movement  (Flute 

and  Strings), 

Hofmann,  R.     No.  i  from  Suite,  Op.  60,* 

Jungmann.     Will  o'  the  Wisp  (Quintet  for  Strings  and 

Harp), 

Mascagni.     Intermezzo  from  "Cavalleria  Rusticana,"    .     . 

Mendelssohn.     Festival  March, 

Priests'  March  from  "Athalie,"    .... 

Mozart,  W.  A.     Andante  from  E-flat  Symphony,       .     .     . 

Andante  from  the  8th  Quartette,     .     .     . 

Divertimento,    No.    2,    D     major    (First 

Movement),       

Finale  from  the  E-flat  Symphony,    .     .     . 
Magic  Flute  Overture,   ....... 

Menuetto  from  the  Jupiter  Symphony,    . 
Menuetto  from  the  E  flat  Symphony  (com- 
posed 1788), 

Reinecke.     Pastoral,* 

Marchen  Vorspiel,* 

Aus  Tausend  und  eine  Nacht,* 

Frieden  der  Nacht,* 

Ballet  Music,* 

(The  above  numbers  from  Zwolf  Tonbilder). 

Schubert,  F.     March  Militaire,       

Moment  Musical, 

Symphony,  B  minor,  First  Movement,    .     . 

Schumann,  R.     Traumerei, 

Strauss.     Light  and  Shade  Waltzes, 

Thomas.     Gavotte  Mignon, 

Wagner.     Vorspiel  from  Lohengrin,        

Waldteufel.     Invitation  a  la  Gavotte, 


*For  string  orchestra. 


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Title  of  Book. 


Violin. 

Accolay.     Concerto, 

Bach.     Concerto  for  Two  Violins, 

Dancla,  C.     First  Air  Varie,  Op.  89, ." 

De  Beriot.     Fantasie  Ballet,  Op.  100, 

Method  for  the  Violin,  Part  I.,  2d  and  3d  Po- 
sitions,    

Eichberg,  J.    .Complete  Method  for  the  Violin,    .     .     .     . 

Godard,  B.     Canzonetta,       

Berceuse  from  "Jocelyn," 

Hauser.     Longing  (Le  Desir), 

Leclair.     Sarabanda, 

Mendelssohn.     Concerto,  Op.  64  (Andante), 

Mlynarski.     Mazur, 

Schradieck.     Technical  Studies,  Book  i, 

Sitt.     Ele'gie,  Op.  73, 

Preludium,  Op.  73, 

Tarantelle,  Op.  73, 

Fruelingslied,  Op.  73,        

Wieniawski.     Chanson  Polonaise,  Op.  12,    ....     . 

Violoncello. 

Bruch.     Kol  Nidrei, 

Romberg.     Concertino, 

Schumann.     Stuck  im  Volkston, 

String  Quartet. 
Haydn.     Quartet  No.  12  (Adagio),  Peters  Edition,    .     .     . 

Military  Band. 

Bach,  Charles.     Twelfth  Andante  and  Waltz, 

Balfe.     Fantasia  from  "Satanella," 

Balfe-Claus.     Selection,  "Bohemian  Girl," 

Balfe-Wiegand.  Selection,  "Puritan's  Daughter,"  .  .  . 
Beyer,  E.  Fantasia  from  "Le  Val  d'Amour."  Arr.,  .  . 
Bizet.     Selection  from  "Carmen."     Arr.  by  Beyer,   .     .     . 

Toreador's  song  from  "Carmen," 

Catlin,  E.  N.     Overture,  "Welcome,"      

Donizetti.     Nocturne  from  "Don  Pasquale,"* 

Ringleben.     Polka  Mazurka,* 

Sponholtz.     Peace  of  Mind,* 

Donizetti.     Sextette  and  Finale  from  "Lucia," 


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Flotow.     Selection  from  "Martha," 

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KINDERGARTEN    REPORT 


OFFICERS    OF   THE   CORPORATION. 
1905-1906. 


FRANCIS   H.  APPLETON,  President. 
AMORY  A.    LAWRENCE,  Vice-PresidenL 
WILLIAM   ENDICOTT,  Jr.,  Treasjirer. 
MICHAEL  ANAGNOS,  Secretary. 


BOARD    OF    TRUSTEES. 


FRANCIS  H.  APPLETON. 
WM.  LEONARD   BENEDICT. 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT. 
Rev.  p.  R.  FROTHINGHAM. 
CHARLES  p.  GARDINER. 
N.  P.  HALLOWELL. 


J.  THEODORE  HEARD,  M.D. 
EDWARD   JACKSON. 
GEORGE  H.  RICHARDS. 
WM.  L.  RICHARDSON,  M.D. 
RICHARD   M.  SALTONSTALL. 
S.  LOTHROP   THORNDIKE. 


LADIES'   VISITING   COMMITTEE. 

Mrs.  JOHN   CHIPMAN   GRAY,  President. 
Mrs.  ELIZABETH   C.  AGASSIZ,  V ice-Preside nl. 


Mrs.  Harold  J.  CooLrocE,  .    .  January. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Mack February. 

Mrs.  John  Chipman  Gray,  .   .  March. 

Miss  Constance  G.  Lee,     .    .  April. 

Miss  Ellen  Bollard,  ....  May. 

Mrs.  Guy  Lowell, June. 

Miss  Agnes  Brooks. 


Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  ....     July. 
Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott,  .     August. 
Mrs.  George  A.  Draper,    .    .     September. 
Miss  Annie  C.  Warren,     .    .     October. 
Mrs.  George  Howard  Monks,  November. 
Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motley,   .    .     December. 
Miss  Annie  Norton  Ward. 


Mrs.  KiNGSMn.L  Marrs,  Honorary  Member. 


OFFICERS    OF   THE   KINDERGARTEN. 

MICHAEL  ANAGNOS,  Director. 

HENRY  W.  BROUGHTON,  M.D.,  Attending  Physician. 

FRANCIS   I.  PROCTOR,  M.D.,  Ophthalmic  Surgeon. 


Boys'  Section. 

Miss  Nettie  B.  Vose,  Matron. 

Miss  Flora  CFovynMi^,  Assistant. 

Miss  Ellen  Reed  Mead,  Kinder gartner. 

Miss  L.  Henrietta  Stratton,  Teacher. 

Miss  Minnie  C.  Tucker,  Music  Teacher. 


Girls'  Section. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Hill,  Matron. 

Miss  Cornelia  M.  Lorino,  Assistant. 

Miss  W.  Humbert,  Kindergartner. 

]Miss  Alice  M.  Lane,  Teacher. 

Miss  Helen  M.  Hinolf,  Music  Teacher. 


Miss  Laura  A.  Brown,  Teacher  of  Manual  Training. 


Boys'   Section. 

Miss  Mary  J.  Jones,  Matron. 

Miss  Angle  L.  Tarbell,  Teacher. 

Miss  Isabelle  C.  Bixby,  Teacher. 

Miss  Lydla  Howes,  Music  Teacher. 

Miss  Sigrid  Sjolander,  Sloyd. 


PRIMARY    DEPARTMENT. 

Girls'  Section. 

Miss  Blanche  Barrett,  Matron. 
Miss  Ada  S.  Bartlett,  Assistant. 
Miss  Bertina  Dyer,  Teacher. 
Miss  Maria  L.  Church,  Teacher. 
Miss  B.  C.  Chamberlain,  Music  Teaclier. 
Miss  Kittie  I.  Fish,  Music  Teacher. 
Miss  Inger  Wuk,  Sloyd. 


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GIFTS   IN   LIFE   AS   WELL  AS   IN   DEATH. 

Dear  Freend: — Are  you  thinking  of  making  your  will  and  of 
disposing  of  the  whole  or  a  part  of  your  estate  for  educational  and 
benevolent  purjooses?  If  so,  do  not  forget  the  Kindergarten  for 
the  Blind  in  Jamaica  Plain.  Pray  bear  in  mind  the  fact  that  this 
institution  is  doing  a  holy  work  for  the  needy  little  sightless  children, 
its  object  being  to  mitigate  the  sad  effects  of  their  affliction,  to  im- 
prove their  condition  physically,  intellectually  and  morally,  and  to 
free  them  from  the  fetters  of  helplessness  and  dependence. 


FORM    OF    BEQUEST. 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  corporation  of  the  Perkins 
Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  Boston,  Mass., 
for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind,  the 
sum  of  dollars. 


FORM    OF    DEVISE    OF    REAL    ESTATE. 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  coqjoration  of  the  Perkins 
Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  Boston,  Mass., 
for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind  (here 
describe  the  real  estate  accurately),  with  full  power  to  sell,  mort- 
gage and  convey  the  same,  free  of  all  trusts. 


d€4-€€/d^        MtT^'9't^€i.t,Ca'       v^!^^-^« . 

G^wW  ^J/<^-?;^«!^^<7«!^    C^?^^^^    e-^cC^^c    ctz-ld   ^<zdd 


KINDERGARTEN  FOR  THE  BLIND. 


REPORT   OF   THE   TRUSTEES. 


To  the  Members  oj  the  Corporation. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  :  —  In  presenting  our  an- 
nual report  for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  Au- 
gust, 1905,  we  take  great  pleasure  in  being  able  to  inform 
the  friends  and  supporters  of  the  liindergarten  that 
good  progress  has  been  made  in  every  one  of  its  depart- 
ments and  that  its  work  has  never  been  productive  of 
better  results  than  those  of  the  past  twelve  months. 

The  affairs  of  the  juvenile  school  have  been  man- 
aged with  great  ability  and  success,  and  everything 
has  been  done  to  promote  the  health  and  welfare  of  the 
pupils. 

It  is  our  purpose  to  give  a  favorable  response  to  all 
those  who  seek  to  profit  by  the  advantages  afforded  by 
the  kindergarten  and  to  provide  the  best  possible  means 
and  opportunities  for  the  early  training  of  the  little 
sightless  boys  and  girls  who  are  entrusted  to  our  care. 
Hence  we  are  constantly  improving  our  facilities  and 
making  plans  for  the  enlargement  of  our  accommoda- 
tions in  order  to  be  able  to  meet  promptly  all  reasonable 
demands. 

Visitors  to  the  kindergarten  cannot  fail  to  notice  the 
spirit  of  earnestness  and  devotion,  with  which  the  teachers 
and  caretakers  perform  their  duties,  and  the  signs  of  hap- 
piness and  contentment  which  are  visible  in  every  part 
of  the  establishment. 


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We  are  deeply  grateful  to  our  friends  and  benefactors 
for  the  kind  interest  which  they  have  evinced  in  the 
work  of  the  kindergarten  and  for  the  generous  and  cor- 
dial way  in  which  they  have  responded  to  all  appeals 
for  its  support. 

Value  of  the  Work  of  the  Kindergarten. 

The  cause  of  the  little  blind  children  appeals  to  all 
benevolent  and  kind-hearted  persons  with  peculiar  force 
and  receives  cordial  sympathy  and  substantial  aid  from 
those  who  take  an  active  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
suffering  members  of  the  human  family  and  are  desir- 
ous of  contributing  their  full  share  to  the  amelioration 
of  their  condition. 

Deprived  of  one  of  the  royal  avenues  of  sense,  these 
unfortunate  children  are  cut  off  from  the  outer  world 
and  live  in  total  darkness  and  isolation.  They  are  shut 
out  from  the  visible  universe,  from  all  that  is  lovely  and 
refreshing  and  stimulating  in  nature,  from  the  bright 
heavens,  the  verdant  earth  and  from  the  pleasure  of  look- 
ing at  the  dear  faces  of  those  whom  they  love.  Their 
helplessness  surpasses  that  of  all  other  human  beings. 
They  are  circumscribed  in  their  movements,  timid  in 
their  actions,  averse  to  play  and  to  exertion  of  any  kind. 
They  depend  entirely  upon  others  for  the  means  of  their 
development  and  amusement  and  of  acquiring  elemen- 
tary knowledge.  On  account  of  their  inactivity  and 
inertness,  their  physique  is  enervated,  their  mind  dwarfed 
and  their  spirits  cowed.  In  fine,  they  are  at  once  un- 
fortunate and  sad  in  themselves  and  a  burden  upon  so- 
ciety. 

Proper  and  systematic  training  at  the  tenderest  period 
of  their  lives  is  the  only  means  that  can   release  these 


157 

little  boys  and  girls  from  the  shackles  of  their  afniction 
and  mitigate  its  injurious  effects.  It  is  through  this  alone 
that  they  may  be  brought  forth  from  darkness  to  light, 
from  passive  indifference  to  activity,  from  sorrow  to  joy, 
fron^  bondage  to  freedom.  To  those  who  are  bereft  of 
the  visual  sense  early  education  means  much  more  than 
to  those  who  possess  all  their  faculties.  It  helps  them 
to  grow  in  the  right  direction  and  to  become  strong  and 
vigorous,  sensible  and  thorough,  earnest  and  cheerful, 
sympathetic  and  helpful.  It  paves  for  them  the  way  to 
develop  into  full  efficiency  the  possibilities  of  their  being. 

In  order  that  this  invaluable  advantage  might  be  se- 
cured for  these  hapless  children,  the  kindergarten  was 
established  eighteen  years  ago  and  has  been  ever  since 
in  successful  operation. 

This  juvenile  school  purposes  to  keep  its  doors  wide 
open  to  all  suitable  applicants  and  to  treat  them  in  such 
a  way  as  to  reduce  the  consequences  of  their  infirmity 
to  the  minimum.  It  affords  the  tiny  victims  of  the  loss 
of.  sight  a  congenial  sunny  home,  where  love  reigns  su- 
preme and  where  unremitting  attention  is  paid  to  their 
dietary  and  cleanliness,  their  exercise  and  health  and 
their  manners  and  general  comfort.  It  provides  excel- 
lent facilities  for  their  physical  and  mental  development 
and  for  their  moral  and  spiritual  welfare.  It  supplies 
them  with  ample  means  for  acquiring  habits  of  self-re- 
liance and  self-helpfulness  and  lays  in  them  the  founda- 
tion of  that  kind  of  education  which  will  fit  them  to  mingle 
with  their  more  fortunate  fellows  and  prepare  them  to 
obtain  larger  measures  of  knowledge  as  opportunities 
in  after  life  may  occur. 

The  work  of  the  kindergarten  has  proved  exceedingly 
beneficial  to  the  blind,  and  its  effects  have  been  felt  at 
home  and  abroad.     Not  only  has  the  public  heart  and 


:  .158 

conscience  been  so  deeply  touched  and  quickened  by  the 
urgent  appeals  persistently  presented  in  behalf  of  the 
little  sightless  children  as  to  lead  the  community  to  make 
adequate  provision  for  their  education,  but  the  impulse 
given  in  Boston  and  Massachusetts  has  stirred  up  other 
states  and  countries  and  has  produced  the  conviction 
that  early  training  according  to  Froebel's  rational  philos- 
ophy of  pedagogy  is  the  most  powerful  lever  in  raising 
the  intellectual  and  moral  standard  of  the  blind  and  in 
improving  their  social  and  moral  condition. 

Condition  of  the  Buildings  and  Grounds. 

The  year  just  closed  has  differed  from  several  of  its 
predecessors  in  respect  to  the  matter  of  additions  to  the 
premises  of  the  kindergarten  and  of  improvements  or 
changes  in  the  buildings. 

No  land  has  been  purchased  during  the  past  twelve 
months  nor  have  any  new  houses  been  constructed. 
Moreover  the  hope  that  some  person  might  volunteer  to 
provide  the  means  for  the  erection  of  the  main  or  ad- 
ministration building  has  not  been  realized.  We  are  still 
waiting  for  the  coming  of  a  great  benefactor  of  the  little 
blind  children,  who  will  be  disposed  to  link  his  name  with 
their  cause  and  perpetuate  his  memory  everlastingly  by 
undertaking  to  build  the  needed  edifice,  around  which  all 
the  others  will  cluster  and  form  a  symmetrical  and  har- 
monious group. 

The  grounds,  therefore,  remain  precisely  the  same  in 
size  and  shape  as  when  our  last  annual  report  was  laid 
before  the  corporation;  nevertheless,  they  have  been 
graded  and  greatly  improved  in  every  particular,  and  the 
place  looks  attractive  and  altogether  different  from  what 
it  did  several  years  ago. 


159 

After  a  careful  study  of  the  needs  of  the  bhnd  and 
the  purposes  of  the  school,  a  ground  plan  has  been  drawn, 
which  provides  in  detail  for  all  future  developments  and 
points  out  the  location  for  every  building,  play-yard, 
grass-plot,  driveway  and  row  of  trees.  It  seems  to  us 
that  the  time  is  at  hand  when  such  preliminary  work 
should  be  done  as  would  be  required  to  make  plain  the 
distinctive  features  of  this  plan  and  to  pave  the  way  for 
the  gradual  execution  of  its  constituent  parts  in  a  sys- 
tematic and  economical  manner. 


Exercises  at  the  Boston  Theatre. 

Although  commencement  day  may  be  considered  to 
belong  peculiarly  to  the  seniors  of  the  institution,  it  is 
certain  that  the  little  people  from  the  kindergarten  play 
a  very  important  part  in  the  exercises  and  contribute  in 
no  small  degree  to  the  festivity  of  the  day. 

On  this  annual  occasion,  held  in  Boston  Theatre  on 
Tuesday,  June  6,  at  three  o'clock,  the  rows  of  daintily 
dressed  little  figures,  forming  the  front  ranks  of  the  pupils 
upon  the  stage,  lent  a  brightness  and  gaiety  to  the  scene 
from  which  the  dreary  rain  without  could  not  detract, 
and  surely  the  many  friends  of  the  little  school,  who 
were  not  deterred  by  the  unpleasant  weather  from  wit- 
nessing the  exercises,  must  have  felt  that  they  had  chosen 
the  one  favored  spot  in  the  city,  which  was  aglow  with 
warmth  and  happiness,  quite  independent  of  outside  sun- 
shine. 

Their  special  part  in  the  programme  came  early  in 
the  afternoon,  immediately  following  the  fine  opening 
orchestral  number.  As  soon  as  this  was  ended  the  fa- 
miliar kindergarten  tables  and  chairs  were  placed  at  the 
front  of  the  stage,  and  four  of  the  tiny  pupils  seated 


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themselves  and  fell  busily  to  work  on  the  lumps  of  moist 
clay  before  them  with  an  air  of  perfect  understanding  of 
their  duties  and  ability  to  perform  them.  This  appear- 
ance was  amply  borne  out  by  the  skilful  way  in  which  the 
deft  little  fingers  moulded  the  rough  material  into  shape. 
While  this  work  was  going  on,  President  Appleton  in- 
troduced the  Rev.  Nicholas  Van  der  Pyl  who  delivered 
the  following  thoughtful  and  eloquent  address: — 

Address  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Van  der  Pyl. 

WTien  the  request  came  to  me  to  participate  in  the  exercises  of 
this  afternoon  I  inquired  what  subject  I  should  be  expected  to  speak 
upon,  and  in  reply  I  was  told  that  anything  along  the  line  of  the 
work  done  by  this  institution  would  be  acceptable.  But  when  the 
programme  came  to  me,  I  noted  that  I  was  to  speak  on  the  work 
of  the  kindergarten. 

Now  there  are  some  subjects  in  the  sphere  of  education  which  I 
have  not  thought  through,  and  one  of  these  subjects  is  the  work  of 
the  kindergarten.  In  an  institution  like  this,  which  has  always 
been  under  the  most  expert  and  skilled  supervision  and  which  min- 
isters to  a  class  of  scholars  for  whom  hands  must  fulfil  the  function 
of  eyes,  I  have  no  doubt  that  the  kindergarten  is  a  most  valuable 
adjunct  to  the  general  system  of  education.  But  my  experience  as 
a  school  ofl&cial  during  the  greater  part  of  the  last  ten  years  has 
not  yet  convinced  me  that  the  kindergarten  has  been  made  an  es- 
sential or  a  vital  part  of  our  educational  system.  What  Froebel 
called  the  "gifts"  are  very  generally  used  in  kindergartens,  but  I 
have  some  doubts  whether  the  ideas  which  lie  behind  these  gifts 
are  fully  understood. 

Therefore,  not  'desiring  to  be  a  critic  or  an  iconoclast,  I  shall 
follow  the  practice  of  some  preachers  and  make  the  kindergarten 
the  text  from  which  I  shall  make  my  departure. 

Massachusetts  has  always  been  foremost  among  American-  com- 
monwealths in  matters  of  education.  Those  were  significant  words 
of  the  seventeenth  century  Puritans  who  established  this  common- 
wealth. They  are  very  appropriately  engraved  over  the  gate  of 
yonder  college  in    Cambridge.     "After    God    had    carried  us   safe 


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to  New  England  and  we  had  builded  our  homes,  provided 
necessaries  for  our  liveUhood,  reared  convenient  places  for  God's 
worship  and  settled  the  civil  government,  one  of  the  next  things 
we  looked  for  and  longed  after  was  to  advance  learning  and  per- 
petuate it  to  posterity,  dreading  to  leave  an  illiterate  ministry  to 
the  churches  when  our  present  ministers  shall  lie  in  the  dust."  Those 
seventeenth  century  Puritans  may  not  have  been  so  broad  and  tol- 
erant as  their  twentieth  century  descendants,  but  they  had  the  root 
of  the  matter  in  them.  They  had  a  peculiar  faculty  for  bringing 
things  to  pass;  they  had  a  genius  for  action.  It  was  action,  not  the 
discovery  of  new  truths  nor  yet  the  embellishment  of  old  truth, 
that  marks  the  contribution  of  the  Puritan  to  the  world.  It  was 
his  faculty  in  applying  ideas  and  clothing  great  principles  with  flesh 
and  blood  which  has  made  him  and  his  descendants  so  vital  in  de- 
termining the  destiny  of  this  nation.  Narrow  as  was  his  educational 
scheme  it  had  in  it  the  germ  of  the  broad  and  comprehensive  sys- 
tem of  today. 

Knowing  the  character  of  that  seventeenth  century  Puritan,  ap- 
prehending his  purpose,  it  is  not  difficult  to  understand  why  almost 
every  great  philanthropy  and  every  great  reform  which  has  marked 
our  national  life  found  congenial  soil  first  in  Massachusetts.  There 
was  in  those  old  Puritans  a  passion  for  righteousness .  and  justice, 
which  made  the  oppressed  and  the  unfortunate  the  objects  of  their 
solicitude.  And  I  say  this  with  the  knowledge  of  their  intolerance 
vividly  in  mind.  Goldwin  Smith  was  not  a  man  who  was  in  full 
accord  with  the  spirit  of  the  Puritan,  but  he  does  full  justice  to  the 
Massachusetts  Puritan  in  his  lectures  on  History  when  he  says: 
"The  history  of  the  Puritan  church  in  New  England  is  a  history 
of  enduring  glory  and  of  transient  shame;  of  transient  shame  be- 
cause for  a  moment  it  gave  way  to  persecution  and  intolerance;  of 
enduring  glory  because  persecution  and  intolerance  immediately 
gave  way  to  liberty  of  conscience  and  free  allegiance  to  the  truth." 

An  institution  Hke  this  is  but  the  natural  flowering  of  the  spirit 
of  these  men.  Their  passion  for  justice  and  for  the  equality  of  all 
men  in  the  sight  of  God  made  its  establishment  inevitable.  'To 
them  kings  had  rights,  but  he  had  no  rights  that  contravened  the 
rights  of  his  subjects.  And  if  a  man  possessing  all  his  faculties 
and  all  his  senses  had  rights,  then  those  who  came  into  the  world 
deprived  of  any  of  these  had  rights  that  were  paramount.  This 
commonwealth  recognized  the  spirit  of  these  men  when  the  general 


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court   in    1833  made    a  grant   of   $6,000  to    educate    twenty  blind 
children. 

The  glory  of  the  Puritan  spirit  lay  in  the  fact  that  no  department 
or  sphere  of  life  or  activity  was  foreign  to  its  interest.  And  in  no 
life  did  it  find  a  more  complete  expression  than  in  the  life  of  the  man 
to  whom  this  institution  owes  its  being  and  its  large  usefulness, 
Samuel  Gridley  Howe.  His  life  story  is  too  familiar  in  this  pres- 
ence for  rehearsal,  but  behind  those  facts  is  a  spirit  which  men  must 
all  possess  if  they  are  to  become  benefactors  of  the  race.  We  note 
in  the  various  life  activities  of  this  truly  great  man  the  effluence  of 
the  one  spirit.  The  young  physician,  enkindled  by  the  poet  Byron's 
plea,  who  went  forth  to  participate  in  the  heroic  struggle  for  the 
independence  of  Greece,  who  later  carried  aid  to  the  struggling 
Polish  army  in  Prussia,  gave  his  hand  and  voice  to  the  cause  of 
abolition,  enlisted  in  the  work  of  the  Sanitary  Commission,  inter- 
ceded in  Greece  for  the  struggling  Cretans, — this  man  was  not  an 
adventurer  lured  into  action  by  the  attractions  of  romance.  Every 
Macedonian  cry  was  an  appeal  to  his  sympathy,  and  he  gave  him- 
self prodigally  to  every  cause  affecting  the  welfare  of  humanity.  It 
was  his  passion  for  justice  that  called  out  his  sympathy  and  en- 
deavor for  struggling  humanity  everywhere.  And  when  the  alarm 
of  battle  and  the  tumult  of  the  nations  ceased,  he  turned  to  other 
fields  where  men  were  held  in  bondage.  That  pilgrimage  to  Han- 
over, N.  H.,  where  Laura  Bridgman  seemed  doomed  to  a  life  of 
impenetrable  darkness  and  unbroken  silence  offered  a  field  of  ser- 
vice for  the  young  physician  compared  with  which  the  liberation  of 
Greece  might  seem  a  trivial  task.  And  how  nobly  he  wrought  and 
how  well  he  succeeded,  we  need  not  here  be  told.  He  also  recog- 
nized as  Dickens  did  when  describing  the  idiotic  Barnaby  Rudge 
that  the  absence  of  a  soul  in  a  living  man  is  far  more  terrible  than 
in  a  dead  one.  And  to  this  must  be  added  the  interest  in  defec- 
tive children,  which  led  to  the  establishment  of  the  Massachusetts 
School  for  Feeble-minded  Youth.  No  other  American  toucherl 
the  heart  of  Dickens  and  won  his  reverence  so  thoroughly  as  Dr. 
Howe  whom  he  recognized  as  one  of  the  greatest  men  produced 
by  our  American  civilization  when  men  are  tested  by  their  purposes 
and  by  their  unselfish  work  for  humanity  in  hitherto  untrodden 
paths.  And  truly  does  he  say,  after  describing  Dr.  Howe's  work 
for  the  blind:  "There  are  not  many  persons,  I  hope  and  believe, 
who  after  reading  these  passages  can  ever  hear  that  name  with  in- 


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difference."  The  words  of  the  sacred  dramatist  are  not  amiss 
when  applied  to  him,  "I  was  eyes  to  the  blind,  and  feet  was  I  to 
the  lame.  I  was  a  father  to  the  poor,  and  the  cause  which  I  knew 
not  I  searched  out.  I  brake  the  jaws  of  the  wicked,  and  plucked 
the  spoil  out  of  his  teeth." 

This  is  the  man  whose  spirit  rises  ever  before  us  on  occasions 
like  this,  and  as  I  contemplate  the  services  of  this  man  in  this  pres- 
ence, I  cannot  resist  the  temptation  to  preach  a  bit  by  making  a 
few  observations  on  his  life  of  broad  sympathy  and  far-reaching 
influence.  That  sentiment  which  resounded  through  many  a 
Roman  amphitheatre  in  the  early  days  and  elicited  thunderous 
applause,  "I  am  a  man,  and  nothing  that  concerns  humanity  is 
foreign  to  my  heart,"  was  a  sentiment  which  might  often  have 
passed  the  lips  of  Dr.  Howe.  For  the  universality  of  his  interests 
is  manifested  in  the  varied  causes  which  called  forth  his  enthusi- 
asm and  his  endeavor.     To  him — 

— Mankind  was  one  in  spirit,  and  an  instinct  bears  along, 
Round  the  earth's  electric  circle,  the  swift  flash  of  right  or  wrong; 
Whether  conscious  or  unconscious,  yet  Humanity's  vast  frame 
Through  its  ocean-sundered  fibres  feels  the  gush  of  joy  or  shame; — 
In  the  gain  or  loss  of  one  race  all  the  rest  have  equal  claim. 

There  was  no  provincialism  in  his  nature.  The  foreigner  who  ar- 
rived in  the  steerage  with  all  his  earthly  belongings  done  up  in  a  bed 
ticking  and  a  red  handkerchief  was  neither  a  loathing  nor  a  dread 
to  him;  he  knew  they  did  not  represent  the  off-scouring  of  Europe. 
They  had  a  pair  of  willing  hands,  they  had  true  hearts,  they  cher- 
ished in  their  souls  noble  traditions  of  a  glorious  history.  He 
had  seen  them  when  their  souls  were  creeping  to  the  awful  verge 
of  manhood,  prompted  by  an  energy  divine;  he  knew  there  was 
nothing  to  fear  from  the  men  of  Italy,  who  had  followed  the  states- 
manship of  Cavour  and  Mazzini  and  the  strenuous  fortune  of  Gari- 
baldi; from  the  men  of  Hungary,  who  battled  with  Kossuth;  from 
the  men  of  Poland,  who  fought  under  de  Kalb  and  Kosciusko; 
from  the  Scandinavian,  in  whom  dwelt  the  spirit  of  the  great  Gus- 
tavus;  or  from  the  men  of  Holland,  who  enjoyed  constitutional  lib- 
erties when  England  was  yet  a  despotism  and  harried  the  Pilgrim 
and  the  Puritan  out  of  the  land.  He  saw  in  these  men  Pilgrims, 
who  had  the  misfortune  of  coming  in  a  later  boat,  that  is  all.  He 
would  not  judge  them  beings  of  a  lower  order  because  they  wore 


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a  strange  but  picturesque  garb,  ate  with  their  knives  instead  of 
their  forks  and  had  customs  and  habits  which  were  strange  but  in 
no  wise  more  repugnant  than  seme  of  ours.  He  reached  out  to  the 
souls  of  men  and  had  learned  the  one  touch  of  nature  which  makes 
the  whole  world  kin. 

Then,  too,  there  was  no  shallow  sentimentalism  in  his  nature. 
He  wept  no  tears  of  ineffectual  sorrow.  His  constant  aim,  as  the 
present  director  has  put  it  with  reference  to  the  work  of  this  insti- 
tution, was  to  raise  men  from  a  condition  of  dependence  to  one  of 
independence,  to  make  them  self-supporting  and  self-respecting 
through  a  broad  and  wise  system  of  education.  Sentimental  folk 
weep  over  the  pathetic  incidents  in  the  life  of  Uncle  Tom,  they 
follow  Jeannie  Deans  with  anxious  heart  all  the  way  from  Edin- 
boro'  to  London,  where  she  goes  to  plead  for  the  life  of  her  sister 
EfiSe  before  the  Queen,  their  agony  is  great  when  they  hear  the  mad 
ravings  of  the  shattered,  ruined  Margaret  in  the  tragedy  of  Faust. 
There  the  sentimental  folk  stop.  But  the  man  of  true  sympathy 
goes  forth  from  such  scenes  to  break  shackles,  to  thunder  against 
tyrannies  and  to  improve  the  lot  of  men.  It  is  not  sentimental 
tears  that  the  world  wants,  it  is  not  intangible  sympathy  that  in- 
stitutions like  this  one  need.  To  sigh  for  a  wayside  beggar  and  toss  a 
nickel  in  his  cap  may  not  be  reprehensible,  but  to  take  that  beggar, 
stand  him  on  his  feet  and  send  him  forth  with  the  capacity  to  win 
his  o\ATi  livelihood,  that  is  a  divine  work.  The  first  represents 
charity,  the  last  represents  rights — rights  to  which  every  man  in 
this  world  is  entitled. 

If  every  child  with  five  senses  has  an  inalienable  right  to  the  de- 
velopment of  his  powers  and  capacities,  if  the  state  of  Massachu- 
setts makes  it  obligatory  upon  every  municipality  to  educate  its 
children  and  fit  them  for  a  life  of  independence  and  service,  then 
an  institution  like  this  has  a  right  to  be  and  must  be,  if  the  rights 
of  men  are  equal.  This  institution  has  a  sovereign  right  to  make 
its  appeal  to  the  munificence  of  the  state  and  to  the  generosity  of 
the  philanthropist,  not  on  the  low  ground  of  charity  but  on  the 
high  ground  of  justice.  The  greater  the  limitation  of  a  class,  the 
larger  is  the  obligation  of  the  state  and  the  man  of  wealth  and  tal- 
ent to  that  class. 

That  I  believe  was  the  motto  of  Dr.  Howe's  life  in  the  light  of 
his  activities.  Provincialism  and  sentimentalism  had  no  place  in 
his  nature.     Universality  of  sympathy,  a  passion  for  right  and  jus- 


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tice  towards  men  in  foreign  lands  struggling  for  liberty  and  for  those 
in  this  land  who  began  the  race  of  life  handicapped  by  limitations 
from  which  we  do  well  to  pray  God  that  those  dear  to  us  may  be 
delivered.  Right  here  in  this  assembly  should  be  many  to  covet 
this  great  man's  spirit,  who  expressed  in  all  his  life  the  longing 
of  the  poet  who — 

Lived  to  hail  that  season, 

By  gifted  minds  foretold, 

When  man  shall  Hve  by  reason, 

And  not  alone  for  gold; 

When  man  to  man  united, 

And  every  wrong  thing  righted, 

The  whole  world  shall  be  lighted 

As  Eden  was  of  old. 

Lived  for  the  cause  that  needs  assistance. 

For  the  wrongs  that  need  resistance. 

For  the  future  in  the  distance. 

And  the  good  that  he  might  do. 

At  the  close  of  his  inspiring  remarks  the  children  were 
ready  with  their  models,  which  they  proudly  exhibited 
in  illustration  of  a  boating  trip  among  the  reeds  and 
rushes.  The  well-modelled  boat  and  oars,  the  cat-tail, 
the  lily  resting  on  its  pad  and  the  basket  supposedly 
woven  from  rushes  hardly  needed  words  of  explanation 
to  tell  their  meaning.  The  pretty  games  and  songs  of 
the  children,  which  followed,  expressive  of  the  innocent 
merriment  of  childhood,  showed  these  little  ones  at  some 
of  their  most  joyous  moments  and  brought  tender  an- 
swering smiles  to  the  faces  of  the  onlookers  who  rejoiced 
at  the  happiness,  which  the  kindergarten  has  given  to 
these  otherwise  sunless  little  lives.  They  sang  their 
merry  melodies  and  danced  gaily  about  the  stage,  acting 
out  the  words  of  the  songs, — riding,  rowing,  gathering 
flowers,  playing  in  the  orchard  or  swinging  under  the 
trees.  But  all  too  soon  "Game  Hour  in  the  Kindergar- 
ten" was  over,  and  the  children  filed  slowly  away,  leaving 
on  the  stage  only  the  members  of  the  kinder  orchestra, 


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who  assembled  at  the  front  of  the  platform  and  played 
a  kinder  symphony  by  Lachner,  in  a  very  spirited  manner. 
This  marked  the  close  of  the  kindergarten  exercises, 
and  the  little  ones  gave  place  to  the  older  pupils  who 
continued  to  show  the  work  of  the  school  along  more  ad- 
vanced lines, — achievements  which  have  usually  come 
with  the  incentive  of  a  successfully  completed  kinder- 
garten course.  Too  much  value  cannot  be  ascribed  to 
such  a  foundation  in  the  education  of  blind  children, 
nor  can  sufficient  gratitude  be  expressed  to  the  good 
friends  of  the  little  school,  through  whose  generosity  its 
prosperity  and  welfare  have  been  assured. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

FRANCIS   H.   APPLETON, 
WILLIAM   LEONARD   BENEDICT, 
WILLIAM   ENDICOTT, 
PAUL.  REVERE    FROTHINGHAM, 
CHARLES   P.    GARDINER, 
N.   P.   HALLOWELL, 
J.    THEODORE   HEARD, 
EDWARD    JACKSON, 
GEORGE   H.   RICHARDS, 
WILLIAM    L.   RICHARDSON, 
RICHARD   M.   SALTONSTALL, 
S.    LOTHROP  THORNDIKE, 

Trustees. 


KINDERGARTEN  FOR  THE  BLIND. 


NINETEENTH   ANNUAL   REPORT   OF  THE 
DIRECTOR. 


Though  nought  avails  our  pity  for  the  past, 

With  records  closed  and  filed, 
One  deed  there  is,  all  others  shall  outlast, — 

To  help  a  httle  child! 

To  reach  out  lengthening  arms,  whose  molding  might 

No  barriers  can  abate: — 
For  they  who  guard  the  bud  from  touch  of  blight, 

Shall  save   the   harvest's  fate. 

— Edith  H.  Kinney. 

To  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Gentlemen: — In  bidding  farewell  to  the  year  which 
is  just  closed,  I  deem  it  incumbent  upon  me  to  take  a 
retrospective  view  over  the  past  twelve  months  and 
give  some  account  of  what  has  been  done  in  the  course 
of  that  period,  together  with  the  thoughts  called  out  by 
the  subject  and  some  suggestions  for  increasing  the  use- 
fulness and  enhancing  the  success  of  our  work. 

At  the  opening  of  the  school  year  the  more  advanced 
pupils,  14  in  number,  were  transferred  to  the  Perkins 
Institution  at  South  Boston.  There  are  at  present 
no  children  registered  in  our  books.  Of  these  54  belong 
to  the  kindergarten  proper  and  56  to  the  primary  depart- 
ment. 

The  general  health  of  the  children  has  been  good. 
During  the  year  there  have  been  eight  cases  of  chicken 


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pox,  eight  of  rubella,  two  of  mumps,  one  of  membranous 
croup,  one  of  appendicitis  and  one  of  inflammatory 
rheumatism.  No  deaths  have  occurred  and  no  diseases 
of  distressing  character  have  invaded  our  premises. 

It  is  gratifying  to  be  able  to  report  that  the  school  has 
reached  a  high  degree  of  efficiency  and  that  its  ministra- 
tions are  more  beneficent  now  than  ever  before.  We  are 
constantly  receiving  testimonials  of  appreciation  of  the 
excellence  of  the  work  of  the  kindergarten,  the  extent 
of  its  influence  in  the  education  of  the  blind  and  the 
skill  and  loving  service  of  the  teachers  and  matrons. 


Advantages   Afforded   by   the   Kindergarten. 

The  lofty  oak  from  a  small  acorn  grows, 
And  to  skies  ascends  with  spreading  boughs; 
As  years  increase,  it  shades  th'  extended  plain. 

— Louis  Duncombe. 

The  kindergarten  has  been  firmly  rooted  and  is  steadily 
growing.  It  has  already  become  a  centre  of  rational 
education  and  a  source  of  intellectual  and  moral  light 
to  a  large  number  of  the  victims  of  blindness  who  live 
in  perpetual  physical  darkness.  Its  mission  is  unique, 
its  influence  far-reaching  and  momentous  and  its  benefi- 
cence broad  and  fruitful. 

It  is  hardly  possible  to  overestimate  the  value  of  the 
educational  advantages,  which  the  little  sightless  children 
enjoy  at  the  juvenile  school.  Here  they  are  placed  under 
right  conditions  for  physical,  mental  and  spiritual  de- 
velopment. Here  they  grow  and  expand  in  accordance 
with  the  laws  of  their  being.     This  is  the  place — 

Where    every    day 
The   cheerful  play 
Of  love  and  hope  and  courage  comes 


HOLD  THE  FORT. 


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to  them.  Here  they  are  trained  to  adjust  themselves 
to  their  environment  and  to  reahze  their  possibihties. 
Here  they  are  fitted  for  the  larger  work  of  school  and 
life,  while  their  spontaneous  and  impulsive  actions  are 
turned  to  educational  account.  Here  the  ample  grounds 
give  them  plenty  of  room  for  exercise.  They  run  and 
play  about  as  freely  as  seeing  children,  roaming  over 
the  grass  and  among  the  trees,  picking  fruit  and  listening 
to  the  song  of  birds.  Thus  they  study  nature  in  the 
spring  and  autumn,  while  in  the  winter  they  slide  and 
skate  on  the  ice,  roll  snow  balls  and  construct  toy  forts. 
Last  winter  they  had  uncommon  opportunities  for  ap- 
plying their  energies  and  skill  in  the  latter  direction  and 
they  improved  them  with  eagerness  and  delight.  They 
built  a  good  sized  snow  fort,  which  is  well  illustrated 
in  the  two  pictures  inserted  on  the  opposite  page.  The 
following  description  of  it  was  written  by  William  Hol- 
brook,  one  of  the  pupils  of  the  third  grade  in  the  pri- 
mary department  for  boys: — 

We  began  our  fort  in  January.  We  rolled  some  large  balls  for  the 
foundation  on  the  fixst  day.  We  commenced  early  in  the  morning, 
and  worked  all  our  free  time  until  four  o'clock,  when  we  poured 
water  upon  them  and  left  them  over  night.  The  next  day  was 
warm,  and  we  had  very  good  rolling.  The  boys  made  ten  or 
twelve  balls  which  were  placed  on  top  of  the  foundation  walls. 
On  this  day,  two  boys  rolled  a  very  large  ball,  weighing  several 
hundred  pounds.  In  the  afternoon  it  was  broken  into  several 
smaller  ones  which  were  placed  on  the  fort. 

Several  weeks  of  cold  -weather  came,  and  we  could  not  iinish 
our  work.  But  at  last,  on  the  twenty-first  of  January,  we  could 
roll  snow  balls  once  more.  We  worked  as  fast  as  we  could,  cut 
out  a  door  about  four  feet  high,  and  plastered  up  the  walls  nicely. 
About  five  o'clock  we  decided  to  call  the  fort  finished.  It  was 
about  six  feet  high.  We  felt  very  glad  that  it  was  completed  for 
Washington's  birthday. 


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We  thought  we  should  Hke  to  have  some  fun  after  our  labor. 
We  chose  James  Morang  for  our  captain,  and  on  Washington's 
birthday  raised  a  flag  over  the  fort.  We  had  a  joyous  time  all 
day.     In  a  hard  snow-ball  fight  Capt.  Morang  and  his  men  won. 

During  the  last  eighteen  years  no  agency  has  exerted 
a  wider  and  more  salutary  and  uplifting  influence  upon 
the  education  of  the  blind  than  the  kindergarten.  To 
the  correctness  of  this  statement  the  results  of  the  work 
of  the  juvenile  school  bear  abundant  testimony. 


The  Corps  of  Teachers  and  Other  Officers. 

Peace  here;    grace  and  good  company. 

■ — Shakespeare. 

When  the  kindergarten  was  reorganized  in  1899  and 
the  heads  of  the  several  households  were  placed  on  a 
footing  of  equality,  all  causes  of  discord  ceased  and  peace 
and  harmony  have  prevailed  ever  since. 

According  to  this  arrangement  each  housekeeper  was 
left  free  to  manage  the  affairs  of  her  family  without  the 
least  interference  from  any  person  occupying  a  similar 
position,  all  matters  requiring  special  attention  being 
referred  to  the  headquarters  at  South  Boston. 

This  plan  proved  to  be  right  in  principle  and  simple 
in  practice  and  has  worked  admirably.  It  has  done 
excellent  service  and  produced  results  far  beyond  our  antici- 
pations. Those  results  are  shown  in  increased  economy, 
order  and  efficiency.  A  spirit  of  good  will  has  pre- 
vailed, and  there  has  been  an  earnest  desire  for  mutual 
understanding  and  hearty  cooperation  among  the  teachers 
and  other  officers.  The  work  of  the  various  departments 
of  the  kindergarten  has  been  done  in  a  very  satisfactory 
manner. 


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It  is  only  just  and  fair  to  state  that  the  matrons  and 
instructors  have  labored  assiduously  and  to  the  best 
of  their  ability  to  promote  the  welfare  and  happiness 
of  the  children  committed  to  their  care.  There  has  been 
among  them  concord  of  views  and  unison  of  action  in 
all  matters  pertaining  to  the  performance  of  their  re- 
spective duties. 

We  have  been  peculiarly  fortunate  in  securing  a  corps 
of  teachers  and  caretakers,  whose  superiors  whether 
as  to  ability  and  loyalty  or  devotion  and  disinterested- 
ness can  hardly  be  found.  It  consists  of  four  matrons 
and  three  assistants;  eight  kindergartners  and  primary 
teachers;  five  instructors  in  music,  and  three  in  manual 
training.  They  have  been  chosen  with  great  care  and 
are  thoroughly  trained  and  adequately  equipped  to  per- 
form well  the  work  assigned  to  them. 

There  has  been  but  one  change  in  the  staff  of  instructors 
during  the  past  year.  Miss  Katherine  Sweeney,  who 
has  rendered  faithful  service  for  three  years  as  first  teacher 
in  the  primary  department  for  boys,  declined  a  reap- 
pointment last  June  and  has  since  married.  Miss  Angle 
L.  Tarbell,  a  young  woman  of  good  abilities,  reserved 
force  of  character  and  experience  in  her  profession, 
has  been  chosen  to  succeed  Miss  Sweeney. 

Legacies  and   Gifts  to  the  Kindergarten. 

The  benedictions  of  these  covering  heavens 
Fall  on  their  heads  hke  dew. 

— Shakespeare. 

Much  as  has  been  already  accomplished  in  the  effort 
to  supply  the  little  blind  children  with  proper  care  and 
to  give  them  the  advantages  of  an  early  education,  much 
more  remains  to  be  done. 


I  72 

Unquestionably  the  kindergarten  is  already  well  de- 
veloped and  does  a  splendid  work,  keeping  its  doors 
wide  open  to  those  who  seek  admission  and  providing 
them  with  a  beautiful  home  and  with  excellent  oppor- 
tunities for  physical,  mental  and  spiritual  improvement. 
It  occupies  a  foremost  rank  in  our  scheme  of  education 
and  has  won  the  hearts  and  hands  of  many  benevolent 
people.  But,  notwithstanding  all  this,  the  juvenile 
school  is  far  from  being  as  complete  as  it  ought  to  be. 
Its  pressing  needs  and  reasonable  requirements  are 
still  numerous.  It  should  possess  a  central  or  administra- 
tion building,  two  schoolhouses,  adequate  accommoda- 
tions for  the  departments  of  manual  training  and  of 
music,  a  separate  gymnasium  for  each  sex,  a  commodious 
concert  hall,  a  library  and  a  museum.  These  features 
are  at  present  lacking  and  they  must  be  supplied  in  the 
immediate  future  or  the  work  of  the  institution  will 
have  to  be  carried  on  under  serious  limitations  and  at 
great   disadvantage. 

It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  observe  that  a  large  amount 
of  money  is  needed  for  the  erection  and  equipment  of 
these  buildings,  and  this  money  must  be  raised,  because 
we  have  none  in  our  treasury  that  can  be  spared  for  these 
purposes.  Furthermore  the  endowment  fund  must  be 
increased  to  an  amount,  which  will  not  only  yield  an 
income  large  enough  to  cover  current  expenses,  but  also 
to  supply  the  means  for  future  improvement  and  for 
the  extension  of  the  field  of  operations.  The  completion 
of  this  fund  is  indispensable.  Nothing  less  than  this 
consummation  can  place  the  kindergarten  on  a  firm 
basis  and  secure  the  permanent  continuance  of  its  work 
in  a  high  degree  of  efficiency  without  the  hard  necessity 
of  resorting  to  annual  appeals  for  subscriptions.  These 
subscriptions  naturally  can  be  prevented  from  falling  off 


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more  rapidly  than  they  do  only  by  strenuous  efforts  and 
never-ceasing  solicitations. 

In  view  of  these  facts  we  are  eager  to  obtain  the  means 
required  for  the  fulfilment  of  the  above  described  purposes. 
The  main  sources,  upon  which  we  depend  for  the  success 
of  our  endeavors  in  this  direction,  are  the  legacies  and 
special  gifts,  with  which  the  kindergarten  is  favored 
from  time  to  time.  It  is  therefore  with  a  sense  of  pro- 
found gratitude  that  we  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  sev- 
eral, which  have  been  given  to  us  during  the  past  year. 

Our  treasurer  has  received  from  Messrs.  Richard 
H.  Dana  and  William  H.  Herrick,  executors  of  the  will 
of  Mrs.  Mary  Longfellow  Greenleaf,  late  of  Cam- 
bridge, the  sum  of  $2,157.75,  being  the  balance  of  a 
legacy  of  $5,000  left  by  Mrs.  Greenleaf  to  the  kinder- 
garten. 

Miss  Sarah  W.  Taber,  late  of  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts, bequeathed  the  sum  of  $1,000  to  the  kindergarten 
and  this  amount  has  been  received  from  Mr.  Frank  E. 
Smith,  the  executor  of  her  will.  Mr.  Smith  has  also 
paid  to  our  treasurer  the  sum  of  $i22.8"i  from  the  estate 
of  Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  in  addition  to  her  legacy  of 
$500,  the  receipt  of  which  was  acknowledged  in  our 
last  annual  report. 

Miss  Ellen  Maria  Jones,  whose  death  was  noticed 
a  year  ago,  remembered  the  kindergarten  in  her  will 
with  a  legacy  of  $500,  which  has  been  promptly  paid  to 
us  by  the  executor  of  her  estate. 

Mrs.  Mary  Abbie  Newell  bequeathed  to  the  kinder- 
garten the  sum  of  $500,  which  has  been  paid  to  us  by 
the  executor  of  her  will,  Mr.  Augustus  T.Jenkins.  Owing 
partly  to  her  natural  love  for  children,  but  mainly  to  her 
exemplary  affection  for  her  late  husband,  Mr.  Andrew 
H.  Newell,  who  lost  his  sight  while  pursuing  his  hon- 


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orable  career  as  a  successful  merchant,  Mrs.  Newell 
proved  herself  to  be  a  true  and  devoted  friend  of  our 
pupils  and  a  generous  contributor  to  the  cause  qf  their 
education. 

From  the  residue  of  the  estate  of  Miss  Caroline  T. 
DowNES,  late  of  Canton,  Massachusetts,  we  have  re- 
ceived the  sum  of  $600,  which,  added  to  the  amount 
previously  paid  to  our  treasurer,  brings  the  total  of  her 
bequest  up  to  the  sum  of  $12,950. 

Finally  we  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  a  legacy  of  $50 
under  the  w^ill  of  Miss  Anna  Russell  Palfrey,  late 
of  Cambridge,  whose  loyal  devotion  to  the  kindergarten 
dates  back  to  the  time  of  its  establishment  and  of  whose 
death  fitting  mention  is  made  in  another  part  of  this 
report. 

These  legacies  will  be  preserved  intact  for  all  time  to 
come  as  fitting  monuments  to  the  blessed  memories  of  those 
whose  names  are  affixed  to  them. 

Side  by  side  with  these  bequests  stand  the  gifts  of  a 
number  of  living  champions  of  our  cause,  who  never 
forget  it  or  fail  to  assist  it  liberally  and  to  whose  dona- 
tions we  cannot  refrain  from  referring  here. 

Foremost  among  the  annual  contributors  are  Mrs. 
Annie  B.  Matthews  and  Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay,  who 
have  again  shown  during  the  past  year  that  their  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  the  kindergarten  is  as  strong  as  ever, 
each  adding  the  sum  of  $1,000  to  the.  fund  which  is  known 
under  her  name.  Few  persons  continue  to  do  so  much 
for  the  cause  of  the  little  sightless  children  as  these  two 
sisters.  They  have  been  stanch  friends  and  firm  sup- 
porters of  our  juvenile  school  from  about  the  time  when 
the  corner-stone  of  its  first  edifice  was  laid,  and  thev 
wdll  always  be  remembered  with  great  joy  and  deep 
gratitude. 


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The  annual  catalogue  of  the  generous  benefactors 
of  the  blind  is  as  extensive  as  usual.  It  comprises  the 
honored  names  of  Miss  Mary  S.  x^mes,  Mrs.  Charles 
W.  Amory,  Mrs.  Joseph  Brewer  of  Milton,  Mrs.  Henry 
C.  Clark  of  Worcester,  Mrs.  Z.  Marshal  Crane  of  Dalton, 
Mr.  Zenas  Crane  of  Dalton,  Mrs.  George.  A.  Draper, 
Mrs.  Samuel  Eliot,  Mrs.  Francis  C.  Foster  of  Cambridge, 
Mr.  Henry  H.  Fay,  Mr.  George  A.  Gardner,  Miss  Clara 
Hemenway,  Miss  H.  W.  Kendall,  Mrs.  Marcus  M.  Kim- 
ball, Mr.  Charles  Larned,  Mrs.  Joseph  Lee,  Mrs.  Thorn- 
ton K.  Lothrop,  Miss  Amelia  Morrill,  Miss  Fanny  E. 
Morrill,  Mrs.  Leopold  Morse,  the  Misses  Peabody  of 
Cambridge,  the  late  Mr.  Francis  H.  Peabody,  Mr.  Wallace 
L.  Pierce,  Mrs.  Winthrop  Sargent,  the  Misses  Sohier, 
Mrs.  Mahlon  D.  Spaulding,  Mrs.  Bayard  Thayer  of 
Lancaster,  Mr.  Charles  A.  Welch  and  Mrs.  Charlotte 
F.  Woodman  of  Cambridge. 

This  is  by  no  means  a  complete  register  of  the  names 
of  those  who  have  gladly  assisted  the  cause  of  the  little 
blind  children  during  the  past  year.  There  are  hundreds 
of  others  who  have  proved  their  deep  interest  in  the  kin- 
dergarten by  regular  and  unfailing  annual  subscriptions 
to  its  funds  and  whose  names,  together  with  the  amount 
of  their  respective  contributions,  are  printed  in  the  several 
lists  of  acknowledgments,  which  may  be  found  in  an- 
other part  of  this  report. 

The  duty  of  giving  was  never  better  nor  more  wisely 
and  conscientiously  performed  by  any  class  of  people 
than  by  these  representatives  of  the  ideals  of  New  Eng- 
land generosity  and  philanthropy.  Fortunate  is  the  land 
which  bears  such  sons  and  daughters!  Happy  is  the 
community  which  includes  among  its  own  members  the 
men  and  women  whose  honored  names  are  to  be  found 
in  the  noble  record  of  the  benefactors  of  the  blind ! 


176 


Appeal  to  Annual  Subscribers. 

Whatsoever  thing  thou  doest 

To  the  least  of  mine  and  lowest, 
That  thou  doest  unto  me. 

— Longfellow. 

To  the  friends  of  the  little  blind  children: 

At  this  season  of  the  year  when  the  people  of  our  great 
and  prosperous  country  are  rejoicing  in  the  abundance 
of  the  harvest,  it  is  fitting  that  we  also  should  give  thanks 
for  the  good  things  which  have  come  to  the  kindergarten. 
Our  pupils  have  been  blessed  with  health,  the  work  of 
the  school  has  been  carried  on  with  success,  legacies 
and  gifts  have  been  received  from  philanthropic  men  and 
women.  Hence  the  day  of  national  thanksgiving  finds 
us  grateful  for  these  blessings  and  for  the  interest  shown 
in  our  sightless  children  by  so  many  good  and  true  friends. 

One  feature  of  the  situation  gives  us  serious  anxiety. 
The  annual  subscriptions  and  donations  are  gradually 
decreasing.  The  amount  contributed  during  the  year 
1905  was  $1,380.16  less  than  that  for  the  year  1902.  Yet 
no  diminution  of  interest  in  the  w^ork  of  the  school  has 
been  apparent.  The  friends  of  the  little  blind  children 
are  as  loyal  to  them  as  ever  and  speak  with  the  same 
enthusiasm  of  the  excellence  of  their  training.  We 
believe  therefore  that  this  falling  off  in  the  annual  sub- 
scriptions is  due  in  great  measure  to  the  mistaken  notion 
that  the  kindergarten  no  longer  needs  assistance.  Un- 
fortunately this  is  not  the  case.  It  is  true  that  we  have 
been  favored  in  recent  years  with  several  substantial 
legacies  and  gifts.  For  these  we  are  deeply  grateful. 
They  have  enabled  us  to  purchase  additional  land,  to 
erect  a  new  building  for  the  girls  and  to  make  other 
much  needed  improvements.     A  great  part  of  the  funds 


177 

generously  contributed  has  been  spent  in  this  way,  yet 
much  more  remains  to  be  done.  Several  buildings  are 
needed  and  cannot  be  erected  until  a  sufficient  sum  of 
money  is  secured.  To  use  the  endowment  fund  for 
building  purposes  would  be  extremely  unwise,  since 
this  would  leave  the  kindergarten  without  any  reliable 
source  of  income  for  its  support. 

We  have  frankly  stated  the  facts  in  order  that  our  friends 
and  benefactors  of  past  years,  and  the  public  in  general, 
might  understand  the  situation  clearly.  We  must  re- 
mind them  furthermore  that  the  cost  of  education  is 
everywhere  increasing,  since  the  standard  is  constantly 
growing  higher.  The  expense  of  teaching  the  blind  is 
necessarily  great,  as  many  things,  which  the  ordinary 
child  learns  by  observation  and  almost  unconsciously, 
must  be  imparted  to  the  little  blind  boy  or  girl  by  special 
methods,  sometimes  by  tedious  processes.  Yet  they 
have  the  same  thirst  for  knowledge  as  seeing  children, 
while  their  need  of  it  is  even  greater,  owing  to  their  af- 
fliction. 

They  ask  us  for  their  human  birthright,  the  birthright 
of  every  child  in  a  country  whose  welfare  depends  on  the 
intelligence  of  its  individual  citizens.  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley 
Howe  struck  the  keynote  of  our  American  thought  on 
this  subject  when  he  uttered  the  following,  words:  "We 
do  not  consider  blind  children  as  mere  objects  of  char- 
ity, but  as  members  of  the  rising  generation  whose  claims 
upon  us  for  an  education  are  of  the  strongest  nature,  and 
not  to  be  resisted  upon  the  ground  of  difjictdty  or  expense.'" 

On  the  opposite  page  is  inserted  a  picture  showing 
Thomas  Stringer,  as  he  stood  examining  an  automobile 
with  his  wonderful  fingers.  The  intelligence  of  the  bright, 
upturned  face  with  its  sightless  eyes,  the  quiet  strength 
of  the  erect  young  figure  furnish  a  better  proof  of  the 


178 

beneficent  work  of  the  kindergarten  than  a  thousand 
volumes  could  do.  Though  deaf,  dumb  and  blind,  this 
young  lad  is  indeed  a  member  of  the  rising  generation, 
thanks  to  the  man  who  rescued  Laura  Bridgman  and  to 
the  happy  child-garden  at  Jamaica  Plain. 

What  greater  privilege  can  there  be  than  to  bring 
such  light  into  a  human  face,  into  a  human  Hfe  ?  The 
kindergarten  offers  this  privilege  to  the  people  of  New 
England,  ever  eager  since  the  commencement  of  their 
history  to  extend  the  sum  of  human  knowledge.  You 
who  have  given  so  generously  in  the  past,  will  you  not 
help  us  to  maintain  and  enlarge  your  work,  will  you  not 
interest  others  in  it? 

We  ask  confidently  for  your  assistance,  since  we  have 
never  appealed  in  vain  for  means  to  carry  on  the  school. 
If  every  one  who  reads  this  plea  will  do  what  he  can  to 
help  the  kindergarten,  we  may  hope  ere  long  to  have  it 
fully  equipped  and  housed  with  the  dignity  befitting 
its  noble  mission  and  high  standing  in  the  community. 


Legacy  of  Mrs.  Jane'  Roberts. 

She  is  our  wonder  and  astonishment, 
Has  built  herself  a  perpetual  monument. 

'  — Milton. 


During  the  early  days  of  the  kindergarten,  when  its 
financial  support  was  by  no  means  assured  and  its  future 
prosperity  was  only  dimly  foreshadowed  in  small  be- 
ginnings, the  little  school  was  fortunate  in  counting 
among  its  stanch  friends  and  adherents,  Mrs.  Jane 
Roberts  of  Jamaica  Plain.  This  lady  died  in  November, 
1889  and  remembered  the  kindergarten  substantially 
in  her  will. 


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She  was  the  daughter  of  Mary  Dawson  Curran  and 
Robert  Curran  of  Whitehaven,  England,  and  was  born 
January  29,  1801.  Her  father  was  a  ship  captain  and 
commanded  the  Lapwing,  which  was  captured  by  the 
Spaniards  in  1809.  He  was  released  and  returned  to 
Liverpool,  but  on  a  subsequent  voyage  he  was  probably 
shipwrecked,  as  he  was  never  heard  from  again.  His 
daughter  Jane  was  married  in  Liverpool  in  1827  to  Mr. 
William  B.  Roberts  of  Merriontshire,  Wales,  and  soon 
afterwards  the  young  couple  came  to  this  country,  arriv- 
ing and  settling  in  New  York.  In  1838  they  moved  to 
Jamaica  Plain,  where  Mr.  Roberts  soon  became  well 
known  as  an  expert  gardener  and  florist,  many  of  the 
older  estates  bearing  testimony  to  his  skill.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Roberts  were  regular  attendants  at  the  Baptist 
church  and  were  everywhere  respected  for  their  integrity 
and  public  spirit.  Mr.  Roberts  died  in  October,  1887, 
and  his  wife  survived  him  for  only  two  years. 

In  her  will,  provision  was  made  for  a  son  who  had  not 
been  heard  from  for  many  years  and  was  believed  to 
be  dead,  but  the  bulk  of  her  property  was  left  in  trust 
to  her  son,  William  Henry  Roberts,  who  had  been  the 
stay  and  comfort  of  his  mother's  declining  years,  with  the 
proviso  that  at  his  death  "the  remainder  of  the  trust 
shall  be  paid  or  conveyed  to  the  Perkins  Institution  for 
the  Blind  to  be  expended  or  invested  for  the  benefit 
of  and  support  of  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind." 

Mr.  William  Henry  Roberts,  the  son  of  the  testatrix, 
was  of  a  roving  disposition  in  his  younger  days  and 
spent  many  years  at  sea;  but  later  he  lived  quietly  with 
his  parents  and  engaged  in  business  as  an  upholsterer.  He 
was  very  much  attached  to  his  mother,  and  at  her  death 
he  closed  the  house  entirely,  refusing  to  allow  any  change 
in    the    arrangement    of    any    article    of   furniture.     He 


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placed  a  cot  for  himself  in  his  workshop  making  that  his 
home,  and  the  closed  house  on  Green  street,  showing 
no  signs  of  life,  gave  no  hint  of  this  single  occupant  at 
its  rear,  who  made  use  only  of .  the  back  entrance  on 
Seavems  avenue.  Always  of  a  retiring  nature,  he  became 
more  and  more  a  stranger  to  his  kind.  He  was  seldom 
seen  upon  the  street  and  to  the  younger  generation  was 
practically  unknown;  but  to  his  acquaintances  and 
friends  he  showed  himself  to  be  of  a  kindly  disposition, 
and  he  could  talk  most  entertainingly  of  his  early  ad- 
ventures. His  death  occurred  on  the  25th  of  January, 
1905,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years. 

Mrs.  Roberts'  generous  gift  to  the  kindergarten,  which 
now  becomes  the  property  of  that  institution,  has  in- 
creased during  the  intervening  years  until  it  has  reached 
the  magnificent  amount  of  $76,400.  This  munificent 
legacy  will  form  a  permanent  fund,  the  income  of  which 
will  be  used  to  further  the  interests  of  the  little  blind 
children,  while  the  principal  will  remain  intact  and 
serve  to  perpetuate  for  years  to  come  the  fragrant  memory 
of  this  beloved  friend  and  benefactress,  Mrs.  Jane  Rob- 
erts, whose  name  will  ever  be  remembered  with  heartfelt 
gratitude  by  the  blind  and  by  those  enlisted  in  their 
cause. 

We  cannot  close  this  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mrs. 
Roberts  without  tendering  our  earnest  thanks  to  the  trustee 
of  her  estate,  Mr.  J.  Franklin  Gammell,  who  took  good 
care  of  the  property  and  performed  the  duties  of  its  man- 
ager w^ith  strict  honesty,  fidelity  and  diligence.  The  ac- 
counts, which  he  submitted  to  the  probate  court  at  the 
end  of  each  year,  showed  that  the  estate  grew  steadily 
in  his  hands.  In  another  part  of  this  report  we  publish 
a  memorandum  of  the  securities,  which  Mr.  Gammell 
delivered  to  our  treasurer. 


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Mrs.  William  Appleton. 

A  whiter  soul,  a  fairer  mind, 

A  'life  with  purer  course  and  aim, 
A  gentler  eye,  a  voice  more  kind. 
We  may  not  look  on  earth  to  find. 

— Oliver  Wendell  Holmes. 

The  kindergarten  has  lost  one  of  its  stanchest  friends 
and  most  constant  benefactors  by  the  decease  of  Mrs. 
Emil^  Warren  Appleton,  widow  of  WiUiam  Appleton, 
who  died  at  her  residence,  No.  76  Beacon  street,  on  the 
twenty-ninth  day  of  May,  1905,  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years. 

Born  in  Boston  of  distinguished  ancestry,  Mrs.  Appleton 
was  noted  for  those  qualities,  which  are  most  esteemed 
in  New  England  character.  She  was  a  woman  of  many 
virtues — of  rare  integrity  and  a  high  sense  of  honor. 
Her  disposition  was  at  once  gentle,  generous  and  self- 
sacrificing.  A  widow  for  many  years,  going  but  little 
into  society,  she  lived  very  quietly,  happy  in  the  love 
and  devotion  of  her  children.  She  was  very  reluctant 
to  appear  in  public  affairs,  but  her  influence,  exerted 
in  hidden  works  of  charity,  was  far  reaching.  She  was 
so  modest  and  unobtrusive  that  she  seemed  to  dwell 
in  an  atmosphere  of  her  own  above  the  mists  and  vapors 
of  fashionable  society.  Her  whole  life  and  conduct  were 
an  outward  visible  sign  of  inward  and  spiritual  grace  by 
which  she  was  illumined.  She  was  a  shining  star  in 
the  firmament  of  benevolence,  and  her  lamp  burned 
with  a  clear  and  steady  flame  always  lighting  before  her 
the  path  of  duty  and  honor. 

Mrs.  Appleton  gave  liberal  assistance  to  many  humane 
and  educational  institutions  and  worthy  persons.  She 
was  one  who  spent  little  for  herself  and  much  for  others. 


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Indeed,  she  never  turned  a  deaf  ear  to  an  appeal  made 
to  her  in  behalf  of  a  good  cause.  The  Episcopal  city 
mission,  the  society  for  the  prevention  of  cruelty  to  an- 
imals and  the  kindergarten  for  the  blind  were  the  three 
beneficent  enterprises,  which  were  nearest  to  her  heart 
and  ever  present  in  her  mind. 

At  the  time  of  the  foundation  of  the  juvenile  school 
for  little  sightless  children,  Mrs.  Appleton  became  one 
of  its  most  generous  patrons  and  strongest  supporters 
and  remained  such  to  the  last  day  of  her  noble  life.  She 
opened  to  it  both  her  purse  and  her  house  where  meetings 
of  many  kinds  were  held  in  behalf  of  the  kindergarten. 
She  also  rendered  valuable  personal  service,  first  as  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  ladies'  visiting  committee 
and  afterwards  as  its  honored  and  efficient  president. 
Her  annual  gifts  to  the  kindergarten  formed  a  permanent 
fund  amounting  to  $13,000.  To  this  sum  she  added 
a  bequest  of  $5,000. 

Owing  to  ill  health  and  to  the  effects  of  advancing  age, 
Mrs.  Appleton  was  compelled  a  year  ago  to  send  in  her 
resignation  from  the  office  of  president  of  the  visiting 
committee.  This  her  associates  and  coworkers  received 
with  sincere  sorrow  and  profound  regret;  in  accepting 
it  they  passed  the  following  resolutions: — - 

Resolved,  that  we  have  received  with  deep  emotion  and  with  a 
keen  sense  of  irreparable  loss  the  announcement  of  the  resignation 
from  office  of  our  honored  and  respected  president,  Mrs.  William 
Appleton,  on  account  of  the  condition  of  her  health.  During  all 
the  active  years  of  a  long  and  noble  life,  Mrs.  Appleton  has  been 
indefatigable  in  doing  good  and  in  striving  to  make  the  world 
better  than  she  found  it.  Nearly  twenty  years  ago  she  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  little  blind  children  and  has  been  ever  since  an 
earnest  advocate  and  stanch  supporter  of  every  movement  aiming  at 
its  advancement.     She  was  one  of  the  original  founders  and  a  most 


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valuable  and  efficient  member  of  the  ladies'  visiting  committee, 
as  well  as  its  esteemed  and  beloved  president.  Modest  and  un- 
assuming by  nature,  she  was  wise  in  counsel,  firm  in  her  con- 
victions, yet  careful  not  to  force  these  upon  others,  clear  in  judg- 
ment, upright  in  every  relation  and  of  sterling  character.  She  has 
conducted  the  business  of  our  committee  with  dignity  and  courtesy, 
and  we  shall  miss  sadly  her  genial,  kindly  and  inspiring  presence 
at  our  meetings.  We  feel  especially  thankful  that  in  the  fine  dis- 
crimination, with  which  she  has  given  her  aid,  time  and  influence 
to  many  humane  and  educational  societies,  the  kindergarten  for 
the  blind  has  been  always  regarded  by  her  as  worthy  of  her  special 
attention  and  of  her  cordial  support. 

Resolved,  that  we  deplore  most  sincerely  Mrs.  Appleton's 
retirement  from  the  presidency  of  our  committee  and  that  we  de- 
sire to  convey  to  her  the  assurance  of  our  heartfelt  sympathy  with 
her  in  her  illness  and  our  earnest  wishes  for  the  recovery  of  her 
health. 

Resolved,  that  the  secretary  be  requested  to  transmit  a  copy 
of  these  resolutions  to  Mrs.  Appleton. 

A  few  months  after  receiving  these  resolutions,  in  v^hich 
her  long  and  invaluable  services  to  the  cause  of  the  little 
sightless  children  were  justly  and  appropriately  recognized, 
Mrs.  Appleton  passed  away,  deeply  lamented  not  only 
by  her  family  and  friends,  but  by  a  large  number  of  peo- 
ple to  whom  she  had  greatly  endeared  herself  by  her 
lovable  nature  and  charitable  deeds. 

We  feel  keenly  the  loss,  which  the  kindergarten  has 
sustained  in  the  death  of  this  unassuming  and  self -for- 
getting philanthropist  and  which  no  words  can  measure. 
We  fully  realize  that  our  enterprise  has  been  deprived 
of  one  of  its  most  loyal  friends.  We  have  had  the  priv- 
ilege of  an  intimate  acquaintance  with  her  during  the  last 
fifteen  years.  Her  unfailing  interest  in  our  efforts  in 
behalf  of  the  blind  made  it  necessary  for  us  to  meet  her 
now  and  then  and  to  correspond  with  her  frequently. 
Thus  we  have  had  a  good  opportunity  to  observe  how 


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liberal  and  thoughtful  she  was,  and  to  see  how  much  she 
did  for  man  and  beast.  Her  life  was  indeed  beneficent 
and  fruitful  and  embodied  the  best  traditions  of  her 
native  city.  Although  she  was  very  reticent  and  habit- 
ually self-effacing,  we  could  not  help  noticing  that  she 
possessed  an  exhaustless  fund  of  sympathy,  a  "heart 
wide  as  life,  deep  as  life's  deepest  woe."  We  have  known 
of  a  large  number  of  charitable  acts  performed  by  her 
in  a  quiet  and  unostentatious  way,  and  we  avail  our- 
selves of  this  occasion  to  bear  testimony  to  her  bountiful 
generosity  and  to  lay  on  the  altar  of  her  blessed  memory 
a  ^weath  of  reverence  and  gratitude. 

Our  honored  friend  is  gone  from  us.  We  can  no  longer 
receive  the  benediction  of  her  presence;  but  the  in- 
spiring influence  of  a  life  like  hers  can  never  be  extin- 
guished.    It  will  live  forevermore — 

In  minds  made  better  by  her  presence;    live 

In  pulses  stirred  to  generosity, 

In  deeds  of  daring  rectitude,  in  scorn 

Of  miserable  aims  that  end  in  self. 


Annual  Reception  at  the  Kindergarten. 

The  many  chambers  seemed  full  of  welcomes. 

— Longfellow. 

The  annual  reception  at  the  kindergarten  was  held  by 
the  ladies  of  the  visiting  committee  on  Monday  after- 
noon, April  24,  at  three  o'clock.  The  conditions  were 
most  favorable,  and  all  circumstances  combined  to 
make  the  occasion  a  truly  perfect  one  in  every  particular 
and  thoroughly  enjoyable  not  only  to  the  guests  but  to 
those  responsible  for  its  success,  including  the  little 
pupils  who  take  great  pleasure  in  filling  the  post  of  hosts 
and  hostesses.     The  children  were  radiant  with  health 


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and  happiness,  the  day  was  charmingly  clear,  and  both 
indoors  and  out  the  thronging  friends  of  the  school  ex- 
claimed over  the  beauties  of  their  environment.  The 
spacious  grounds  were  delicately  tinted  with  fresh  ver- 
dure, and  within  the  houses  the  school-rooms  were  like 
conservatories  with  their  array  of  thrifty  plants,  forming 
a  pleasing  and  appropriate  background  for  the  little 
human  blossoms,  clustered  around  the  low  tables,  intent 
upon  their  allotted  tasks. 

Every  phase  of  the  regular  daily  life  of  the  school  was 
represented  in  the  different  classrooms.  Here  the  ab- 
sorbing occupations  of  the  kindergarten  were  engaging 
the  tiny  fingers  of  the  latest  comers;  there  the  sterner 
realities  of  arithmetic  or  geography  were  being  wrestled 
with  by  those  who  had  left  behind  them  the  charms  of 
Froebel's  gifts;  or  again  some  of  the  little  students  were 
so  entranced  by  the  gems  of  literature  which  they  were 
reading  from  raised  print  with  flying  fingers  that  they  were 
almost  oblivious  to  the  unusual  stir  of  their  surroundings. 
Many  of  the  visitors  lingered  long  in  the  schoolrooms, 
engrossed  in  watching  the  busy  little  folk,  while  some 
found  more  enjoyment  in  wandering  about  the  premises 
and  inspecting  the  buildings,  admiring  their  perfect 
order  and  spotless  cleanliness.  But  at  3.30  o'clock  the 
children  and  guests  gathered  from  every  quarter  of  the 
estate  in  the  central  hall  of  the  school,  where  the  formal 
exercises  of  the  day  took  place. 

The  Hon.  Francis  Henry  Appleton,  who  presided,, 
greeted  the  audience  in  a  few  well-chosen  words  and 
thanked  the  ladies  of  the  visiting  committee,  in  the  name 
of  the  trustees,  for  their  zeal  and  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  the  school  and  for  the  honor  which  they  had  paid  to 
the  trustees  in  calling  upon  one  of  their  members  to  pre- 
side over  this  occasion.     He   then   announced   the  first 


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number  on  the  programme  a  Kinder  Symphony  by 
Lachner,  to  be  rendered  by  the  kinder  orchestra.  This 
proved  to  be  a  bright  and  spirited  selection,  which  was 
well  played  by  a  large  and  diversified  band  of  youthful 
students;  the  instruments  were  of  many  kinds,  including 
not  only  those  designed  for  children's  fingers,  but  others 
upon  which  older  musicians  might  be  proud  to  evoke 
such  melodious  strains.  At  the  conclusion  of  this  number 
a  Spring  Song  by  Sharpe  was  admirably  sung  by  a  class 
of  boys,  and  at  its  close  a  trio  for  the  pianoforte,  a  Gavotte 
by  Baker,  was  delightfully  rendered  by  three  little  girls, 
Catherine  Kelly,  Edna  Abbott  and  Nettie  Gray.  The 
meed  of  praise  accorded  to  each  of  these  selections  showed 
that  the  audience  was  keenly  alive  to  the  excellence  of 
the  children's  work.  The  speaker  of  the  afternoon, 
the  Rev.  W.  H.  Lyon,  D.D.,  was  then  introduced  and 
made  the  following  admirable  address: — 


Address  of  Rev.  W.  H.  Lyox,  D.D. 
Mr.  President,  friends  and  teachers  oj  the  School: — I  have  been 
wondering,  as  I  sat  here,  just  why  I  should  be  here,  for  I  come 
without  the  sHghtest  intention  of  giving  instruction  to  any  of  these 
good  people  who  are  caring  for  this  school  so  patiently  and  gen- 
erously. Would  I  be  so  presumptuous  as  to  tell  them  how  to  carry 
on  the  school?  Not  in  the  least.  What  can  I  say,  then,  to  you? 
As  I  asked  myself  that  question,  I  remembered  that  years  ago  I 
was  leaving  England  on  the  steamer  "  Cephalonia,"  and  as  we  got 
a  day  out  some  one  saw  smoke  on  the  horizon.  A  steamer  was 
coming.  Of  course  we  all  rushed  to  the  side  of  the  ship  and  looked 
off;  and  there  the  stranger  was  coming  nearer  and  nearer,  evidently 
steering  toward  us.  Pretty  soon  word  went  around  among  the 
passengers  that  it  was  the  "Etruria,"  and  that  the  Captain  of  the 
"Etruria"  was  a  brother  of  the  Captain  of  the  "Cephalonia." 
Upon  the  bridge  of  the  "Cephalonia"  stood  one  brother,  and,  as 
our  ship  drew  near,  there  stood  the  other  brother  on  the  bridge 
of  the  "Etruria."     The  ships  did  not  slacken  their  pace,  but  as 


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the  ships  passed,  the  two  brothers  waved  their  hands  to  each  other. 
I  have  my  work  that  I  am  trying  to  do,  you  have  your  work, — 
but  we  belong  to  the  same  Hne  of  steamers,  and  it  is  not  for  me 
to  tell  you  what  you  ought  to  do,  though  I  would  be  very  glad 
indeed  if  you  would  get  off  your  bridge  and  come  over  to  mine 
and  tell  me  what  to  do.  So  I  come  here  and  wave  my  hand  to  the 
brothers  and  sisters  going  on  their  way  and  doing  their  work  so 
well  and  so  generously. 

I  have  been  wondering,  as  I  looked  over  the  list  of  halls,  whether 
they  all  have  names,  and  whether  you  have  a  Livingston  Hall. 
Now  you  are  wondering  why  there  should  be  such  a  name  as  Liv- 
ingston. Because  Livingston  went,  and  was  among  the  very  first 
to  go,  to  open  a  way  into  the  "Dark  Continent."  Here  was  this 
great  world  of  Africa,  with  here  and  there  along  the  coast  a  settle- 
ment, but  nobody  knew  what  there  was  inside,  what  great  treasures 
lay  hidden  there,  what  possible  civilization.  Dr.  Livingston  came 
and  he  made  his  way  into  this  darkness,  and  we  all  know  what 
has  come  of  the  Hght  he  carried  inside  the  "Dark  Continent."  So 
I  think  you  ought  to  have  a  Livingston  Hall,  and  when  people 
ask  you  why  it  is  so  named  you  can  say  that  Livingston  was  one 
of  those  who  opened  the  way  into  darkness,  and  carried  light,  and 
that  this  is  what  this  blessed  institution  is  for,  to  open  the  way  into 
darkness  and  to  carry  light.  Not  long  ago  a  little  girl  was  walking 
through  the  streets  of  Boston  with  her  mother,  and  they  met  a  very 
singular  woman,  a  very  beautiful  woman.  She  had  on  a  garb 
that  struck  the  child  as  being  rather  odd.  She  wore  a  black  dress, 
and  around  her  neck  was  a  long  string  of  black  beads.  At  the 
bottom  of  the  string  of  beads  was  a  black  cross,  and  on  her  head 
she  had  some  sort  of  a  curious  bonnet  or  cap.  Close  around  her 
face  was  a  band  of  white;  then  she  had  on  this  cap  flaring  white 
wings  standing  out  on  either  side.  The  little  girl  said,  "what 
sort  of  a  woman  was  that?"  The  mother  said,  "a  Sister  of  Char- 
ity." "Well,  which  is  she — is  she  Faith  or  Hope?"  You  see 
the  little  child  had  heard,  "  And  now  abideth  faith,  hope  and  char- 
ity" and  as  many  people  are  called  Faith,  Hope  or  Charity,  she 
got  the  idea  that  they  were  three  persons,  and  the  sister  of  Charity 
must  be  either  Faith  or  Hope.  The  Sister  was  very  tall,  and  the 
little  girl  looked  at  her  again  and  said,  "what  a  tall  woman  Char- 
ity must  be!"     The  mother  said,  "why,  you  have  never  seen  her!" 


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And  the  little  girl  said,  "The  greatest  of  these  is  Charity,  and  she 
must  be  the  tallest  of- the  three  sisters." 

Charity  means  love,  and  when  anybody  engages  in  a  good  work 
he  must  begin  first  of  all  and  most  of  all  with  love;  he  must  have 
an  earnest  affection  for  those  for  whom  he  works.  When  the  work 
is  very  difl&cult  he  must  have  a  great  deal  of  faith  that  he  can  do 
it  and  that  it  will  be  worth  doing.  Then  he  must  go  to  work  with 
hope;  so  we  must  have  all  these  three  sisters  in  oui  work.  We 
must  have  a  great  love,  and  with  it  a  great  faith  and  hope.  Now, 
evidently,  my  children,  you  have  a  great  deal  of  faith  and  hope  in 
you,  for  I  am  on  the  school  committee  in  the  town  of  Brookline, 
and,  though  I  visit  a  great  many  schools,  I  have  not  seen  a  school 
anywhere  that  is  so  full  of  bright  faces.  I  am  reminded,  as  I  look 
at  the  brightness  of  them,  of  the  little  boy  who  met  a  lady  one  morn- 
ing who  had  just  had  a  great  happiness  come  to  her;  her  face  was 
very  bright,  her  eyes  were  shining,  and  he  said  to  her,  "  why  Miss 
So  and  So,  have  you  got  a  new  face?"  Her  face,  you  know,  as 
we  say,  was  as  "bright  as  a  new  dollar,"  and  he  thought  that  some- 
how or  other  she  must  have  got  over  night  in  some  way  a  new  face. 
And  I  must  say,  my  dear  children,  that  you  look  as  though  you 
had  new  countenances  every  morning,  as  if  each  one  woke  up  and 
said,  "yesterday  has  gone,  and  today  I  am  going  to  begin  afresh 
and  put  on  my  very  best  new  face."  I  will  tell  you  a  secret,  chil- 
dren— there  are  more  bright  faces  in  the  hall  on  this  platform 
than  there  are  off  it.  It  is  not  simply  because  you  are  children. 
I  sat  through  a  dinner  one  evening  not  long  ago,  and  right  by  my 
side  sat  a  man  whom  nothing  seemed  to  please;  he  was  what  we 
call  a  "pessimist."  He  thought  that  this  was  a  pretty  bad  world 
and  the  people  living  in  it  were  pretty  bad  people.  At  least  they 
did  not  seem  to  be  going  his  way.  Right  across  the  table  from 
him  sat  two  old  men,  and  they  were  both  blind,  but  their  faces 
were  just  as  happy  as  your  faces  are.  I  said  to  myself,  "  On  which 
side  of  this  table  are  the  blind  men?  Is  it  simply  the  people 
whose  eyes  are  blind  or  is  it  the  people  who  can  see  with  their  eyes, 
but  are  so  blind  in  their  hearts  that  they  cannot  see  the  bright  side 
of  this  world?"  I  judge  that,  although  your  eyes  do  not  see,  your 
hearts  and  your  souls  do  see;  you  see,  and  I  hope  you  always  will 
see,  the  bright  side  of  life.  As  long  as  you  can  see  that  you  have 
the  very  best  eyes  that  anyone  can  have;  for  this  thing*  and  that 
thing  may  bring  happiness,  but  a  cheerful  heart — that  is  happiness. 


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But  I  wonder  if  you  have  found  out  a  certain  philosophy  that  came 
to  a  man  in  the  far  west.  He  was  a  very  rich  man  and  owned  acres 
upon  acres  of  land.  He  raised  thousands  and  thousands  of  bushels 
of  grain.  At  last  he  met  with  reverses.  He  became  a  very  poor 
man  and  he  lost  all  his  lands  except  a  very  few  acres.  He  said 
to  himself  (being  a  very  courageous  and  cheerful  man),  "Well 
there  is  no  use  in  my  trying  to  raise  grain  on  the  few  acres.  I 
cannot  compete  with  the  great  grain-farmers.  I  will  tell  you  what 
I  am  going  to  do  on  the  land  I  have,  I  am  going  to  plant  my  few 
acres  with  roses."  He  planted  rose  bushes  and  tended  them,  and 
when  I  last  heard  from  him  he  was  making  more  money  off  those 
few  acres  of  rose  plants  than  he  had  made  out  of  his  thousands  of 
acres  of  grain  land.  Now  I  suspect,  my  children,  that  you  are  doing 
the  talking  now, — you  are  talking  to  these  people  down  there, — 
and  you  are  saying,  "  You  have  the  thousands  of  acres,  you  can  raise 
crops  perhaps  that  will  load  long,  long  trains  of  cars.  We  have 
only  a  few  acres  but  we  are  raising  roses,  and  we  are  getting  more 
happiness  out  of  our  few  acres  of  roses  than  many  of  you  are  rais- 
ing off  your  great  many  acres  of  land." 

Now,  children,  come  on,  right  out  into  the  world, — but  it  is  a 
sunshiny  day,  so  just  now  I  will  let  you  stay  here;  but  some  day, 
when  it  is  cloudy,  and  when  the  market  turns  the  other  way,  and 
stocks  are  not  quite  so  high  as  now,  when  trade  begins  to  go  down 
a  little,  and  the  good  ladies  cannot  have  as  many  new  bonnets  as 
they  have  had  this  Easter, — then  I  want  you  to  go  through  the  streets, 
carrying  the  best  of  sunshine  that  comes  from  a  bright  and  cheerful 
face,  and  I  think  it  won't  make  much  difference  to  the  people  who 
look  at  your  faces,  whether  stocks  are  as  high  or  bonnets  are  as 
cheap  or  not.  They  will  say,  "why,  we  thought  it  was  a  cloudy 
day,  the  weather  bureau  said  it  was  going  to  rain,  a  thunder  storm 
was  coming  up, — but  it  is  not  true,  for  here  comes  the  cheering 
sunshine!" 

I  do  not  know  what  the  secret  is  but  I  do  know  that  there  is  not 
one  of  us  who  will  not  go  away  from  this  school  this  afternoon 
better  because  he  has  seen  you.  Well,  I  suppose  I  was  asked 
here  to  tell  these  people  they  ought  to  give  something  to  this  school, 
in  order  to  enable  it  to  enlarge  the  field  of  its  operations  and  to 
do  more  effective  work,  and  here  I  am  telling  them  what  you  have 
given  to  them. — My  speech  is  a  failure  and  I  am  going  to  sit  down. 


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When  the  applause,  which  expressed  the  appreciation 
of  the  audience  for  these  interesting  remarks,  had  died 
away,  the  president  announced  the  next  number  on  the 
programme,  a  song  by  Delibes,  entitled  Bees,  which 
was  very  sweetly  sung  by  a  chorus  of  girls.  Their  fresh 
young  voices,  unaccompanied  by  any  instrument,  brought 
pleasure  to  all  their  hearers.  Joseph  Rodrigo  then  played 
well  a  solo  on  the  pianoforte,  Spring's  Greeting  by  Porter, 
and  this  was  followed  by  a  charming  little  song,  The 
First  Rose  of  Summer  by  Clayton  Johns,  sung  by  three 
little  boys,  Ludge  Jean,  Arthur  Tousignant  and  Willis 
Whitcomb.  James  Ryan  then  played  a  solo  for  the 
violin.  Cantilena  by  Bohm,  a  truly  fine  performance 
by  this  youthful  musician.  Five  of  the  tiny  little  kinder- 
garten girls  sang  very  prettily  a  group  of  nature  songs, 
among  which  was  interposed  a  very  pleasing  recitation 
by  the  smallest  one  of  all,  eliciting  a  tender  murmur 
of  commendation  from  all  her  hearers.  Herbert  Brownell 
recited  a  little  poem,  Pussy  Willow,  with  good  effect, 
and  the  chorus,  The  Wind  Flower  by  Miss  Roeske, 
which  was  sung  by  the  whole  school,  made  an  end  to  an 
entertainment,  which  was  admirable  in  every  particular 
and  exceedingly  gratifying  to  all  the  friends  and  patrons 
of  the  school.  The  president  then  called  upon  Mr. 
Anagnos  to  tell  something  of  the  purposes  and  achieve- 
ments of  the  institution,  which  he  did  in  a  brief  state- 
ment of  facts  concerning  the  education  of  the  blind  and 
its  results. 

Although  the  exercises  were  thus  brought  to  a  close 
many  were  loth  to  leave  the  scene  of  good  cheer  and  lin- 
gered for  additional  conversation  with  the  children  and 
their  teachers  or  to  renew  acquaintance  with  Tom  Stringer 
who  as  a  member  of  the  more  advanced  school  at  South 
Boston  was  proud  to  be  numbered  among  the  audience 


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this  year.  When  at  last  the  guests  dispersed  it  was 
with  a  feehng  of  distinct  satisfaction  and  pleasure  in 
the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  school  and  a  renewed 
interest  in  furthering  this  beneficent  initial  work  for  the 
little  sightless  children,  which  is  proving  such  a  valuable 
ally  in  the  education  of  the  blind. 


Ifn  riDemortam, 

Death  of  Friends  of  the  Kindergarten. 

Sad  we  count  the  vacant  places 

Made  by  every  broken  tie, 
One  by  one  the  friendly  faces 

Leave  us  as  the  years  go  by. 

— Helene  Callanan. 

In  the  history  of  the  past  year  are  recorded  the  deaths 
of  eleven  of  the  devoted  friends  and  generous  bene- 
factors of  the  little  sightless  children,  who  took  a  deep 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  kindergarten  and  contrib- 
uted liberally  to  its  support  and  progress.  The  list 
of  the  deceased  comprises  the  honored  and  beloved  names 
of  Mrs.  James  Brewer  Crane  of  Dalton,  Massachusetts, 
Miss  Sarah  Vincent  Dexter,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.  Fay,  jr., 
Hon.  William  Henry  Hodgkins,  Mrs.  Francis  C.  Manning, 
Mrs.  M.  W.  Manning  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Mrs. 
Frederick  Spelman  Nichols,  Miss  Anna  Russell  Palfrey, 
Miss  Elizabeth  W.  S.  Parkman,  Mr.  Francis  Howard 
Peabody,  and  Colonel  William  Augustus  Tower. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Crane,  widow  of  James  Brewer  Crane, 
died  at  her  home  in  Dalton  on  the  twelfth  day  of  Oc- 
tober, 1904,  in  the  sixty-sixth  year  of  her  age.  She  was 
born  at  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  on  the  twenty-first 
of  June,  1838,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 


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Noah  W.  Goodrich.  Her  husband  was  a  brother  of  one 
of  the  distinguished  benefactors  of  the  blind,  the  late 
Zenas  Marshall  Crane,  and  was  associated  with  him 
at  Dalton  in  the  manufacture  of  paper.  Ever  gracious 
and  kindly,  she  possessed  admirable  qualities  which  en- 
deared her  to  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances. 
Like  all  the  members  of  the  Crane  family,  she  took  a 
deep  interest  in  the  cause  of  the  little  sightless  children. 
Both  Mrs.  Crane  and  her  beloved  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary 
Crane  Johnson,  wife  of  the  Rev.  Herbert  S.  Johnson, 
were  annual  contributors  to  the  fund  for  the  support  of 
the  kindergarten.  She  believed  firmly  in  the  gospel 
of  brotherly  love  and  gave  much  of  her  thought,  time  and 
means  to  charitable,  religious  and  educational  work. 
She  was  president  of  the  Berkshire  county  home  for  aged 
women  and  took  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  the  Pittsfield 
house  of  mercy  and  in  foreign  missions.  She  established 
an  annual  prize-speaking  contest  in  the  public  schools 
of  Dalton  as  a  means  of  promoting  education,  cheer- 
fully paying  the  expenses  herself.  She  encouraged  in 
young  people  all  efforts  for  self -improvement,  and  her 
benefactions  were  numerous. 

Surely  she  loved  her  kind 

And  strove  to  serve  it  too, 
And  in  her  secret  mind 

Adored  the  good  and  true. 

The  death  of  Miss  Sarah  Vincent  Dexter,  which 
occurred  at  Zermatt,  Switzerland,  on  the  third  day  of 
August,  1905,  in  the  forty-second  year  of  her  age,  is  one 
of  the  severe  bereavements  that  are  keenly  felt  in  this  com- 
munity. She  was  the  daughter  of  the  late  Edward 
Amory  and  Sarah  Ellen  Dexter  and  belonged  to  one  of 
the  leading  families  of  Boston.  She  was  a  woman  of 
bright    mind,    tender    feelings    and    sterling    character. 


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Thoroughly  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  benevolence,  she 
was  a  judicious  dispenser  of  charity  and  responded  freely 
to  the  appeals  of  such  good  causes  as  appeared  to  her 
worthy  of  assistance.  Miss  Dexter  was  a  true  friend  of 
the  poor  and  needy  and  was  exceedingly  generous  in 
unostentatious  ways,  taking  care  habitually  to  keep  from 
the  left  hand  the  knowledge  of  what  the  right  one  was 
doing. 

She  always  did  what  was  right 

And  had  a  sweet  reward 
Of  inward  music  and  celestial  light 

In  beautiful  accord. 

The  untimely  death  of  Mrs.  Rebecca  R.  Motley 
Fay,  wife  of  Mr.  Joseph  S.  Fay,  jr.,  which  occurred 
at  her  residence.  No.  169  Commonwealth  avenue,  on  the 
fourth  day  of  June  last,  was  a  distinct  loss  not  only  to 
the  kindergarten  but  to  many  good  causes.  She  was  a 
lady  whose  sympathetic  nature,  unaffected  manners  and 
generous  impulses  won  for  her  numerous  friends.  In  the 
wide  circle  of  her  family  and  kindred,  sorrow  for  her  loss 
deepens  as  the  days  pass,  and  the  community  is  greatly 
poorer  by  reason  of  her  death.  Eager,  enthusiastic 
and  of  quick  intelligence,  she  was  faithful  to  the  best 
traditions  or  her  ancestry.  Belonging  by  birth  and 
marriage  to  two  of  the  leading  families  of  Boston,  she  was 
imbued  with  the  spirit  of  genuine  but  unostentatious 
philanthropy,  which  distinguished  the  best  people  of 
New  England.  Goethe  says  that  there  is  a  courtesy 
of  the  heart,  which  is  akin  to  love  and  which  rests  on  a 
deep  moral  foundation.  Mrs,  Fay  possessed  this  quality 
in  full  measure,  and  it  showed  itself  in  the  gentleness 
of  her  manners,  in  thoughtfulness  for  others  and  a  genuine 
sympathy  with  those  whose  lot  was  cast  on  the  dark  side 
of  life. 


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Of  her  it  may  be  truly  said  that  — 

In  her  heart  a  fountain  flowed, 
And  around  it  pleasant  thoughts  reposed, 
And  s}'mpathies  and  feelings  high 
Sprang  like  the  stars  in  evening  sky. 

In  sadness  and  with  sincere  regret  we  chronicle  the 
loss  which  the  little  blind  children  have  sustained  in  the 
decease  of  the  Hon.  William  Henry  Hodgkins,  formerly 
mayor  of  Somerville  and  for  two  years  a  highly  esteemed 
member  of  the  senate  of  Massachusetts.  He  died  at 
his  summer  home  in  Kennebunk,  Maine,  on  the  twenty- 
fourth  day  of  September,  1905,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five 
years.  He  showed  deep  interest  in  the  kindergarten  at 
the  time  when  it  was  first  established  and  has  befriended 
it  ever  since  in  every  way  that  was  in  his  power.  He  was 
the  sole  surviving  trustee  of  the  large  estate  of  Mr.  J. 
Putnam  Bradlee  at  the  time  of  the  final  settlement  of  its 
affairs.  Thus  the  distribution  of  the  residue  of  the  prop- 
erty came  under  his  management  and  he  carried  out 
faithfully  the  directions  of  the  late  Miss  Helen  Curtis 
Bradlee  and  provided  most  generously  for  the  needs  of 
the  little  sightless  children.  It  was  through  him  that  a 
munificent  addition  was  made  to  the  permanent  fund, 
which  Miss  Bradlee  established  in  their  behalf  and  which 
stands  as  an  enduring  monument  to  her  blessed  memory. 
Major  Hodgkins'  services  to  the  cause  of  the  blind  were 
invaluable  and  constitute  a  solid  claim  on  our  regard, 
remembrance  and  gratitude.  He  was  a  man  of  warm 
heart,  strict  honor,  unimpeachable  integrity  and  unswerv- 
ing firmness.  He  was  respected  and  trusted  by  all  who 
came  in  contact  with  him  and  loved  by  those  who  knew 
him  best. 

There  was  nothing  base  or  small 

Or  craven  in  his  soul's  broad  plan; 
Forgiving  all  things  personal. 

He  hated  only  wrong  in  man. 


^95 

Mrs.  Abby  Howard  Manning,  widow  of  Francis 
C.  Manning,  died  at  Cohasset  on  the  twenty-first  day 
of  July,  1905.  She  was  a  woman  of  broad  views,  refined 
taste,  tender  feeHngs  and  philanthropic  instincts.  She 
united  with  great  force  of  will  and  keenness  of  intellect 
the  more  valuable  qualities  of  a  warm  heart  and  a  strong 
sense  of  justice.  The  law  of  kindness  was  in  her  soul 
and  beautified  every  act  of  her  life.  She  did  much  for 
charity  and  both  she  and  her  daughters  became  deeply 
interested  in  the  cause  of  the  little  blind  children  and 
bestowed  substantial  aid  upon  it.  Mrs.  Manning  lived 
to  the  good  old  age  of  four  score  and  eleven  years. 

And  watched  by  eyes  that  loved  her,  calm  and  gentle 

Faded  her  last  decHning  years  away: 

Cheerful  she  gave  her  being  up,  and  went 

To  share  the  holy  rest  that  waits  a  life  well  spent. 

Mrs.  Mary  W.  Manning,  widow  of  Richard  Henry 
Manning,  died  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  on  the  thirtieth 
day  of  May,  1905,  at  the  age  of  nearly  ninety  years.  Of 
old  New  England  stock,  she  was  a  most  sincere,  con- 
sistent, kind-hearted  and  generous  woman.  Of  an  even 
and  sunny  temper  and  extremely  sympathetic  disposition, 
she  was  beloved  for  her  kindness  and  uniform  courtesy. 
She  always  gave  help  and  encouragement  to  the  poor 
and  needy  or  to  those  suffering  from  depression  of  spirits. 
Her  presence  was  a  blessing  in  her  home,  a  ray  of  sun- 
shine to  the  afflicted  and  a  charm  to  every  one  with  whom 
she  came  in  contact.  Although  she  led  a  quiet  life  and 
was  unknown  to  fame,  yet  her  name  was  writ  large  on  the 
heart  of  many  a  suffering  and  forlorn  person.  She  was 
ardently  devoted  to  the  cause  of  the  blind  and  the  deaf- 
blind,  and  assisted  liberally  many  individual  cases.  Both 
Edith  M.  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Kobin  were  kindly 
remembered   by  her.     It  was  through  her  munificence, 


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that  an  edition  of  Miss  Louisa  M.  Alcott's  famous  book 
Little  Women  was  electrotyped  and  printed  in  three 
volumes  for  free  distribution  among  the  blind.  The 
evening  of  Mrs.  Manning's  long  and  beneficent  life  was 
as  beautiful  as  its  day, — radiant  with  peace,  full  of  good 
works  and  glowing  with  hope  and  love. 

WTiy  weep  then  for  her,  who  having  run 

The  bound  of  man's  appropriate  years,  at  last — 

Life's  blessings  all  enjoyed,  Hfe's  labor  done — 
Serenely  to  her  final  rest  has  passed? 

We  were  suddenly  called  to  mourn  the  decease  of  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Louisa  (Humphrey)  Nichols,  who  died 
at  her  home  in  this  city  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1904,  after  a  short  illness.  She  was  the  widow  of 
the  late  Frederick  Spelman  Nichols,  who  passed  away 
three  years  ago.  Mrs.  Nichols  was  well  known  and  highly 
respected  in  the  community.  She  was  liberal,  public- 
spirited  and  absolutely  free  from  self-seeking.  She  was 
to  the  last  the  loyal,  helpful  friend  of  the  little  blind  chil- 
dren, and  her  contributions  to  the  fund  for  the  support 
of  the  kindergarten  were  as  regular  as  her  sympathy  with 
them  was  warm.  Gentle  and  sweet,  generous  and  noble, 
keeping  faith  in  her  ideals  always,  Mrs.  Nichols  was 
indeed  singularly  fitted  to  enter  on  the  "life  more  abun- 
dant" with  all  its  exaltation  and  its  peace  and  beauty. 
To  her  we  may  most  appropriately  apply  the  following 
words  of  the  poet: — 

She  had  a  natural,  wise  sincerity, 

A  simple  truthfulness,  and  these  have  lent  her 

A  dignity  as  moveless  as  the  centre. 

Miss  Anna  Russell  Palfrey  died  at  her  home  in 
Oxford  street,  Cambridge,  on  the  seventh  day  of  March, 
1905,  in  the  seventy-ninth  year  of  her  age.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Rev.    John   Gorham   Palfrey,   the 


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well  known  clergyman  and  historian,  who  died  in  1881. 
Miss  Palfrey  lived  in  the  old  homestead  with  her  sisters, 
Sarah  H.  and  Mary  G.  Palfrey,  and  had  been  much  en- 
grossed with  them  in  literary  work.  When  the  kinder- 
garten was  established  all  three  of  them  became  its  stanch 
friends  and  supporters  and  never  ceased  striving  to  pro- 
mote its  welfare.  Miss  Anna  Palfrey's  last  gift  to  it 
was  a  legacy  of  fifty  dollars.  She  was  very  charitable 
and  possessed  those  traits  of  character,  which  inspire 
respect,  confidence  and  affection.  Her  innate  refinement 
and  unbounded  generosity  endeared  her  to  all  about  her. 
She  inherited  the  intellectual  strength  of  her  ancestors, 
and  one  could  easily  perceive  in  her  the  distinct  type  of 
New  England  womanhood.     She  was — 

From  her  mother's  knee 
Faithful  and  hopeful,  wise  in  charity, 
Strong  in  grave  peace,  in  pity  circumspect. 

By  the  death  of  Miss  Elizabeth  W.  S.  Parkman, 
which  occurred  at  her  home  in  Chestnut  street  on  the 
sixteenth  day  of  September,  1905,  another  link  was 
broken  between  the  present  generation  and  the  one 
which  is  fast  passing  from  the  stage.  She  was  the  be- 
loved sister  of  the  eminent  historian,  Francis  Parkman, 
who  died  twelve  years  ago.  She  was  a  woman  of  warm 
heart,  broad  sympathies,  generous  disposition,  exquisite 
refinement  and  sound  judgment.  Her  devotion  to  her 
distinguished  brother  not  only  prolonged  his  life  but 
helped  him  greatly  in  his  work.  It  is  doubtful  if  he  could 
have  accomplished  so  much  had  it  not  been  for  her  care 
and  encouragement.  She  was  his  intellectual  companion 
as  well  as  his  loving  sister  and  their  life  together  was  very 
beautiful.  Miss  Parkman  took  a  deep  interest  in  the 
welfare  of  the  little  sightless  children,  and  in  addition 
to  other  gifts  she  presented  a  pianoforte  to  the  kinder- 


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garten.  She  bequeathed  to  her  sex  an  example  worthy 
of  the  best  traditions  of  Boston.  She  was  thoroughly 
sincere  and  entirely  altruistic,  thinking  much  more  of 
others  than  of  herself.  No  stain  of  selfishness  nor  desire 
for  public  life  or  distinction  marred  the  beauty  and 
simplicity  of  her  character. 

She  was  noble  in  every  thought 
And  in  every  deed. 

In  the  death  of  Francis  Howard  Peabody,  which 
occurred  at  his  summer  residence  in  Beverly  Cove  on 
the  twenty-second  day  of  September,  1905,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-four  years,  a  life  of  genuine  nobility,  exemplary 
modesty,  aclmowledged  ability  and  conspicuous  use- 
fulness was  ended.  He  was  a  veritable  model  of  manhood, 
a  gentleman  in  every  fibre  of  his  being.  He  was  an  im- 
pressive figure  in  the  financial  world,  and  his  decease 
is  a  bereavement  to  the  city  and  the  country.  Born  and 
brought  up  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  he  came  to 
Boston  almost  a  boy,  and  from  the  first  he  made  his 
service  and  his  influence  felt  in  the  business,  civic  and 
social  life  of  this  community.  In  banking  matters  he  was 
an  authority,  and  long  before  he  became  one  of  the  three 
founders  of  the  world-renowned  firm  of  Kidder,  Pea- 
body  and  Company  (the  other  two  being  his  brother 
Col.  Oliver  W.  Peabody,  and  Mr.  Henry  P.  Kidder), 
he  w^as  noted  for  his  probity  and  forethought  in  all  finan- 
cial movements.  He  was  quiet  and  unassuming  and 
shunned  publicity;  yet  whenever  there  was  work  to  be 
done,  whether  philanthropic  or  for  the  public  weal,  he 
could  be  counted  upon  to  pull  a  laboring  oar,  if  assured 
that  he  might  do  so  in  the  background.  Although 
closely  attentive  to  the  duties  of  his  calling  and  eminently 
successful  in  whatever  he  undertook  to  do  as  a  financier, 


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he  was  much  broader  and  finer  than  a  mere  business  man. 
He  possessed  Hterary  and  artistic  tastes  of  a  high  order 
and  was  a  lover  of  music,  and  no  mean  musician  him- 
self. He  was  ever  a  supporter  of  those  agencies  and  in- 
fluences that  had  for  their  purpose  the  education  and 
elevation  of  society.  In  the  passing  away  of  Mr.  Peabody 
charity  has  lost  a  beneficent  patron.  His  attention 
during  the  last  years  of  his  life  was  largely  given  to  the 
necessities  of  the  less  fortunate.  To  no  worthy  appeal 
for  assistance  did  he  ever  turn  a  deaf  ear,  but  he  followed 
with  careful  interest  the  careers  of  those  whom  he  was 
able  to  assist.  To  the  cause  of  the  little  blind  children 
he  was  a  liberal  contributor.  His  gifts  to  the  kinder- 
garten came  as  regularly  as  the  return  of  the  seasons  of 
the  year.  Personally  Mr.  Peabody  was  a  man  of  ex- 
quisite courtesy,  of  charming  manners  and  of  a  most 
amiable  disposition.  Though  along  with  his  success 
he  has  suffered  his  full  share  of  the  sorrows  of  life,  he 
rose  superior  to  them  and  never  permitted  them  to  em- 
bitter his  natural  kindliness  or  warp  or  weaken  the  strong 
fibre  of  his  character.  Few  men  have  worn  the  proud 
title  of  an  American  citizen  with  greater  dignity  or  a 
profounder  sense  of  the  responsibility  that  it  imposes 
than  he.  To  him  belongs  the  credit  of  a  true  patriot, 
a  sincere  lover  of  his  kind  and  a  broad-minded  helper  of 
the  afflicted  and  suffering  meqibers  of  the  human  family. 
He  occupied  a  large  and  worthy  place  in  the  city  that  he 
loved  and  one  that  cannot  easily  be  filled.  Calmness, 
sincerity,  strength  of  intellect,  moral  steadfastness,  a 
lofty  devotion  to  duty,  readiness  to  serve  the  public  at  any 
cost  of  time  or  strength,  loyalty  to  friends  and  a  tender- 
ness in  his  domestic  relations  as  rare  as  it  was  beautiful, 
these  were  the  qualities  that  made  the  life  of  Francis 
Howard  Peabody  a  rich  and  precious  treasure.     May 


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the  memory  of  it  be  a  sacred  legacy  to  the  youth  of  Boston 
for  years  to  come. 


This  is  the  noblest  truth  sublime, 
The  wisest  thought  of  sages: 

Who  lives  to  bless  his  age  and  time 
Has  Uved  for  all  the  ages. 


Another  Hfe  of  long  and  steady  usefulness  was  ended 
by  the  death  of  Colonel  William  Augustus  Tower, 
which  occurred  at  his  beautiful  home  in  Lexington  on 
the  twenty-first  day  of  November,  1904,  in  the  eighty- 
second  year  of  his  age.  He  was  an  excellent  example 
of  a  self-made  man,  having  risen  from  a  clerkship  in  a 
small  country  store  to  the  high  position  which  he  occupied 
in  business  circles.  He  was  noted  for  strength  and  orig- 
inahty  of  character,  yet  this  strength  was  combined  with 
a  geniality  of  manner  and  a  kindliness  of  heart  that  en- 
deared him  to  all  who  came  in  personal  contact  with  him. 
He  was  exceedingly  fond  of  children,  and  they  loved 
him  dearly.  His  charities  were  wide,  generous  and  pru- 
dently bestowed.  Both  he  and  his  benevolent  daughter, 
Miss  Ellen  M.  Tower,  manifested  great  interest  in  the 
cause  of  the  little  blind  children  and  gave  from  time 
to  time  substantial  assistance  to  the  kindergarten.  The 
following  lines  make  a  fitting  ending  to  this  brief  tribute 
to  the  memory  of  Col.  Tower: — 

So  calm,  so  constant  was  his  rectitude. 

That  by  its  loss  alone  we  know  its  worth. 

And  feel  how  true  a  man  has  walked  with  us  on  earth. 

These  dear  friends,  whose  death  we  deplore  very  deeply, 
were  unfailingly  mindful  of  the  needs  of  our  juvenile 
school  and  constant  in  their  benefactions  to  it;  they  will 
be  sadly  missed  and  gratefully  remembered   for  many 


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generations.  Year  after  year  the  benefactors  of  the 
little  sightless  children,  who  have  done  so  much  for  them, 
are  steadily  passing  away.  Their  ranks  are  rapidly 
thinning  and  we  earnestly  hope  that  others  may  be  found 
to  fill  the  vacant  places.  May  new  friends  be  raised  up 
who  shall  show  a  like  spirit  of  benevolence  toward  the 
kindergarten  and  who  will  be  willing  to  make  strenuous 
efforts  in  the  time  to  come  for  the  advancement  of  its 
welfare  and  the  increase  of  its  usefulness. 


Retirement  of    Mrs.  Elizabeth  Gary  Agassiz. 

Her  high  endeavors  are  an  inward  light 

That  makes  the  path  before  her  always  bright. 

— Wordsworth. 

We  regret  more  deeply  than  words  can  express  that 
need  of  rest  renders  it  necessary  for  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Gary 
Agassiz  to  relinquish  the  task  of  receiving  money  for  the 
kindergarten.  In  1888,  when  a  branch  of  the  ladies' 
auxiliary  society  was  established  in  Gambridge,  Mrs. 
Agassiz  was  chosen  as  its  treasurer  and  has  held  this 
office  ever  since  with  exemplary  fidelity,  sound  judg- 
ment, tireless  industry  and  splendid  results. 

The  profound  interest  which  this  dear  friend  of  the 
little  sightless  children  has  taken  in  them  came  to  her 
by  inheritance  and  was  intensified  through  study  and 
observation.  Both  her  grandfather,  the  merchant  prince 
of  Boston,  Gol.  Thomas  H.  Perkins,  after  whom  the 
institution  at  South  Boston  was  named,  and  her  father, 
•the  late  Thomas  G.  Gary,  who  was  for  a  long  time  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees,  were  noted  benefactors 
of  the  blind  and  earnest  promoters  of  their  cause.  Im- 
bued with  the  spirit  of  her  distinguished  ancestors  and 
obeying  the  promptings  of  her  heart,  Mrs.  Agassiz  has 


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labored  diligently  and  with  unsurpassed  assiduity  for 
the  welfare  of  this  class  of  people  and  has  spared  no  efforts 
in  striving  to  aid  them.  She  gladly  undertook  the  work  of 
providing  the  means  for  the  support  of  the  kindergarten 
and  performed  it  with  indefatigable  energy  and  great 
devotion.  Year  after  year  she  addressed  a  printed  appeal 
to  the  citizens  of  Cambridge,  asking  their  assistance 
for  the  relief  of  the  afflicted  members  of  the  human  family. 
These  appeals,  written  in  a  simple  and  forceful  style, 
were  models  of  clearness  of  statement  and  cogency  of 
argument  and  were  attentively  read.  They  made  a  deep 
impression  upon  the  community  and  met  with  remark- 
able success. 

Owing  in  great  measure  to  Mrs.  Agassiz's  efforts  in 
behalf  of  the  little  blind  children,  the  Cambridge  branch 
has  been  able  to  contribute  towards  the  support  of  the 
kindergarten  an  average  sum  of  $550  per  annum,  and 
by  keeping  the  cause  before  the  public  in  this  locality 
has  doubtless  influenced  benevolent  persons  to  make 
special  gifts  as  well  as  to  remember  the  school  in  their 
wills. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  ladies'  visiting  committee,  held  at 
the  residence  of  its  president,  Mrs.  John  Chipman  Gray, 
the  resignation  of  Mrs.  Agassiz  was  accepted  with  sin- 
cere sorrow^,  and  the  following  resolutions  were  unani- 
mously passed  in  recognition  of  her  invaluable  services 
to  the  cause  of  the  blind: — 

Whereas  our  dear  friend  and  esteemed  colleague,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Gary  Agassiz,  has  been  obliged,  owing  to  the  condition  of  her  health, 
to  resign  from  the  office  of  treasurer  of  the  Cambridge  branch  of  the 
ladies'  auxiliary  society  of  the  kindergarten  for  the  blind,  therefore 
be  it— 

Resolved,  that  we  desire  to  express  and  place  on  record  our  deep 
appreciation  of  the  value  of  her  services  during  the  seventeen  years 


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of  her  stewardship,  as  well  as  of  that  broader  philanthropy  and 
public  spirit,  which  have  made  her  name  known  and  honored 
throughout  New  England.  Unsparing  in  her  efforts  to  promote 
the  cause  of  education  and  of  humanity,  she  has  added  much  to 
the  renown  of  her  native  city  and  has  won  for  herself  a  distinction 
not  of  her  own  seeking.  She  is  made  on  a  large  pattern  physically 
and  mentally.  A  thorough  gentle  woman  in  the  best  and  highest 
sense  of  the  word,  noble  and  dignified,  yet  ever  amiable  and  cour- 
teous in  manner,  she  possesses  the  charm  of  an  ideal  character,  the 
principal  traits  of  which  are  inflexible  strength  and  firmness,  com- 
bined with  purity,  kindness  and  sweetness.  Although  now  living 
in  retirement,  she  is  greatly  honored  and  beloved,  her  influence  is 
widely  felt,  and  her  eagerness  to  be  of  use  to  her  fellow  men  grate- 
fully appreciated.  Following  in  the  footsteps  of  her  distinguished 
ancestors,  Mrs.  Agassiz  has  always  taken  a  profound  interest  in  the 
welfare  of  the  blind  and  has  labored  to  better  their  condition  with 
wisdom,  perseverance  and  unfailing  devotion.  She  accepted  the 
task  of  serving  the  kindergarten  with  characteristic  energy  and  en- 
thusiasm, sparing  neither  time  nor  labor  in  the  prosecution  of  the 
work.  Her  long  connection  with  our  committee  and  her  services 
as  the  founder  and  treasurer  of  the  Cambridge  branch  of  the  ladies' 
auxiliary  society  have  been  of  the  utmost  benefit  to  the  juvenile 
school  and  will  always  be  gratefully  remembered  by  her  fellow 
members. 

Resolved,  that  we  feel  keenly  the  loss,  which  the  auxiliary  society 
has  sustained  by  the  retirement  of  a  loyal  and  earnest  worker,  whose 
life  and  labors  are  a  bright  example  and  a  source  of  inspiration  to 
those  fortunate  enough  to  enjoy  the  privilege  of  her  friendship  and 
of  association  with  her. 

Mrs.  Agassiz  labored  always  with  earnestness  and 
efficiency  in  the  fields  of  philanthropy  and  education. 
She  was  foremost  in  the  movement  for  the  higher  educa- 
tion of  women,  which  led  to  the  estabHshment  of  Rad- 
cliffe  college.  She  was  the  first  president  of  that  insti- 
tution, and  to  her  influence  is  due  its  success  and  its 
position  in  the  academic  world.  For  many  years  the 
loving  helpmeet  of  a  famous  man  of  science,   she  has 


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increased   the  lustre   surrounding  the  name  of  Agassiz 
and  won  distinction  for  herself. 

The  vacancy  created  by  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  Agassiz 
from  the  office  of  treasurer  of  the  Cambridge  branch 
of  the  ladies'  auxiliary  society  has  been  filled  by  the  elec- 
tion of  Miss  Elizabeth  G.  Norton,  who  has  kindly  con- 
sented to  serve  the  cause  of  the  little  blind  children.  We 
have  every  reason  to  believe  that  Miss  Norton  will  per- 
form the  duties  of  the  position  with  thoroughness  and 
that  she  will  achieve  a  success  equal  to  that  of  her  honored 
predecessor. 


Let  Us  Work  for  Greater  Progress. 

Forward!  let  the  heights  you  climb 
Point  men  to  heights  still  more  sublime. 

— Mary  M.  Adams. 

In  closing  this  report  we  desire  to  express  our  sense 
of  deep  gratitude  to  every  one  of  those  who  have  in  any 
way  helped  us  to  conduct  the  affairs  of  the  kindergarten 
through  another  period  of  twelve  months  and  to  make 
preparations  for  enlarging  the  field  of  its  operations 
and  for  increasing  its  usefulness. 

In  entering  upon  the  duties  of  a  new  year  we  have 
ample  cause  to  be  thankful  for  what  has  been  already 
achieved  and  lies  behind.  "The  past  at  least  is  secure." 
But  while  we  think  of  it  joyfully  and  hold  its  treasures 
in  our  heart  for  aye,  we  must  reach  forward  to  the  things 
before.  In  front  of  us  lie  the  hills  sunlit  with  promise 
of  fairer  fulfilments  than  the  past  could  know.  Let  us 
then  press  onward  to  the  goal  of  our  aspirations. 

During  the  eighteen  years  that  have  elapsed  since  the 
establishment  of  the  kindergarten  we  have  come  along 
in  all  kinds  of  weather,  cheered  by  the  sunlight  that  has 


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fallen  upon  our  path  and  passing  through  the  shadows 
unscathed.  Journeying  on  into  the  undiscovered  days 
ahead  of  us,  let  us  go  forward  with  courage  and  with 
good  cheer.  What  tonic  there  is  in  the  fine  unconcern 
of  Emerson,  when  he  sings — 

Nature  shall  mind  her  own  affairs; 
I  will  attend  my  proper  cares. 
In  rain,  or  sun,  or  frost. 

Respectfully  submitted  by 

Michael  Anagnos. 


WORK   OF  THE   KINDERGARTEN. 


Extracts  from  the  Reports  of  the  Teachers. 

The  work  of  the  kindergarten  scarcely  needs  explana- 
tion and  certainly  does  not  require  justification  or  apology. 
A  glimpse  of  some  of  its  underlying  principles,  however, 
as  expressed  by  the  teachers  in  their  annual  reports,  may 
serve  to  open  the  way  to  a  better  comprehension  of  the 
breadth  of  its  mission  and  the  significance  of  its  methods 
of  training. 

Kindergarten. 

With  joy  and  happiness  the  little  children  engage  in 
the  delightful  employments  which  the  kindergarten  gifts 
and  occupations  afford,  while  thereby  the  tiny  fingers 
become  more  supple,  dexterous  and  sure  in  their  grasp 
and  the  infantile  minds  expand  normally  and  uncon- 
sciously under  the  vivifying  influences  of  this  most  be- 
neficent training.  The  kindergartners^  thus  speak  with 
enthusiasm  of  their  work: — 

During  the  past  year,  which  was  remarkably  free  from  interrup- 
tions through  illness,  the  children  were  able  to  receive  the  full  bene- 
fit of  the  kindergarten  course,  and  its  excellent  effects  were  evident 
in  every  way.  Satisfactory  progress  was  made  by  all  the  members 
of  the  class,  but  the  youngest  children  did  especially  good  work, 
proving  that  the  earlier  kindergarten  training  is  instituted  the  more 
quickly  will  the  spirit  of  the  school  be  felt  by  the  little  pupils  and 
the  better  will  be  the  results. 

Much  of  the  good  seed  sown  in  the  childish  hearts  germinates 
so  slowly  that  it  does  not  manifest  itself  outwardly  at  once;  but  in 
the  later  school  life  of  the  pupils  the  effect  of  the  kindergarten  i& 
clearly  visible. 


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Each  season  brings  its  especial  joys  into  these  Httle  hves.  The 
children  are  wide  awake  to  the  beauty  and  joyousness  about  them, 
in  which  they  are  led  to  share  as  fully  as  possible,  and  every  festivity 
and  holiday  is  made  to  play  its  part  in  completing  the  round  of  the 
pleasant  year  at  the  kindergarten. 


Department  of  Primary  Studies. 

After  the  successful  completion  of  the  kindergarten 
work  the  pupils  begin  the  usual  course  of  study,  first  in 
an  elementary  way  in  the  intermediate  classes  of  the 
kindergarten  building  and  later  in  more  advanced  form 
in  the  primary  department,  from  which  they  are  promoted 
to  the  parent  school  at  South  Boston.  The  teachers  have 
thus  characterized  the  results  in  their  department: — 

The  literary  studies  in  the  intermediate  class  have  included  read- 
ing, writing,  arithmetic,  language,  elementary  science,  history  and 
geography.  The  lessons  in  school  are  supplemented  by  many  walks 
and  talks  about  nature  and  by  visits  to  places  of  historic  or  literary 
interest.  Each  excursion  is  made  the  topic  of  work  in  composi- 
tion and  thus  becomes  firmly  impressed  upon  the  minds  of  the  chil- 
dren. 

Great  efforts  have  been  made  .to  cultivate  a  love  of  nature,  to 
stimulate  the  power  of  observation,  to  develop  an  appreciation  of 
the  best  in  literature  and  to  inculcate  high  ideals  of  living.  The 
children  have  shown  deep  interest  in  their  studies,  and  their  pains- 
taking endeavors  have  been  evident  in  the  satisfactory  results  of 
the  year's  work. 

Music  Department. 

Music  affords  real  enjoyment  to  the  blind.  Even  the 
little  pupils  of  the  kindergarten  are  glad  to  take  up  the 
study  of  singing  and  of  several  instruments.  In  these 
first  years  of  school-life,  it  is  none  too  early  to  begin  to 
lay  a  foundation  of  musical  knowledge  and  appreciation, 
from  which  much  may  be  accomplished  in  after  years. 


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The  teachers  of  music  have  given  the  following  account 
of  the  work  of  their  pupils: — 

Music  finds  many  devotees  among  the  little  pupils  at  the  kinder- 
garten who  spend  many  happy  hours  in  singing  and  playing.  From 
the  time  that  they  are  taught  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  art 
until  they  are  promoted  to  South  Boston,  they  progress  through  a 
well-arranged  course,  beginning  with  learning  to  distinguish  tones 
and  going  on  to  a  point  where  they  perform  very  creditably  upon 
the  pianoforte  and  perhaps  on  some  other  instrument.  The  daily 
singing  class  offers  an  opportunity  for  concerted  workj  and  the  chil- 
dren heartily  enjoy  the  two-  and  three-part  songs  which  they  have 
learned.  At  certain  times  they  have  listened  with  pleasure  to  sketches 
of  famous  composers.  Very  satisfactory  results  have  been  attained 
n  the  study  of  music  during  the  past  year. 

Department  of  Manual  Training. 

In  order  that  the  education  of  these  children  may  be 
thorough  and  symmetrical  from  its  very  beginning,  a 
full  course  of  manual  training  is  provided  at  the  kinder- 
garten. It  follows  pedagogical  lines  and  is  found  to  be 
a  very  helpful  and  well-nigh  indispensable  agency  for 
training  the  childish  hands  and  brains  to  work  in  con- 
junction. The  achievements  of  the  pupils  in  this  direc- 
tion have  been  thus  summarized  by  the  teachers : — 

Both  boys  and  girls  have  entered  with  enthusiasm  into  the  work 
in  sloyd,  the  younger  ones  beginning  with  pliable  materials,  the 
older  ones  taking  up  the  course  in  wood-sloyd,  and  the  older  girls 
the  admirably  arranged  course  in  sewing.  Each  branch  in  this 
department  awakens  the  keen  interest  of  the  children  and  fills  an 
important  mission  in  developing  hand  and  brain.  For  those  who 
are  less  strong  physically  or  mentally  a  special  course  of  carefully 
arranged  exercises  has  been  instituted  for  the  purpose  of  arousing 
the  intellect  to  the  fullest  extent  and  of  producing  muscular  control. 
The  completed  articles  show  that  the  year  has  been  a  fruitful  one 
in  this  department  of  work. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


Again  it  is  our  privilege  and  pleasure  to  pay  grateful  tribute 
to  Dr.  E.  G.  Brackett,  Dr.  E.  A.  Crockett  and  Dr.  F.  I. 
Proctor.  These  gentlemen,  with  great  kindness  and  gener- 
osity have  given  their  services  free  of  charge  to  such  of  our 
little  pupils  as  needed  medical  attendance.  Our  heartfelt 
thanks  go  out  in  full  measure  to  them  and  to  the  physicians, 
officers  and  employes  of  the  Massachusetts  Charitable 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  w^here  our  little  ones  have  received 
very  beneficial  care  and  assistance. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  Miss  Helen  W.  Aubin  and  Miss  Lucy 
W.  Davis  one  of  the  little  boys  spent  a  happy  vacation  at  the  Chil- 
dren's Island  Sanitarium  in  Marblehead. 

The  gift  of  $20.00  from  Miss  Mary  Carleton  Learned  was 
a  very  welcome  contribution,  which  has  been  applied  to  the  needs 
and  pleasure  of  the  children,  and  Mr.  Lawrence  Morse  has  also 
given  money  in  furtherance  of  the  work  of  the  kindergarten. 

Bountiful  supplies  of  fruit  and  vegetables  have  come  from  Mrs. 
Prescott  Bigelow,  the  Misses  Slocum  and  Miss  Edith  Mayo 
of  Bath,  Maine.  A  gift  of  figs  and  bananas  was  received  from  Mr. 
John  M.  Rodocanachi. 

Confectionery  has  been  donated  in  plentiful  measure  by  Mrs. 
L.  O.  Wallace,  Miss  Isabel  H.  Murray,  Master  Joseph  Feld- 
MAN  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Mack,  much  to  the  delight  of  the  little  blind 
boys  and  girls. 

The  same  kind  and  thoughtful  friend,  Mrs.  Mack,  provided  a 
treat  for  the  children  in  a  sleigh-ride,  which  made  them  very  happy. 

The  Christmas  season  was  again  made  memorable  for  our  little 
pupils  through  the  great  kindness  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson, 
who  entertained  them  with  a  Christmas  tree  and  provided  refresh- 
ments for  them.  Thanks  and  grateful  acknowledgments  are  due 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anderson  for  the  pains  which  they  take  to  give 
pleasure  to  their  little  guests  and  make  them  happy. 


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At  Easter  time  the  children  were  the  grateful  recipients  of  lilies 
from  the  Herford  Club  of  the  Arlington  Street  Church,  while  potted 
plants  from  the  Unitarian  Church  in  Jamaica  Plain  and  a  large 
quantity  of  asters  from  Miss  Grace  L.  B.  Deans  of  West  Medway, 
added  brightness  and  happiness  to  the  lives  of  the  little  blind  chil- 
dren at  other  times  in  the  year. 

Mrs.  Lew  C.  Hill  was  the  kind  donor  of  a  pretty  valentine  for 
each  one  of  the  tiny  pupils,  and  the  welcome  gift  of  a  rocking-horse 
from  Mrs.  Slocum  and  toys  from  Master  Edwin  Benedict  fur- 
nished fun  for  the  children  throughout  the  year. 

On  different  occasions  Mr.  Harold  A.  Cole  and  Mrs.  Alfred 
BowDiTCH,  remembering  the  love  of  these  sightless  little  ones  for 
music,  furnished  tickets  for  their  use,  which  would  give  them  this 
gratification,  and  with  the  same  kindly  thought  Dr.  John  Dixwell 
provided  an  entertainment  at  the  kindergarten  in  carrying  out  plans . 
for  the  disposal  of  the  "Hospital  Music  Fund." 

The  children  thoroughly  enjoyed  Miss  Sarah  Cone  Bryant's 
reading  of  fairy  tales  from  Hans  Christian  Andersen,  during  "Story 
Hour"  at  the  Boston  Public  Library,  to  which  they  were  invited 
through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Otto  Fleischner. 

The  library  has  been  augmented  by  the  gift  of  The  Nursery  Fire 
by  Miss  Rosalind  Richards  and  by  the  presentation  of  Miss  MufjeVs 
Christmas  Party  and  On  Gratid father's  Farm  from  Mr.  C.  B.  R. 
Hazeltine.  Miss  Amy  White  very  kindly  donated  a  collection  of 
classical  music,  and  to  Messrs.  Silver,  Burdett  and  Company 
we  are  indebted  for  The  Silver  Song  Series. 

The  Jamaica  Plain  News  has  been  sent  to  the  kindergarten  by- 
its  publishers  throughout  the  year. 


LIST   OF   THE  CHILDREN. 


Abbott,  Edna  May. 
Anderson,  Muriel  C. 
Andrews,  Hattie  M. 
Baker,  Mary  M. 
Barrabessi,  Lucy. 
Bartlett,  Priscilla. 
Boland,  Annie. 
Brannick,  Elizabeth. 
Brayman,  Edith  I. 
Caiger,  Martha. 
Carlson,  Helen  J. 
Clark,  Helen  F. 
Connelly,  Elsie  M. 
Daicy,  Gertrude  C. 
Drake,  Helena  M. 
DriscoU,  Margaret. 
Duffy,  Nelly. 
Evarson,  Elvera  J. 
Fisk,  Mattie  E.  L. 
Flynn,  Marie  E. 
Gadbois,  Roselma. 
Gagnon,  Albertina. 
Galvin,  Margaret  L. 
Galvin,  Rose. 
Goldrick,  Sophie  E. 
Goold,  Claudia  K. 
Gray,  Nettie  C. 
Guild,  Bertha  H. 
Hamilton,  Annie  A. 
Hayden,  Ruth  R. 
Holbrook,  Carrie  F, 
Irwin,  Helen  M. 
Johnson,  Ellen  T. 


Kelly,  Catherine  A. 
Kimball,  Eleanor. 
Lincoln,  Maud  E. 
Ljungren,  Elizabeth. 
McGill,  Marie. 
Miller,  Freda  G. 
Miller,  Gladys  L. 
Miller,  Margaret. 
Minahan,  Annie  E. 
Noonan,  Marion  L. 
Randall,  Helen  I. 
Sanders,  Olive  B. 
Sibley,  Marian  C. 
Smith,  Elena. 
Spencer,  Olive  E. 
Stevens,  Gladys  L. 
Terry,  Annie  B. 
Thain,  Gladys  L. 
Wallochstein,  Annie. 
Watts,  Kate. 
Welch,  Ellen. 

Anderson,  Adolf  A. 
Andrews,  Thomas. 
Barry,  Thomas. 
Brown,  Arthur  F. 
Brownell,  Herbert  N. 
Buck,  Arthur  B. 
Casey,  Frank  A. 
Clarke,  Jerold  P. 
Cloukia,  Roy. 
Cobb,  Malcolm  L. 
Cuervo,  Adolfo. 


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Curran,  Edward. 
Deane,  William. 
Devine,  Joseph  P. 
Dexter,  Ralph  C. 
Dodge,  George  L. 
Dow,  Basil  E. 
Ellis,  John  W. 
HitzSimmons,  Joseph  R. 
Hadley,  Kenneth  G. 
Harris,  Clifton  W. 
Fart,  D.  Frank. 
Hawkins,  A.  Collins. 
Holmberg,  Arvid  N. 
Hopwood,  Clarence  A. 
Jean,  Ludge. 
Lambert,  Frederick  A. 
Leach,  Avery  E. 
LeBlanc,  I.  Medee. 
Lindsey,  Perry  R.  S. 
Mahoney,  James  M. 
Main,  Lewis  E. 
Martin,  Stephen  H. 
McFarlane,  Francis  P. 


Moore,  Henry  A. 
Pearce,  Sidney  A. 
Riley,  Fred  O. 
Robertson,  David  O. 
Rodrigo,  Joseph  L. 
Safford,  Robert  F. 
Salesses,  Adrian. 
Salmon,  P.  Joseph. 
Schoner,  Emil. 
Sebastian©,  Angelo. 
Sharp,  William  F. 
Sikora,  Frank  E. 
Stearns,  Allen  C. 
Tobin,  Paul. 
Tousignant,  Arthur. 
Tyner,  Edward  T. 
Walker,  Roger  T. 
Wallochstein,  Jacob. 
West,  Paul  L. 
Whitcomb,  Samuel  W. 
Williams,  Edward. 
Woods,  Richard  E. 


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ANALYSIS   OF   MAINTENANCE   ACCOUNT. 


Meats,  fish  and  vegetables, $2,528.33 

Butter  and  milk, 2,236.79 

Bread,  flour,  meal,  etc., 584-21 

Fruits,  fresh  and  dried, 148.07 

Sugar,  tea  and  cofi'ee, S76.86 

Groceries, 692.46 

Gas  and  oil, 263.11 

Coal  and  wood, 2,496.91 

Sundry  articles  of  consumption, 516.26 

Wages,  domestic  service, 5,722.87 

Salaries,  superintendence  and  instruction, 9,829.25 

Medicines  and  medical  sundries, 98.00 

Furniture  and  bedding, 646.28 

Musical  supplies, 11.69 

Manual  training  supplies, 105.87 

Stationery,  printing,  etc., 729.30 

Construction  repairs, 945-56 

Taxes  and  insurance, 275.00 

Sundries, 401.87 

$28,808.69 


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The  following  account  exhibits  the  state  of  property  as  entered 
upon  the  books  of  the  kindergarten,  September  i,  1905: — 


Building,  288-290  Devonshire  street,     .    . 

$69,800.00 

Building,  250-252  Purchase  street,     .    .    . 

76,800.00 

Building,  150-152  Boylston  street,     .    .    . 

125,000.00 

Building,  379-385  Boylston  street,     .    .    . 

1 10,000.00 

Building,  383-385-385^  Centre  street,  .    . 

5,400.00 

Real  estate,  corner  Day  and  Centre  streets. 

22,500.00 

Real  estate,  Wachusett  street,  Forest  Hills 

(subject  to  life  annuity), 

7,600.00 

Real  estate,  132  Hudson  street,  Somerville, 

2,900.00 

Real  estate,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,    .... 

32,887.00 

$452,887.00 

Real  Estate  used  by  the  Kindergarten. 

Real  estate    used    for    school    piu-poses. 

Jamaica  Plain,  .    .  , 

279,000.00 

Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Boston  &  Providence  R.R.,  25  shares,      . 

$7,500.00 

Boston  &  Albany  R.R.,  2  shares,  .... 

500.00 

Old  Colony  R.R.,  14  shares, 

2,800.00 

New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  R.R., 

c  «;}iarf*«;                                

1,000.00. 

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Boston     &    Maine    R.R.,    preferred,    31 

shares      

5,400.00 

West  End  Street  Railway,  common,  100 

shares, 

9,800.00 

United  States  Hotel  Company,  68  shares, 

10,800.00 

Albany  Trust,  100  shares, 

10,000.00 

Calumet    &  Hecla  Mining  Company,   5 

shares, 

2,600.00 

Northern  Pacific  &  Great  Northern  R.R. 

(C,  B.  &  Q.),  4s, 

90,000.00 

Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.R.  (Illi- 

nois division),  '^hs, 

20,000.00 

Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.R.  (Den- 

ver extension)   4s,      

7,000.00 

New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  R.R. 

TT.akp  Shored    •jIs       

9,500.00 

Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph  &  Council  Bluffs 

R  R      7S                       

5,200.00 

XV. IN..,   /a, 

Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  R.R.  (gen- 

eral mnrtp'acp^    /is 

10,000.00 

Central  Vermont  R.R.,  4s,  .    .    .  \ 

4,400.00 

Central  Vermont  R.R.,  4  shares,   i     "    '    ' 

Long  Island  R.R.,  refunding,  4s,    ...    . 

24,000.00 

Lake  Shore   &  Michigan  Southern  R.R., 

flpKflTlfllT-p         AC               

15,000.00 

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Amounts  carried  fonvard, 

$235,500.00 

$731,887.00 

217 


Amounts  brought  forward, 

Western  Telephone    &  Telegraph  Com- 
panv,  =;s,     . 

$235,500.00 

50,000.00 
5,000.00 

$731,887.00 

Louisville    &  Jeffersonville  Bridge  Com- 
panv,  4S 

Cash, 

Household  furniture,  Jamaica  Plain,     .    . 
Provisions  and  supplies,  Jamaica  Plain,    . 
Coal,  Jamaica  Plain, 

$3,800.00 
200.00 

5,809.48 

17,600.00 

800.00 

2,072.50 

Musical  Department.  . 

Nineteen  pianofortes, 

Tvirenty-one  orchestral  instruments,    .    .    . 

$1,052,668.98 

Memorandum. 

The  following  securities  were  received  from  Estate  of  Mrs.  Jane  Rob- 
erts, and  are  not  included  in  the  above  list: — 

2,000  American  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company,  4s. 
1,000  Northern  Pacific  &  Great  Northern  R.R   (C,  B.   &  Q.),  4s. 
1,000  Long  Island  R.R.,  refunding,  4s. 
89  shares  Boston  &  Albany  R.R.  stock. 
5  shares  Boston  &  Providence  R.R.  stock. 
16  shares  Old  Colony  R.R.  stock. 
75  shares  Boston  &  Maine  R.R.,  common  stock. 
152  shares  American  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company  stock. 
20  shares  New  York,  New  Haven  8z:  Hartford  R.R.  stock. 


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The  foregoing  property  represents  the  following  funds  and 
balances  and  is  answerable  for  the  same: — 


KINDERGARTEN  FUNDS. 

Mrs.  William  Appleton  fund, 

Nancy  Bartlett  fund, 

Miss  Helen  C.  Bradlee  fund, 

In  memory  of  William  Leonard  Benedict,  Jr., 

Miss  Harriet  Otis  Cruft  fund, 

Mrs.  M.  Jane  Wellington  Danforth  fund,  .    .    . 

Mrs.  Helen  Atkins  Edmands  fund, 

Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay  fund, 

Mrs.  Eugenia  F.  Farnham  fund, 

Albert  Glover  fund, 

In  memoriam  A.  A.  C, 

Moses  Kimball  fund, 

Mrs.  Emeline  Morse  Lane  fund, 

Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews  fund, 

Mrs.  Warren  B.  Potter  fund, 

George  F.  Parkman  fund, 

Miss  Jeannie  Warren  Paine  fund, 

Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rotch  fund, 

John  M.  Rodocanachi  fund, 

Memorial  to  Frank  Davison  Rust, 

Mary  Lowell  Stone  fund, 

Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  fund, 

Transcript  ten  dollar  fund, 

Mrs.  George  W.  Wales  fund, 

In  memory  of  Ralph  Watson, 

Legacies  : — 

Mrs.  Harriet  T.  Andrew, 

Mrs.  Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker, 

Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Baker,      

Sidney  Bartlett, 

Thompson  Baxter, 

Miss  Harriet  Tilden  Browne, 

Robert  C.  Billings, 

Samuel  A.  Borden, 

Mrs.  Sarah  Bradford, 

John  W.  Carter, 

Mrs.  Adaline  M.  Chapin, 

Benjamin  P.  Cheney,      

Charles  H.  Colburn, 

Miss  Susan  T.  Crosby, 

Miss  Sarah  Silver  Cox, 

George  E.  Downes, 

Miss  Caroline  T.  Downes, 

Mrs.  Lucy  A.  Dwight, 

Mary  B.  Emmons, 

Miss  Mary  Eveleth, 

Mrs.  Susan  W.  Farwell, 

A  mount  carried  forward, 


$13,000.00 

500.00 

140,000.00 

1,000.00 

6,000.00 

11,000.00 

5,000.00 

12,000.00 

1,015.00 

1,000.00 

500.00 

1,000.00 

500.00 

12,000.00 

30,000.00 

3,000.00 

1,000.00 

8,500.00 

1,250.00 

5,000.00 

1,500.00 

622.81 

5,666.95 

10,000.00 

237.92 


5,000.00 

2,500.00 

13,040.65 

10,000.00 

322.50 

2,000.00 

10,000.00 

4,675.00 

100.00 

500.00 

400.00 

5,000.00 

1,000.00 

100.00 

5,000.00 

3,000.00 

12,950.00 

4,000.00 

1,000.00 

1,000.00 

500.00 

$353,380.83 


219 


Amount  brought  jorward, 


John  Foster, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  W.  Gay, 

Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Gifford, 

Joseph  B.  Glover, 

Miss  Matilda  Goddard, 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  Greenleaf, 

Mrs.  Jane  H.  Hodge, 

Mrs.  Josephine  S.  Hall, 

Mrs.  Olive  E.  Hayden, 

Miss  Ellen  M,  Jones, 

Mrs.  Ann  E.  Lambert, 

Elisha  T.  Loring, 

Miss  Rebecca  S.  Melvin, 

Augustus  D.  Manson, 

Miss  Sarah  L.  Marsh, 

Mrs.  Mary  Abbie  Newell, 

Miss  Anna  R.  Palfrey, 

Miss  Helen  M.  Parsons, 

Mrs.  Richard  Perkins, 

Edward  D.  Peters, 

Mrs.  Mary  J.  Phipps, 

Mrs.  Caroline  S.  Pickman,  .... 
Francis  S.  Pratt,      

Mrs.  Jane  Roberts,      

Mrs.  Mary  S.  C.  Reed, 

Miss  Dorothy  Roffe, 

Miss  Rhoda  Rogers, 

Miss  Edith  Rotch, 

Miss  Rebecca  Salisbury, 

Joseph  Scholfield, 

Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Seymour, 

Benjamin  Sweetzer, 

Miss  Sarah  W.  Taber, 

Mrs.  Cornelia  V.  R.  Thayer,  .... 

Mrs.  Delia  D.  Thorndike, 

Mrs.  EUzabeth  L.  Tilton, 

Mrs.  Betsey  B.  Tolman, 

Royal  W.  Turner, 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Turner, 

George  W.  Wales, 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Ware, 

Miss  Rebecca  P.  Wainwright,    .    .    . 

Mary  H.  Watson, 

Mrs.  Julia  A.  Whitney, 

Miss  Betsey  S.  Wilder, 

Mrs.  Jennie  A.  (Shaw)  Water  house. 

Miss  Mary  W.  Wiley, 

Miss  Mary  Williams, 

Almira  F.  Winslow, 

Funds  from  other  donations,    .    .    .    , 


$353,380.83 


Cash, •    • 

Land,  buildings  and  personal  property  in  use 
of  the  kindergarten,  Jamaica  Plain, 


5,000 

7.931 

5,000 

5,000 

300 

5.157 

300 
3,000 
4,622. 

500. 

700. 

5,000. 

23.545' 

8,134. 

1,000. 

500, 

50 

500. 

10,000 

500 

2,000. 

1,000 

100 

13,693 


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.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

•75 
.00 
.00 

•45 
.00 
.00 
.00 

•55 
.00 
.00 
.00 
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5,000.00 

500.00 

500.00 

10,000.00 

200.00 

3,000.00 

5,000.00 

2,000.00 

1,000.00 

10,000.00 

5,000.00 

300.00 

500.00 

24,082.00 

7,582.90 

5,000.00 

4,000.00 

1,000.00 

100.00 

100.00 

500.00 

565-84 

150.00 

5,000.00 

306.80 

195,084.33 


$743,387.00 
5,809.48 

303,472.50 
$1,052,668.98 


iKlNDERGARTEN    ENDOWMENT   FUND. 
List  of  Contributors. 

From  August  31,  1904,  to  September  i,  1905. 

Bacon,  Mrs.  F.  E., $20.00 

Bissell,  H.,  West  Medford,      1500 

Blake,  Mrs.  Arthur  W., 10.00 

Brett,  Miss  Anna  K.,      10.00 

Brewster,  Miss  Sarah  C, 5.00 

Bryant,  Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews, 10.00 

Children  of  Mrs.   Nancy  C.   Sweetser's  kindergarten  of 

West  Newton, 5.00 

Clapp,  Mrs.  Mary  L.,      5,00 

Crafts,  Mrs.  James  M., 30.00 

Draper,  Mrs.  George  A., 50.00 

Eliot,  Mrs.  Samuel,  in  memory  of  Dr.  Samuel  Eliot,    .    .  100.00 

Fairbanks,  Caroline  L., 10.00 

Farnham,  the  Misses, 5.00 

Friend  H.  H.  F., 100.00 

Friend  S.  E.  A., i.oo 

Hammond,  Ellen, 5.00 

Hazeltine,  Charles  B.  R., 10.00 

Hemenway,  Miss  Clara, 100.00 

In  memory  of  Miss  Alice  M.  C.  Matthews, 100.00 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Mary  J.,       8.00 

Kendall,  Miss  H".  W., 50.00 

Earned,  Charles, 100.00 

Lombard,  the  Misses, 10.00 

Morison,  Mrs.  Frank,      25.00 

Morse,  Mrs.  Leopold,      100.00 

Moulton,  Mrs.  Louise  Chandler, 25.00 

Murdock,   Mrs.   M.   N.,   in  memory  of  Miss  Annie  E. 

Smith  of  Roxbury, 100.00 

Nichols,  Miss  Sarah  H.,      10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,019.00 


221 


Amount  brought  forward, $1,019.00 

Otis,  Mrs.  William  C,      10.00 

Parkman,  Miss  Eliza  S., 5.00 

Peabody,  the  Misses,  Cambridge,      50.00 

Pierce,  Wallace  L., 100.00 

Pratt,  R.  M., 25.00 

Primary    Department     of     the     Union     Congregational 

Church  Sunday-school  of  Weymouth  and  Braintree,  16.00 
Proceeds  of  entertainment  given  by  the  pupils  of  Perkins 

Institution,  February  22d,  1905, 38-50 

Raymond,  Fairfield  Eager,      5.00 

Robbins,  Miss  Clara  T.,  Brookline,      10.00 

Schmidt,  Arthur  P.,      10.00 

Seabury,  the  Misses,  New  Bedford, 25.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  F.  R.,  Jr., 10.00 

Snow,  William  G., 5.00 

Sohier,  the  Misses, 50.00 

Sunday-school  of  the  First  Church,  Boston, 101.07 

Vose,  Miss  Caroline  C,  Milton,        10.00 

Walnut  Avenue  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Roxbury, 3.00 

Warner,  Robert  L.  (on  behalf  of  one  of  his  children),  5.00 

Welch,  Charles  A., 50.00 

White,  Charles  J., 25.00 

Whitehead,  Miss  Mary,  Roxbury, 10.00 

Williams,  Ralph  B., 25.00 

$1,607.57 


CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR   CURRENT   EXPENSES. 

Annual    subscriptions     through     the    Ladies'    Auxiliary 

Society,  Miss  S.  E.  Lane,  treasiirer, $4,939.00 

Cambridge  Branch  for  1904,  through  Mrs.  E.  C.  Agassiz, 

treasurer, .        573-39 

Cambridge  Branch  for  1905,  through  Miss  S.  E.  Lane, 

treasurer, 571 -oo 

Dorchester  Branch,  through  Mrs.  J.  Henry  Bean,  treasurer,        1 59.82 

Lynn  Branch,  through  Mr.  L.  K.  Blood, 109.00 

Milton  Branch,  through  Mrs.  William  Wood,  treasurer,  .  189.00 
Worcester  Branch,  through  Mrs.  Edith  Norcross  Morgan, 

treasurer, 200.00 

$6,741.21 


All  contributors  to  the  fund  are  respectfully  requested  to  peruse  the 
above  list,  and  to  report  either  to  William  Endicott,  Jr.,  Treasurer, 
No.  115  Devonshire  street,  Boston,  or  to  the  Director,  M.  Anagnos, 
South  Boston,  any  omissions  or  inaccuracies  which  they  may  find 
in  it. 

WILLL-XM  ENDICOTT,  Jr...  Treasurer. 

No.  lis  Devonshire  Street,  Boston. 


DONATIONS   THROUGH   THE   LADIES'  AUXILIARY. 

Abrams,  Mrs.  Henrietta,  Brookline, $2.00 

A.  L.  F., 500 

Anonymous, 2.00 

Bailey,  Miss  E.  H.,  Peterboro,  N.H., S-°° 

Ballard,  Miss  Elizabeth,      5-oo 

Barstow,  Mrs.  A.  C,  Providence,  R.I., 2.00 

Bartlett,  the  Misses,  Roxbury, S-oo 

Baylies,  Mrs.  Walter  C, ^S-°° 

Bemis,  Mr.  J.  M., 8.00 

Bigelow,  Miss  Mary  A., 10.00 

Blake,  Mrs.  Arthur  W.,  Brookline, 5-0° 

Blake,  Miss  Mary  S.,  Hampton  Falls,  N.H.,      i.oo 

Bowditch,  Mr.  William  I.,      5-oo 

Cabot,  Mrs.  George  E., 5-oo 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Joseph  S., S-°° 

Cary,  Miss  G.  S., 9-oo 

Church,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  Brookline, i-oo 

Cochran,  Mrs.  A.  F., 3-°° 

Collar,  Mr.  William  C,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Cotting,  Mrs.  C.  E., 5-°° 

Cram,  Mrs.  Sarah  E.,  Hampton  Falls,  N.H., i.oo 

Crane,  Mrs.  Z.  Marshal,  Dalton, 5o-oo 

Crocker,  Mrs.  Uriel  H., 10.00 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Henry  W., 5-oo 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Jr., 5-oo 

Dabney,  Mr.  Lewis  S., 25.00 

Dabney,  Miss  Roxana  L.,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,     ....  2.00 

Dana,  Mrs.  James,  Brookline, 3-oo 

Devlin,  Mr.  John  E., 25.00 

DuBois,  Mrs.  L.  G., i5-oo 

Ernst,  Mrs.  H.  C,  Jamaica  Plain, 5-oo 

Eustis,  Mr.  W.  Tracy,  Brookline, 2.00 

Evans,  Mrs.  Glendower, : 5-oo 

Amount  carried  forward,      $253.00 


224 

Amount  brought  forward, $253.00 

"  Every  little  helps," i.oo 

Forbes,  Mrs.  F.  B.,      5.00 

"For  the  Kindergarten," i.oo 

" For  the  little  blind  girls," i.oo 

Fottler,  Mrs.  Jacob, 2.00 

French,  Miss  Cornelia  A., 25.00 

Gardner,  Mr.  George  A., 50.00 

Glover,  Mrs.  Irene  C,  Roxbury  (since  died), i.oo 

Gooding,  Mrs.  T.  P., 2.00 

Goulding,  Mrs.  L.  R., •S-oo 

Gray,  Mrs.  Joseph  H., 5.00 

Green,  Mr.  Charles  G.,  Cambridge, 10.00 

Guild,  Miss  Harriet  J.,       5.00 

Guild,  Mrs.  S.  Eliot, 10.00 

Hajl,  Miss  Laura  E., 5.00 

Hallowell,  Miss  Henrietta  T.,  Milton,      i.oo 

Hill,  Mrs.  Lew  C, 5.00 

Holbrook,  Mrs.  E.  Everett, .5.00 

Howe,  the  Misses,  Brookline, 10.00 

Keep,  Mrs.  F,  E.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Kimball,  the  Misses,  Longwood, 25.00 

King,  Mrs.  George  P., 5.00 

Lang,  Mrs.  B.  J., 2.00 

Leavitt,  Mr.  Frank  M.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Lincoln,  Mr.  A.  L.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Lord,  Mr.  R.  W.,  Mrs.  Lord,  and  Miss  M.  R.  Lord,  .    .  30.00 

Loring,  Mrs.  Augustus  P.,      10.00 

Lowell,  Mrs.  George  G., 20.00 

Manning,  Mrs.  F.  C.  (since  died), 10.00 

"Mary," 10.00 

Monks,  Mrs.  George  H., 20.00 

Morrill,  Miss  Amelia, 50.00 

Morrill,  Miss  Annie  W.,      1500 

Morrill,  Miss  Fanny  E.,      100.00 

Morse,  Mrs.  Rebecca,      5.00 

Peabody,  Mr.  Francis  H., 90.00 

Perry,  Mrs.  C.  F., 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $808.00 


225 

Amount  brought  forward, $808.00 

Peters,  Mrs.  Francis  A.,      5.00 

Pierce,  Miss  Katharine  C, 5.00 

Potter,  Mrs.  William  H.,  Brookline, 3.00 

Putnam,  Mrs.  James  J.,      5.00 

Putnam,  Mrs.  J.  Pickering  (since  died),      10.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  R.  D., 10.00 

Sever,  Miss  Emily, 5.00 

Sherwin,  Mr.  Edward, 10.00 

Smith,  Mrs.  Alice  W.,      i.oo 

Souther,  Mrs.  J.  K., 5.00 

Spalding,  Miss  Dora  N.,      25.00 

Spaulding,  Mrs.  Mahlon  D., 100.00 

Sprague,  Dr.  Francis  P., 10.00 

Stevens,  Miss  Alice  B.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Swift,  Mrs.  Edwin  C,  Prides  Crossing, 20.00 

Tapley,  Mrs.  Anna  S., 10.00 

Thayer,  Mr.  B}Ton  T., 5.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Ezra  Ripley, 5.00 

Townsend,  Mrs.  William  E.,      5.00 

Tucker,  Mrs.  William  A., 3.00 

Turner,  Miss  Esther  Parkman,  Brookline, i.oo 

Ward,  the  Misses, 10.00 

Ware,  Miss  Mary  Lee, 25.00 

Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  A.,  Weymouth, 5.00 

Wesson,  Miss  Isabel, 5.00 

Whitman,  Mr.  James  H.,  Charlestown, 10.00 

Whitman,  Mrs.  James  H.,  Charlestown,      10.00 

Whitney,  Miss  Kate  A., 5.00 

Willson,  Miss  Lucy  B.,  Salem, 5.00 

Windram,  Mrs.  Westwood  T., .    .    .  10.00 

Winthrop,  Mrs.  T.  Lindall, 25.00 

Wood,  Mrs.  R.  W.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Woodman,  Mr.  Stephen  F.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

$1,176.00 


ANNUAL   SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

Through  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  Society,  Miss  S.  E.  Lane,  Treasurer. 

Abbott,  Miss  A.  F.,  Brookline, $5.00 

Abbott,  Miss  G.  E.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Abbott,  Mrs.  J., 5.00 

Abel,  Mrs.  S.  C,  Brookline, i.oo 

Adams,  Mr.  A.  A.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Adams,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

A  Friend, iS-oo 

Aldrich,  Mrs.  S.  N., i.oo 

Alford,  Mrs.  O.  H.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Allen,  Mrs.  F.  R., 5.00 

Allen,  Mrs.  W.  H., 5.00 

Ames,  Rev.  Charles  Gordon,      10.00 

Ames,  Miss  Mary  S., 50.00 

Amory,  Mrs.  Charles  W., 100.00 

Amory,  Mrs.  William,      5.00 

Anderson,  Miss  Anna  F.,  Lowell,      2.00 

Anderson,  Mrs.  J.  F.,      5.00 

Anthony,  Mrs.  S.  Reed, 5.00 

Appleton,  Miss  Fanny  C, 2.00 

Appleton,  Mrs.  William  (since  died), 5.00 

Appleton,  Mrs.  Samuel, 5.00 

Archer,  Mrs.  Ellen  M.  H.,  Charlestown, i.oo 

Armstrong,  Mrs.  George  W.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Atkins,  Mrs.  Edwin  F.,  Belmont, 5.00 

Atkinson,  Mrs.  Edward,  Brookline, 10.00 

Ayer,  Mrs.  James  B., 5.00 

Bacon,  Miss  Ellen  S.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Bacon,  Miss  Mary  P.,  Chestnut  Hill, 5.00 

Badger,  Mrs.  Wallis  B.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Bailey,  Mrs.  HoUis  R.,  Cambridge, 2.00 

Balch,  Miss  EHzabeth  A., 2.00 

Balch,  Mrs.  F.  G., 5.00 

Amottnt  carried  forward, ■.    .    .    .  $291.00 


227 

Amount  brought  forward, $291  00 

Baldwin,  Mr.  E.  L., 2.00 

Bangs,  Mrs.  Edward  (since  died), 5.00 

Bangs,  Mrs.  F.  R., 10.00 

Barnard,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  E.,  Dorchester,      2.00 

Barstow,  Miss  C.  A., 5.00 

Bartlett,  Miss  Mary  H., 5.00 

Bartol,  Miss  Elizabeth  H.,      10.00 

Bass,  Mrs.  Emma  M.,  Newtonville, 10.00 

Baste,  Mrs.  Mary  A.,  Roxbury, 3.00 

Batcheller,  Mrs.  A.  H., 10.00 

Batcheller,  Mr.  Robert, 2.00 

Bates,  Mrs.  Frank  C,  Brookline, 2.00 

Bates,  Messrs.  W.  and  S.  W., 2.00 

Batt,  Mrs.  C.  R.,  Newton, 5.00 

Beal,  Mrs.  Boylston  A., 5.00 

Beebe,  Mrs,  J.  Arthur, 25.00 

Bemis,  Mrs.  John  W., 2.00 

Berlin,  Dr.  Fanny, i.oo 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Alanson,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  G.  T.,   .    . 5.00 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Henry  M.,  Brookline, 3.00 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  J.  S., 10.00 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Prescott,  Brookline, 10.00 

Billings,  Mrs.  J.  B., 2.00 

Blacker,  Miss  Eliza  F.,  Allston, 10.00 

Blackmar,  Mrs.  W.  W., 5.00 

Blake,  Mrs.  Charles, 5.00 

Blake,  Mrs.  S.  Parkman, 5.00 

Blake,  Mr.  William  P., 5.00 

Boardman,  Mrs.  A.  L., 2.00 

Boardman,  Miss  E.  D., 2.00 

Boland,  Dr.  E.  S., 5.00 

Bolster,  Mrs.  Wilfred,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Bond,  Mrs.  Charles  H., 10.00 

Boody,  Mr.  J.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Borland,  Mr.  M.  W., 10.00 

Bowditch,  Mrs.  Alfred, 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $499.00 


228 

Amount  brought  forward, • $499.00 

Bowditch,  Dr.  Henry  P.,  Jamaica  Plain, 2.00 

Bowditch,  Dr.  Vincent  Y.,      2.00 

Bradford,  Mrs.  C.  F., 10.00 

Bradford,  Miss  Sarah  H., 2.00 

Bradstreet,  Mrs.  C.  A., 20.00 

Bramhall,  Mrs.  William  T.  (since  died), -  .  2.00 

Bremer,  Mrs.  J.  L., 10.00 

Brewer,  Mrs.  D.  C, 2.00 

Brewer,  Mr.  Edward  M., 5.00 

Brewer,  Miss  Lucy  S., 10.00 

Brooks,  Mr.  George,  Brookline, 2.00 

Brown,  Mrs.  Atherton  T., 10.00 

Brown,  Miss  Augusta  M., 5.00 

Brown,  Mr.  C.  H.  C,  Brookline, 10.00 

Brown,  Miss  Elizabeth  Bowen,      5.00 

Brown,  Mrs.  Samuel  N., 5.00 

Browning,  Mrs.  Charles  A., 5.00 

Bruerton,  Mrs.  James,  Maiden, 10.00 

Bryant,  Mrs.  J.  D.,      3.00 

BuUard,  Mr.  Stephen,      10.00 

BuUard,  Mrs.  WiUiam  S., 10.00 

Bullens,  Mrs.  George  S.,  Newton, i.oo 

Bullens,  Miss  Charlotte  L.,  Newton, i.oo 

Bumstead,  Mrs.  Freeman  J.,  Cambridge, 10.00 

Bunker,  Mr.  Alfred,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Burnett,  Mrs.  Joseph,      5.00 

Burnham,  Mrs.  Henry  D.,      5.00 

Burnham,  Mrs.  John  A., 5.00 

Burr,  Mrs.  AUston,  Chestnut  Hill, .*....  5.00 

Burr,  Mrs.  C.  C,  Newton  Centre, 10.00 

Burr,  Mrs.  I.  Tucker,  Jr.,  Readville, 10.00 

Butler,  Mrs.  Charles  S., 2.00 

Butler,  Mrs.  William  S.,      2.00 

Cabot,  Dr.  A.  T., 5.00 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Walter  C,  Brookline, 25.00 

Calkins,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Wellesiey, 2.00 

Carbone,  Mrs.  G.  L., 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $734.00 


229 

Amount  brought  forward, $734.00 

Carr,  Mrs.  Samuel, 10.00 

Carter,  Mrs.  George  E.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Carter,  Mrs.  John  W.,  West  Newton, 5.00 

Cary,  Miss  Ellen  G., 20.00 

Cary,  Miss  Georgiana  S., i.oo 

Caryl,  Miss  Harriet  E., 2.00 

Case,  Mrs.  James  B., 5.00 

Cate,  Mr.  Martin  L.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Gate,  Mrs.  Martin  L.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Chadbourne,  Mrs.  William, 5.00 

Chamberlain,  Mrs.  M.  L., 5.00 

Chandler,  Mrs.  Frank  W.,      5.00 

Channing,  Mrs.  Walter,  Brookline, 5.00 

Chapin,  Mrs.  Henry  B.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Chapin,  Mrs.  H.  W., i.oo 

Chapman,  Miss  E.  D.,  Cambridge, i.oo 

Chapman,  Miss  J.  E.  C,  Cambridge, 2.00 

Chase,  Dr.  H.  Lincoln,  Brookline, 2.00 

Chase,  Mrs.  S.  R.,  BrookHne, i.oo 

Cheney,  Mrs.  Arthur, 5.00 

Chick,  Mrs.  I.  W., 2.00 

Choate,  Mr.  Charles  F., 10.00 

Clapp,  Miss  Antoinette, 2.00 

Clapp,  Dr.  H.  C, 2.00 

Clapp,  Miss  Helen,  Charlestown,  N.H., 3.00 

Clark,  Mr.  B.  Preston,  in  memory  of  Mrs.  B.  C.  Clark,  .  5.00 

Clark,  Mrs.  Charles  P., i.oo 

Clark,  Mrs.  Frederick  S., 10.00 

Clark,  Mrs.  John  Dudley, 10.00 

Clark,  Mrs.  J.  J., 2.00 

Clark,  Mrs.  John  T.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Clark,  Miss  Mary, 2.00 

Clark,  Miss  Sarah  W.,  Beverly, lo.co 

Clarke,  Mrs.  Albert, 2.00 

Clement,  Mrs.  Hazen, 5.00 

Clerk,  Mrs.  W.  F.,  Roxbvury, 3.00 

Cobb,  Miss  Clara,  Quincy, i.oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $911.00 


230 

Amount  brought  forward, $911.00 

Cobb,  Mrs.  Charles  K., 5.00 

Cobb,  Mrs.  John  E.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Coburn,  Mrs.  George  W., 25.00 

Codman,  Mrs.  Charles  R., 10.00 

Coffin,  Mrs.  George  R.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Collamore,  Miss, 5.00 

Collins,  Mrs.  Edward  L., 5.00 

Comer,  Mrs.  Joseph,  Brookline, i.oo 

Comstock,  Mr.  A.  L., 5.00 

Conant,  Mrs.  Nathaniel,  Brookline,      i.oo 

Conant,  Mrs.  William  M., 2.00 

Conrad,  Mrs.  David,  Brookline, 2.00 

Converse,  Mrs.  C.  C,      10.00 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Algernon, 5.00 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Francis  L., i.oo 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  J.  Randolph, 10.00 

Coolidge,  Mr.  John  T., 10.00 

Cordis,  Mrs.  Edward,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Corey,  Mrs.  H.  D.,  Newton, 2.00 

Cotton,  Miss  Elizabeth  A.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Covel,  Mrs.  A.  S., 5.00 

Cowing,  Mrs.  Martha  W.,  Brookline, 25.00 

Cox,  Mrs.  William  E.,  Chestnut  Hill, 10.00 

Craig,  Mrs.  D.  R., 5.00 

Craigin,  Dr.  G.  A., 5.00 

Cram,  Mrs.  Mary  W.,  Brookline,      2.00 

Crane,  Mrs.  Aaron  M., 5.00 

Crane,  Mr.  Zenas,  Dalton,      50.00 

Crehore,  Mrs.  G.  C, 5.00 

Crocker,  Miss  Sarah  H., 5.00 

Crosby,  Mrs.  S.  V.  R., 10.00 

Cumings,  Miss  Gertrude,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Cumings,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Cummings,  Mrs.  Charles  A., 5.00 

Curtis,  the  Misses,  Brookline, 2.00 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P., 20.00 

Curtis,  Mr.  George  W.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,190.00 


231 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,190.00 

Curtis,  Mrs.  H.  G.,      ^.00 

Curtis,  Mrs.  J.  F., r.oo 

Curtis,  Mrs.  M.  S.,  Brookline,   . 2.00 

Curtis,  Mr.  William  O.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Cushing,  Mrs.  H.  W.,      5.00 

Cushing,  Miss  Sarah  P., r.oo 

Cutler,  Mrs.  Charles  F.,      i.oo 

Cutler,  Mrs.  E.  G., 2.00 

Cutler,  Mrs.  George  C,  Brookline, 2.00 

Cutter,  Mr.  Edward  L,,  Dorchester, i.oo 

Cutter,  Mrs.  Ellen  M., i.oo 

Cutter,  Mrs.  Frank  W.,  Dorchester, i.oo 

Cutts,  Mrs.  H.  M.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Dale,  Mrs.  Eben,      e.oo 

Damon,  Mrs.  J.  L.,  Jr.,  Longwood, 2.00 

Dana,  Mrs.  George  N., 5.00 

Dana,  Mr.  Samuel  B., 10.00 

Dane,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Longwood, c.oo 

Dary,  Mr.  George  A.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Davis,  Mrs.  Edward  L.,      t.oo 

•  Davis,  Mrs.  Simon, 0.00 

Day,  Mrs.  Lewis,  Norwood, 2.00 

DeLong,  Mrs.  E.  R., i.oo 

Dennison,  Mrs.  E.  W., ^.00 

Denny,  Mrs.  Arthur  B.,  Chestnut  Hill, 5.00 

Denny,  Mrs.  H.  M., i.oo 

Derby,  Mrs.  Hasket, r.oo 

Dexter,  Miss  Elsie  (since  died), 2.00 

Dexter,  Miss  Sarah  V.  (since  died),      10.00 

Dickman,  Mrs.  George, !    .    .    .  10.00 

Dixon,  Mrs.  L.  S., 2.00 

Doliber,  Mrs.  Thomas,  Brookline, 5.00 

Dreyfus,  Mrs.  Carl,  in  memory  of  Hettie  Lang  Shuman,  .  5.00 

DriscoU,  Mrs.  Dennis,  Brookline,      2.00 

Drost,  Mrs.  C.  A., 2.00 

Drummond,  Mrs.  James, 5.00 

Dunbar,  Mrs.  James  R.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,330.00 


232 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,330.00 

Dwight,  Mrs.  Thomas, i.oo 

Eager,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C, 5.00 

Edgar,  Mrs.  C.  L.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Edmands,  Mrs.  M.  G.,  Chestnut  Hill, 10.00 

Edwards,  Miss  Hannah  M., 10.00 

Edwards,  Mr.  John  C,  Brookline, 10.00 

Eldredge,  Mrs.  James  T., 10.00 

Eliot,  ]Mrs.  Amor)% 2.00 

Eliot,  Mrs.  W.  R., 5.00 

EUis,  Mrs.  Caleb, i.oo 

Elms,  Mrs.  Edward  C,  Newton, 2.00 

Elms,  Miss  Florence  G.,  Newton, i.oo 

Elms,  Mrs.  James  C,  Newton,      i.oo 

Ely,  Mrs.  Harriet  E., 5.00 

Emerson,  Miss  Elizabeth,  Brookline, 10.00 

Emerson,  Mrs.  Harriet  M., 3.00 

Emery,  Mrs.  Edwin  P.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Emery,  Mrs.  ISIark,  North  Anson,  Me., i.oo 

Emmons,  Mrs.  R.  W.,  2d, .'  20.00 

Endicott,  Mrs.  Henry, 5.00 

Endicott,  Mrs.  William  C, 5.00* 

Ernst,  Mrs.  C.  W., 2.00 

Estabrook,  Mrs.  Arthur  F., 5.00 

Estabrook,  Mrs.  George  W., i.oo 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Herbert  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Henry  L.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Everett,  Miss  Caroline  F.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Fairbairn,  Mrs.  R.  B., 2.00 

Fairbanks,  Mrs.  C.  F., 5.00 

Farmer,  Mrs.  Edward, i.oo 

Farmer,  Mr.  L.  G.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Faulkner,  Miss  Fanny  M.,      i5-oo 

Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B., 10.00 

Fay,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.  (since  died),      10.00 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  B., 10.00 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  M., 10.00 

Ferrin,  Airs.  M.  T.  B.,  Newton, 5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,532.00 


233 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,532.00 

Field,  Mrs.  D.  W.,  Brockton, 5.00 

Fisk,  Mr.  Lyman  B.,  Cambridge, 10.00 

Fiske,  Mrs.  George  R., i.oo 

Fiske,  Mrs.  Joseph  N., 5.00 

Fitch,  Miss  Carrie  T., 10.00 

Fitz,  Mrs.  Walter  Scott, 25.00 

Flagg,  Mrs.  Augustus, 6.00 

Flint,  Mrs.  Caroline  E.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Flood,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Flood,  Mrs.  Hugh,  Brookline, 2.00 

Forbes,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  Jamaica  Plain, 3.00 

Foss,  Mrs.  Eugene  N.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Foster,  Mrs.  A.  S.,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Freeman,  Mrs.  Louisa  A., 2.00 

French,  Mrs.  E.  A., 5.00 

French,  Mrs.  John  J., 5.00 

Friedman,  Mrs.  Max,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Friedman,  Mrs.  S.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  L.  F., 2.00 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  Langdon, 5.00 

Fry,  Mrs.  Charles, 10.00 

Gardner,  Mrs.  John  L., 5.00 

Gaston,  Miss, 5.00 

Gates,  Mr.  Gardner  P.  (since  died), 5.00 

Gay,  Mrs.  Albert,  Brookline, i.oo 

Gay,  Dr.  Warren  F., 5.00 

Giddings,  Mrs.  E.  L.,      2.00 

Gilbert,  Mr.  Joseph  T., 2.00 

Gill,  Mr.  Abbott  D.,  Roxbury,       2.00 

Gill,  Mrs.  George  F., i.oo 

Gill,  Mrs.  J.  S., 10.00 

Gillett,  Mrs.  Kate  M.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Gillett,  Mr.  S.  Lewis,  Roxbury, 3.00 

Gihnore,  Mrs.  K.  M.,      5.00 

Gleason,  Mrs.  Cora  L., i.oo 

Goldthwait,  Mrs.  J., i.oo 

Goodhue,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Chestnut  Hill, i.oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,706.00 


234 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,706.00 

Gorham,  Mrs.  W.  H., .  5.00 

Gowing,  Mrs.  Henry  A.,  Brookline,      2.00 

Grandgent,  Prof.  Charles  H.,  Cambridge, 5.00 

Grandgent,  Mrs.  Lucy  L.,  Cambridge, 5.00 

Grant,  Mrs.  Robert, 5.00 

Graves,  Mrs.  J.  L.,      5.00 

Gray,  Mrs.  John  Chipman, 20.00 

Gray,  Mrs.  Morris,  Chestnut  Hill, 5.00 

Gray,  Mrs.  Reginald,  Chestnut  Hill, 5.00 

Greeley,  Mrs.  R.  F., 5.00 

Greene,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Copley, 2.00 

Greenleaf,  Mrs.  Lyman  B., 5.00 

Greenough,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Greenough,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Longwood, 2.00 

Grew,  Mrs.  H.  S., 10.00 

Griggs,  Mr.  B.  F.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Griggs,  Mrs.  Thomas  B., i.oo 

Gimsenhiser,  Mrs.  A.,  Brookline, 3.00 

Hall,  Mrs.  Anthony  D., 2.00 

Hall,  Mrs.  Eliza  J.,      2.00 

Hall,  Miss  Fanny, i.oo 

Hall,  Mrs.  Solomon,  Dorchester, 10.00 

Hall,  Mr.  William  F.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Harding,  Mrs.  Edgar, 10.00 

Hardy,  Mrs.  A.  H., 3.00 

Harrington,  Dr.  Harriet  L.,  Dorchester, 2.00 

Harris,  Miss  Frances  K., 2.00 

Hart,  Mrs.  Thomas  N., 2.00 

Hartley,  Mrs.  Harry,  Brookline, 10.00 

Hartwell,  Mrs.  Alfred  T.,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Harwood,  Mrs.  George  S.,  Newton,      5.00 

Haskell,  Mrs.  W.  A., 2.00 

Hatch,  Mrs.  Jennie  B.,  Reading, 5.00 

Haven,  Mrs.  Franklin, 5.00 

Hawes,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Hayden,  Mrs.  C.  R., 5.00 

Head,  Mrs.  Charles, 25.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $1,897.00 


235 

Amount  brought  forward, $1,897.00 

Heard,  Mrs.  J.  Theodore, 5.00 

Heath,  Mr.  Nathaniel, 5.00 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  C.  P., 10.00 

Herman,  Mrs.  Joseph  M., ;    .    .    .    .  2.00 

Herrick,  Miss  A.  J., i.oo 

Hersey,  Mrs.  Alfred  H., 5.00 

Higginson,  Miss  E.  C,  Brookline, 5.00 

Higginson,  Mrs.  F.  L., 5.00 

Higginson,  Mrs.  Henry  Lee, 25.00 

Hight,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Hill,  Mrs.  G.  T., i.oo 

Hill,  Mrs.  Hamilton  A., 3.00 

Hill,  Mrs.  S.  A.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Hills,  Mrs.  Edwin  A., 5.00 

Hills,  Mrs.  S.  E.,  Jamaica  Plain, .  2.00 

Hitchcock,  Mrs.  Geraldine, 5.00 

Hobbs,  Mrs.  Warren  D., 2.00 

Hodgdon,  Mrs.  Henrietta, 5.00 

Holbrook,  Mrs,  Walter  H.,  Newton, 2.00 

Holden,  Mrs.  Fred  G.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Hollander,  Mrs.  Louis  P., 5.00 

Hooper,  Miss  Adeline  D., 5,00 

Hooper,  Mrs.  James  R., iS-oo 

Hooper,  Mrs.  N.  L., i.oo 

Horton,  Mrs.  Edward  A., 2.00 

Houghton,  Miss  Elizabeth  G., 10.00 

Houston,  Mr.  James  A.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Howard,  Mrs.  P.  B.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Howe,  Mrs.  Arabella,      2.00 

Howe,  Mrs.  George  D., 5.00 

Howe,  Mr.  George  E., 2.00 

Howe,  Mrs.  James  Henry,      5.00 

Howe,  Mrs.  J.  S.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Howland,  Mrs.  D.  W.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Hoyt,  Mrs.  C.  C.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Hoyt,  Mrs.  J.  C.,  Newburyport, 5.00 

Hubbard,  Mrs.  Eliot,       10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $2,075.00 


236 

Amount  brought  forward, $2,o75.cx) 

Hudson,  Mrs.  John  E., 5.00 

Hunneman,  Miss  Elizabeth  A.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Hunneman,  Mrs.  S.  W.,  Roxbur)-, 2.00 

Hunnewell,  Mrs.  Arthur, 10.00 

Hunnewell,  Mr.  Walter, 20.00 

Hunt,  Mrs.  Thomas, i.oo 

Hutchins,  Mrs.  Constantine  F., 5.00 

Hyde,  Mrs.  H.  D., i.oo 

lasigi,  Mrs.  Oscar, 10.00 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  Susan  Emerson,  Brookline, 10.00 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  Charles  Lowell  Thayer, 3.00 

Ireson,  Mrs.  S.  E., 5.00 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Henr\'  W.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Jelly,  Dr.  George  F., 10.00 

Jenkins,  Mr.  Charles, 5.00 

Jennings,  Miss  Julia  F.,  Wellesley, i.oo 

Jewett,  Miss  Annie,      2.00 

Jewett,  Miss  Sarah  Orne,  South  Berwick,  Me.,     ....  5.00 

Johnson,  Miss  Mary  F.,      5.00 

Johnson,  Mr.  Arthur  S.,      5.00 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Edward, 2.00 

Johnson,  Mr.  Edward  C, •    •    •  10.00 

Johnson,  Miss  Fanny  L.,  WoUaston, i.oo 

Johnson,  Mrs.  F.  W., 3.00 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Herbert  S., 10.00 

Johnson,  Mr.  Wolcott  H., 10.00 

Jolliffe,  Mrs.  T.  H.,  Brookline,      5.00 

Jones,  Mrs.  B.  M., 10.00 

Jones,  Mrs.  Jerome,  Brookline, 10.00 

Jordan,  Mrs.  Eben  D., 5.00 

Josselyn,  Mrs.  A.  S., 5.00 

Joy,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,      10.00 

Keene,  Mrs.  S.  W.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Keep,  Mrs.  Charles  M.,  Longwood, i.oo 

Kennard,  Mrs.  Charles  W., i.oo 

Kettle,  Mrs.  C.  L., i.oo 

Kidder,  Mrs.  Henry  P., 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $2,279.00 


237 

Amount  brought  forward, $2,279.00 

Kidner,  Mrs.  Reuben, 2.00 

Kimball,  Mrs.  D.  P., 25.00 

Kimball,  Mr.  Edward  P.,  Maiden, 10.00 

Kimball,  Mrs.  Marcus  M., 50.00 

Kimball,  Miss  Susan  Day,      2.00 

King,  Mrs.  D.  Webster, 5.00 

Klous,  Mr.  Isaac,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Koshland,  Mrs.  Joseph, 10.00 

Lamb,  Miss  Augusta  T.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Lamson,  Mrs.  J.  A.,    ; 2.00 

Lane,  Mrs.  Benjamin  P.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Larkin,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Lavalle,  Mrs.  John,      5.00 

Lawrence,  Mr.  Charles  R.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Learnard,  Mrs.  George  E., i.oo 

Leavitt,  Mrs.  S.  D., 2.00 

Lee,  Mrs.  George  C, 10.00 

Lee,  Mrs.  Joseph, 100.00 

Leeds,  Miss  Caroline  T.,  Cambridge, i.oo 

Leland,  Mrs.  Lester, 5.00 

Leland,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  (since  died),      2.00 

Levy,  Mrs.  B.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Liebman,  Mrs.  J.  H., 2.00 

Linder,  Mrs.  G., 10.00 

Lins,  Mrs.  Ferdinand,  Jamaica  Plain,      2.00 

Livermore,  Mr.  Thomas  L.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Locke,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,  Chestnut  Hill, 10.00 

Loring,  the  Misses, 30.00 

Loring,  Mr.  W.  C, 25.00 

Loring,  Mrs.  W.  C, 25.00 

Lethrop,  Miss  Mary  B.,      5.00 

Lothrop,  Mrs.  Thornton  K., 50.00 

Lothrop,  Mrs.  W.  S.  H., 5.00 

Loud,  Miss  Sarah  P.  (since  died), 5.00 

Lovett,  Mr.  A.  S.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Lovett,  Mrs.  A.  S.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Low,  Mrs.  Gilman  S., 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $2,715.00 


238 

Amount  brought  forward, $2,715.00 

Lowell,  Mrs.  Charles, 5.00 

Lowell,  Mrs.  John, 5.00 

Lyman,  Mrs.  George  H., 10.00 

Lyman,  Mr.  John  Pickering,      10.00 

Lyman,  Mrs.  Theodore,  Brookline, 20.00 

Mack,  Mrs.  Thomas, 5.00 

Magee,  Mr.  J.  L.,  Chelsea, 10.00 

Mandell,  Mrs.  S.  P., 5.00 

Mansfield,  Mrs.  George  S.,  Maiden, 3.00 

Mansfield,  Mrs.  S.  M., i.oo 

Mansur,  Mrs.  Martha  P., 3.00 

Marrs,  Mrs.  Kingsmill,  Wayland, 10.00 

Marsh,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  M., 2.00 

Marsh,  Mrs.  Robert, 3.00 

Marshall,  Mrs.  J.  P.  C, 10.00 

Mason,  Miss  Fanny  P., 10.00 

Matchett,  Mrs.  W.  F., 5.00 

McKee,  Mrs.  William  L., 3.00 

Mead,  Mrs.  S.  R.,  Dedham, 10.00 

Means,  Miss  Anne  M., 10.00 

Means,  Mrs.  William  A., 10.00 

Merriam,  Mr.  Charles, 5.00 

Merriam,  Mr.  Frank, ?  10.00 

Merrill,  Mrs.  J.  Warren,  Cambridge, 10.00 

Merriman,  Mrs.  Daniel, 10.00 

Messinger,  Miss  Susan  D.,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Metcalf,  Mrs.  I.  Harris, 3.00 

Miller,  Mrs.  C.  S.,  Chestnut  Hill, i.oo 

MiUs,  Mrs.  D.  T., 5.00 

Mixter,  Miss  M.  A., i.oo 

Monks,  Mrs.  George  H., 5.00 

Monroe,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Moore,  Mrs.  Henry  F.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Morey,  Mrs.  Edwin, 5.00 

Morison,  Mr.  George  B., 5.00 

Morison,  Mrs.  John  H., 5.00 

Morrill,  Miss  Annie  W.,      5.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $2,942.00 


239 

Amount  brought  forward, $2,942.00 

Morrill,  Mrs.  Ellen  A.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Morrill,  Miss  Fanny  E., • 5.00 

Morris,  Mrs.  Frances  Isabel,  N.Y.  City,      5.00 

Morse,  Mrs.  Jacob, 5.00 

Morse,  Miss  Margaret  F.,  Jamaica  Plain^ 5.00 

Morss,  Mrs.  Anthony  S.,  Charlestown, 5.00 

Moseley,  Miss  Ellen  F., 5.00 

Nazro,  Mrs.  Fred  H.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Nazro,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Roxbury, 2.00 

Neal,  Miss  Caroline  F.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Newell,  Mrs.  James  W.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Newell,  Mrs.  M.  A.  M,,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Newton,  Mrs.  E.  Bertram,      i.oo 

Nichols,  Mrs.  E.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Nichols,  Mr.  Seth,  New  York  City, 5.00 

Nickerson,  Mr.  Andrew,      10.00 

Niebuhr,  Miss  Mary  M., i.co 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis, S-oo 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis,  Jr., 5.00 

Noyes,  Mrs.  George  D.,  Brookline, •.    .    .  3.00 

Oliver,  Miss  Martha  C,  Phila., 2.00 

Olmsted,  Mrs.  J.  C,  Brookline, 2.00 

Osborn,  Mrs.  Anna  F.,  Hartland,  Me., 2.00 

Osborn,  Mrs.  John  B., 2.00 

Osgood,  Mrs.  John  Felt, 15.00 

Page,  Mrs.  Calvin  Gates, 2.00 

Page,  Mrs.  L.  J.,  Brookline, 3.00 

Paine,  Mrs.  William  D.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Palfrey,  Mrs.  J.  C, 2.00 

Parker,  Mrs.  Charles  E., 2.00 

Parker,  Miss  Eleanor  S., 5-°o 

Parsons,  Miss  Anna  Q.  T.,  Roxbury, 5.00 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Anna  P., 25.00 

Peabody,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Peabody,  Mr.  Francis  H.  (since  died), 10.00 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Oliver  W., S-°° 

Peabody,  Mrs.  S.  Endicott, 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $3,124.00 


240 

Amount  brought  forward, $3,124.00 

Pearson,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Pecker,  the  Misses  Annie  J.  and  Mary  L., 10.00 

Peckerman,  Mrs.  E.  R., i.oo 

Peirce,  Mrs.  Silas,  Brookline, 2.00 

Peirson,  Mrs.  Charles  L., 10.00 

Percy,  Mrs.  Fred  B.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Perkins,  Mrs.  F.  H.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Perry,  Mrs.  Claribel  N., 5.00 

Pfaelzer,  Mrs.  F.  T., 5.00 

Philbrick,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Phillips,  Mrs.  Anna  T., 25.00 

Pickert,  Mrs.  Lehman,  Brookline, 2.00 

Pickman,  Mrs.  Dudley  L.,      25.00 

Pierce,  Mr.  Phineas, 5.00 

Plumer,  Mrs.  Avery, i.oo 

Pope,  Drs.  C.  A.  and  E.  F., 2.00 

Porteous,  Miss  M.  F.,      i.oo 

Porter,  Mrs.  Georgia  M.  Whidden, 25.00 

Porter,  Mrs.  J.  A., 2.00 

Porter,  Miss  Nellie  E.,  North  Anson,  Me.,      i.oo 

Porter,  Mrs.  P.  G.,  Cambridgeport,      i.oo 

Prager,  Mrs.  Philip, 3.00 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Elliott  W., 3.00 

Prendergast,  Mr.  James  M.,      10.00 

Prescott,  Dr.  W.  H., 2.00 

Preston,  Mrs.  G.  H., 2.00 

Priest,  Mrs.  Ashley,  Brookline, i.oo 

Punchard,  Miss  A.  L.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Putnam,  Miss  'Ellen  D., 5.00 

Putnam,  Mrs.  George, 5.00 

Putnam,  Miss  Georgina  Lowell, 10.00 

Putnam,  Mr.  W.  E.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Quincy,  Mrs.  George  H., 10.00 

Quincy,  Mrs.  H.  P., 5.00 

Ratshesky,  Mrs.  Fanny, .  5.00 

Raymond,  Mrs.  Henry  E.,      5.00 

Reed,  Mrs.  William  H., 20.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $3,353.00 


241 

Amount  brought  forward, $3 >3 S3 -oo 

Reynolds,  Mrs.  John  Phillips, 5.00 

Rhodes,  Mrs.  Albert  H., 2.00 

Rhodes,  Miss  Florence  R.,      2.00 

Rhodes,  Mrs.  James  F., 5.00 

Rhodes,  Mrs.  S.  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Rice,  Mr.  David, 10.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  David, i5-oo 

Rice,  Mrs.  David  Hall,  Brookline, 2.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  Henry  A., 5.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  N.  W., 5.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  W.  B.,  Quincy, 2.00 

Richards,  Miss  Alice  A.,  in  memory  of  her  mother,  Mrs. 

Dexter  N.  Richards, 10.00 

Richards,  Miss  Annie  L., 20.00 

Richards,  Miss  C, 5.00 

Richards,  Mrs.  C.  A., 25.00 

Richards,  Mrs.  E.  L.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Richardson,  Mrs.  Edward  C, 5.00 

Richardson,  Mrs.  Frederick,  Brookline, 5.00 

Riley,  Mr.  Charles  E.,  Newton, 10.00 

Ripley,  Mr.  Frederic  H., 2.00 

Robbins,  Mrs.  Royal,  Longwood,      10.00 

Robbins,  Mr.  R.  C, 5.00 

Robinson,  Mrs.  Henry  H.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Robinson,  Miss  H.  M., 10.00 

Roby,  Mrs.  Cynthia  C,  Wayland  (since  died), 10.00 

Rodman,  Mr.  S.  W., 10.00 

Roeth,  Mrs.  A.  G., i.oo 

Rogers,  Miss  Anna  P., 10.00 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Henry  M.,      5.00 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Jacob  C, 10.00 

Rogers,  Mrs.  J.  F., ^-oo 

Rogers,  Mrs.  R.  K.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Rogers,  Miss  Susan  S., 5.00 

Rogers,  Mrs.  William  B., 3.00 

Ross,  Mrs.  Waldo  O.,      5.00 

Rotch,  Mrs.  Clara  M.,  New  Bedford, 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $3,599.00 


242 

Amount  brought  forward, $3,599.00 

Rotch,  Miss  Mary  R.,  New  Bedford, 10.00 

Rotch,  Mrs.  T.  M.,      2.00 

Rothwell,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  Elliott, 2.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  Henry  G.,  Providence,  R.I., 25.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  Isaac  H.,  Roxbury,      5.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  William  A., 10.00 

Rust,  Mrs.  Nathaniel  J., 2.00 

Rust,  Mrs.  W.  A., 5.00 

Ryan,  Miss  Mary,  Quincy, i.oo 

Sabin,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sabine,  Miss  Catherine,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sabine,  Mrs.  G.  K.,  Brookline, 2.00 

St.  John,  Mrs.  J.  A.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Saltonstall,  Mr.  Richard  M.,  in  memory  of  his  mother, 

Mrs.  Leverett  Saltonstall, 10.00 

Sampson,  Mrs.  J.  V., i.oo 

Sampson,  Miss  H.  H., i.oo 

Sampson,  Mrs.  O.  H., 5.00 

Sanborn,  Mrs.  C.  W.  H., i.oo 

Sanford,  Mrs.  B.,      4.00 

Sanger,  Mr.  Sabin  P.,  Brookline, 3.00 

Sargent,  Mrs.  E.  P.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sargent,  Mrs.  F.  W., 5.00 

Sargent,  Mrs.  L.  M., 5.00 

Sargent,  Mrs.  Winthrop, 50.00 

Sawyer,  Mr.  Timothy  T.  (since  died), 5.00 

Scaife,  Miss  Helen, 2.00 

Scott,  Mrs.  William  M., 2.00 

Scudder,  Mrs.  J.  D.,  in  memory  of  her  mother,  Mrs.  N.  M. 

Downer,      5.00 

Scull,.  Mrs.  Gideon, 10.00 

Seamans,  Mr.  James  M.,  Brookline, 10.00 

Sears,  Mr.  Frederick  R., 25.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Herbert  M.,      25.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Knjrvet  W., 10.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Philip  H., 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $3,868.00 


243 

Amount  brought  forward, $3,868.00 

Sears,  Mrs.  Willard  T., 5-oo 

Severance,  Mrs.  Pierre  C, 5-°° 

SewaU,  Mrs.  W.  B., 3-oo 

Shapleigh,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Brookline, .  2.00 

Shattuck,  Mrs.  George  B.,      5-oo 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Benjamin  S., 5-oo 

Shaw,  Mrs.  G.  Howland, 10.00 

Shaw,  Mrs.  George  R., 2.00 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Robert  Gould, 5-o° 

Shepard,  Mrs.  L.  H.,  Brookline, S-oo 

Shepard,  Mr.  O.  A.,  Brookline, 3-oo 

Shepard,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Shepard,  Mrs.  T.  P.,  Providence,  R.I., 25.00 

Sherburne,  Mrs.  C.  W., 5-oo 

Sherman,  Mrs.  George  M.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Sigourney,  Mr.  Henry, 10.00 

Silsbee,  Mrs.  George  S., 10.00 

Simpkins,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Slade,  Mrs.  D.  D.,  Chestnut  Hill, 5-oo 

Slatery,  Mrs.  William, i-oo 

Smith,  Mrs.  Thomas  P.,  Brookline,      i.oo 

Snow,  Mrs.  F.  E., 20.00 

Soren,  Mr.  John  H.,  Roxbury, i-oo 

Sprague,  Mrs.  Charles,  Hingham, i.oo 

Sprague,  Miss  M.  C,  Brookhne, 5-oo 

Stackpole,  Mrs.  F.  D., 2.00 

Stackpole,  Miss  Roxanna, -^ 5-oo 

Standish,  Miss  Adelaide,  Brookline,      S-°° 

Stearns,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Brookline, 30.00 

Stearns,  Mrs.  R.  H., 10.00 

Stearns,  Mrs.  R.  S.,  Jamaica  Plain, 10.00 

Steese,  Mrs.  Edward,  Brookline, 5-oo 

Steinert,  Mrs.  Alex., 3-0° 

Stetson,  Miss  Sarah  M., 10.00 

Stevens,  Mrs.  H.  H., 5-oo 

Stevens,  Mr.  J.  C.  (since  died), 2.00 

Stevenson,  Miss  Annie  B.,  Brookline, 5-oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $4,106.00 


244 

Amount  brought  forward, $4,106.00 

Stevenson,  Mrs.  Robert  H., 10.00 

Stockton,  Mrs.  Mary  A., 3.00 

Stone,  Mrs.  Edwin  P., 5.00 

Stone,  Mrs.  Frederick, 15.00 

Stone,  Mr^.  Philip  S., i.oo 

Storer,  Miss  A.  M., 5.00 

Storer,  Miss  M.  G.,      5.00 

Storrow,  Mrs.  J.  J., 10.00 

Strauss,  Mrs.  Ferdinand, 2.00 

Strauss,  Mrs.  Louis, 2.00 

Sturgis,  Mrs.  John  H., 5.00 

Swan,  Mr.  Charles  H., 5.00 

Swan,  Miss  Elizabeth  B.,  Dorchester, 5.00 

Swann,  Mrs.  John,  Stockbridge, 10.00 

Sweetser,  Mrs.  Frank  E., 5.00 

Sweetser,  Miss  Ida  E., 10.00 

Sweetser,  Mr.  I.  Homer,      10.00 

Symonds,  Miss  Lucy  Harris, 5.00 

Taft,  Mrs.  L.  H.,  Brookline,      5.00 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Thomas,  North  Billerica, 25.00 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Thomas  Palmer,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Talbot,  Miss  Leslie,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Talbot,  Miss  Marjorie,  Roxbury, i.oo 

Tappan,  Miss  Mary  A., 1500 

Tarbell,  Mr.  John  F.,  in  memory  of  Mrs.  J.  P.  Tarbell,    .    .  10.00 

Taylor,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Jr., 10.00 

Thacher,  Mrs.  Henry  C, 10.00 

Thacher,  Mrs.  Lydia  W.,  Peabody, 5.00 

Thayer,  Miss  Adela  G., 10.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Bayard,  Lancaster, 50.00 

Thayer,  Miss  Harriet  L., 5.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  William  G.,  Southborough, 10.00 

Thomas,  Miss  Catharine  C, 2.00 

Thomson,  Mrs.  Arthur  C,  Brookline,      5.00 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  Alden  A., 5.00 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  Augustus, 5.00 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  A.  L.,  Brookline,    .    .    .    .  ■ i.oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $4,395.00 


245 

Amount  brought  forward, $4)395-°° 

Tibbetts,  Miss  S.  M.,  Salem, i-oo 

Tileston,  Miss  Edith, i-°o 

Tileston,  Miss  Eleanor, ^-o® 

Tileston,  Mrs.  John  B., 5-oo 

Tileston,  Mrs.  Roger  E.,  Jamaica  Plain, 3-oo 

Topliff,  Miss  Mary  M.  (since  died), 3-oo 

Tucker,  Mrs.  James, i-°° 

Tucker,  Mrs.  J.  Alfred,  Newton, i-oo 

Tuckerman,  Mrs.  C.  S., 5-oo 

Turner,  Miss  Abby  W.,  Randolph, 25.00 

Tyler,  Mr.  E.  Royall, 5-oo 

Tyler,  Mrs.  G.  C,  Brookline, 2.00 

Tyler,  Mrs.  Joseph  H., 5-°°  - 

Van  Nostrand,  Mrs.  Alonzo  G.  (since  died), 5-oo 

Vass,  Miss  Harriet,  Brookline, S-oo 

Vorenberg,  Mrs.  S.,      i-°o 

Vose,  Mrs.  Charles,      2.00 

Vose,  Mr.  Frank  T., 5-oo 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  A.  F., 5-oo 

Wadsworth,  Mr.  Clarence  S., lo-oo 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  O.  F.,      5-oo 

Walker,  Mrs.  J.  Albert, 2.00 

Walker,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  Brookline, 5-oo 

Walsh,  Mr.  Frederick  V., i-°o 

Ward,  Miss  E.  M., S-oo 

Ward,  Miss  Julia  A.,  Brookline, S-oo 

Ware,  Miss  Harriot,  Watertown, 2.00 

Warren,  Mrs.  Bentley  Wirt, io-o° 

Warren,  Mrs.  William  W.,      25.00 

Wason,  Mrs.  Elbridge,  Brookline, 5-oo 

Watson,  Mrs.  C.  Herbert,  Brookline, 5-°o 

Watson,  Mrs.  H.  H., •    •  2.00 

Wead,  Mrs.  Leslie  C,  Brookline,      2.00 

Webster,  Mrs.  Edwin  S.,  Chestnut  Hill, 5-°o 

Weeks,  Mrs.  Andrew  G., i°-°o 

Weeks,  Mr.  Andrew  G.,  Jr., S-oo 

Weeks,  Mrs.  W.  B.  P., 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $4,582.00 


246 

Amount  brought  forward, $4,582.00 

Weld,  Mrs.  A.  Davis,  Jamaica  Plain, 5.00 

Weld,  Mrs.  A.  W.,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Weld,  Mrs.  Samuel  M.,  North  Chatham, 5.00 

Weld,  Mrs.  William  F., 20.00 

West,  Mrs.  Preston  C.  F., 2.00 

Weston,  Mrs.  H.  C, 10.00 

Whalen,  Mrs.  J.  E.,  Melrose  Highlands, i.oo 

Wheelwright,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Wheelwright,  Mrs.  Edward, 5.00 

Wheelwright,  Mrs.  John  W.,      10.00 

Whipple,  Mrs.  Sherman  L.,  Brookline, 10.00 

White,  Mrs.  Charles  T.,      3.00 

White,  Miss  Eliza  Orne,  Brookline,      5.00 

Wliite,  Mrs.  Jonathan  H.,  Brookline, 10.00 

White,  Mrs.  Joseph  H.,  Brookline, 2.00 

White,  Mrs.  Norman  H.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Whiteside,  Mrs.  A., 3.00 

Whiting,  Mrs.  J.  K.,  Longwood, 5.00 

Whiting,  Miss  Susan  A.,  Newton, 5.00 

Whiting,  Mrs.  S.  B.,  Cambridge, 5.00 

Whiting,  Mrs.  W.  S.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Whitney,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Whitney,  Mr.  Edward  F.,  New  York  City, 10.00 

Whitney,  Mrs.  George, 2.00 

Whitney,  Mrs.  H.  A., 5.00 

Whitney,  Miss  Mary, 2.00 

Whitney,  Mr.  S.  B., 10.00 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Brookline, 2.00 

Whittington,  Mrs.  Hiram, 2.00 

Whitwell,  Mrs.  Frederick  A., 5.00 

Whitwell,  Miss  Mary  H., 5.00 

Willard,  Mrs.  A.  R., 5.00 

Willard,  Miss  Edith  G.  (since  died), 2.00 

Willcomb,  Mrs.  George, 5.00 

Willcutt,  Mr.  Levi  L.,  Brookline,      10.00 

Williams,  the  Misses,  Concord,      2.00 

Williams,  Miss  Adelia  C,  Roxbury, 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward,  .   : $4,777.00 


247 

Amount  brought  forward, $4,777.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  Arthur,  Jr.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,  Brookline,      5.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  Harriet  C,      25.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  Jeremiah, 2.00 

Williams,  Mr.  Moses, ^.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  Moses, 5.00 

Williams,  Mrs.  S.  H.,  Brookhne, i.oo 

Williams,  Mrs.  T.  B., 5.00 

Wilson,  Miss  Annie  E.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Edward  C,  Brookline, 5.00 

Wilson,  Miss  Lilly  U.,  Brookline,      5.00 

Wing,  Mrs.  M.  B.,  Brookline, i.oo 

Winkley,  Mrs.  Samuel  H., 25.00 

Winslow,  Mrs.  G.  M., 5.00 

Winsor,  Mrs.  Ernest,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Withington,  Miss  Anna  S.,  Brookline,      i.oo 

Withington,  Mrs.  Charles  F., i.oo 

Wolcott,  Mrs.  Roger, 5.00 

Wonson,  Mrs.  Harriet  A.,  Waverley, 5.00 

Wood,  Mr.  Henry,  Cambridge, 5.00 

Woodbury,  Mr.  John  P., 5.00 

Woods,  Mrs.  S.  A.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Worthington,  Mrs.  A.  B., 5.00 

Worthley,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Brookline, 2.00 

Wright,  Mrs.  John  G.,  Chestnut  Hill,      10.00 

Wright,  Miss  Mary  A., 3.00 

Young,  Mrs.  Benjamin  L.,       10.00 

Young,  Miss  Lucy  F.,  Winchester, 2.00 

Ziegel,  Mr.  Louis,  Roxbury, 5.00 

$4,939-00 


248 
Cambridge  Branch  for  1904. 

Through  Mrs.  E.  C.  Agassiz. 

Abbot,  Miss  Anne  W.  (donation), $10.00 

Abbot,  Mrs.  Edwin  H.,       10.00 

Abbott,  Mrs.  Edward, 5.00 

A  friend, 15.00 

Agassiz,  Mr.  Max, 25.00 

Ames,  Mrs.  James  B., 10.00 

Batchelder,  Mrs.  C.  F., 5.00 

Batcheller,  Mrs., 7.00 

Beaman,  Mrs.  G.  W.,      2.00 

Beard,  Mrs.  Edward  L., i.oo 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  John  W., 2.00 

Boggs,  Mrs.  Edwin  P., 2.00 

Bradford,  Miss  Edith,      5.00 

Brewster,  Mrs.  William, 5.00 

Brooks,  Miss  Martha  W.,  Petersham, 5.00 

Bulfinch,  Miss  Ellen  S., 2.00 

Carstein,  Mrs.  H.  L., 2.00 

Gary,  Miss  Emma  F.,      5.00 

Ghandler,  Mrs.  S.  G., i.oo 

Ghapman,  Miss  Anna  B., i.oo 

Ghilds,  Mrs.  F.  J., 2.00 

Cooke,  Mrs.  J.  P., 10.00 

Groswell,  Miss  Mary, 3.00 

Cushman,  Miss  Edith  W., i.oo 

Dana,  Mrs.  R.  H., 5.00 

Davis,  Mrs.  W.  M., 2.00 

Drew,  Miss  M.  L., 1.00 

Durant,  Mrs.  W.  B.,    ." i.oo 

Ela,  Mrs.  Walter, 5.00 

Emery,  Miss  G.  G.  (since  died), i.oo 

Emery,  Miss  Octavia  B., 3.00 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Frankl., 3.00 

Everett,  Mrs.  Emily  (donation)  (since  died),      10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $167.00 


249 
Amount  brought  forward, $167 


.00 


Farley,  Miss  Caroline, i-oo 

Farlow,  Mrs.  William  G., 5-°^ 

Fish,  Mrs.  Frederic  P.,  Brookline, 10.00 

Folsom,  Mrs.  Norton, i-oo 

Foster,  Mrs.  Francis  C,      100.00 

Francke,  Mrs.  Kuno, 2.00 

Fuller,  Miss  Emma  L., 2.00 

Gale,  Mrs.  Justin  E..  Weston, 5-oo 

Glover,  Mrs.  H.  R., 2.00 

Goodale,  Mrs.  G.  L., 2.00 

Goodwin,  Miss  A.  M., 5-oo 

Goodwin,  Mrs.  Hersey  B.,      10.00 

Greenough,  Mrs.  James  B., i-oo 

Hastings,  Mrs.  F.  W.,      2.00 

Hayward,  Mrs.  James  W.,      10.00 

Hedge,  Miss  Charlotte  A.,  Brookline, 7-oo 

Henchman,  Miss  A.  P., 5-oo 

Hopkinson,  Mrs.  J.  P., 5-oo 

Hoppin,  Miss  E.  M., 5-oo 

Horsford,  Miss  Katharine, • S-oo 

Houghton,  the  Misses, 10.00 

Howard,  Mrs.  Albert  A., ' 5-oo 

Howe,  Miss  Sara  R., 5-oo 

Ireland,  Miss, 5-oo 

Kennedy,  Mrs.  F.  L., 3-oo 

Kettell,  Mrs.  C.  W., 5-oo 

Longfellow,  Mrs.  W.  P.  P., 5-oo 

Lord,  Miss  Alice,      3-oo 

McKean,  Mrs.,  in  memory  of, i.oo 

Moore,  Mrs.  Lucy  T., 2.00 

Morison,  Mrs.  Robert  S., 5-oo 

Neal,  Mrs.  W.  H., i-oo 

Nichols,  Mrs.  J.  T.  G., 2.00 

Norton,  Prof.  Charles  E., 10.00 

Palfrey,  the  Misses, 5-oo 

Perrin,  Mrs.  Franklin, 2.00 

Read,  Mrs.  William, 2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $423.00 


250 

Amount  brought  forward, $423.00 

Richards,  Mrs.  Mary  A., 2.00 

Riddle,  Miss  Cordelia  C, i.oo 

Rolfe,  Mr.  W.  J., 2.00 

Saville,  Mrs.  Henry  M., i.oo 

Sawyer,  Miss, i.oo 

Sedgwick,  Miss  M.  Theodora, 5.00 

Sharpies,  Mrs.  S.  P., 2.00 

Simmons,  Mrs.  George  F., i.oo 

Smith,  Mrs.  Horatio  S., . 2.00 

Spehnan,  Mrs.  I.  M., 5.00 

Stark,  Mrs.  W.  F., i.oo 

Swan,  Mrs.  S.  H., 5.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  James  B., i.oo 

Thorp,  Mrs.  J.  G., 10.00 

Tilton,  Mrs.  H.  N.,      2.00 

Toffey,  Mrs.  A.  S., 10.00 

Toppan,  Mrs.  Robert  N.,    .    .    ....'. 10.00 

Tower,  Miss  Anna  E., i.oo 

Vaughan,  Mrs.  Benjamin, 10.00 

Wesselhoeft,  Mrs.  W., 2.00 

White,  Mrs.  J.  Gardner, 5.00 

White,  Mrs.  M.  P.,      .    .' 5.00 

Whitney,  Miss  Maria,      10.00 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  A.  S.,      10.00 

Willson,  Mrs.  R.  W., 5.00 

Winlock,  Mrs.  J., i.oo 

Woodman,  Mrs.  C.  W., 25.00 

Interest  and  balance, i5-39 

$573-39 


251 

Cambridge  Branch  for  1905. 

Through  Miss  S.  E.  Lane. 

Abbot,  Miss  Anne  W.  (donation), $10.00 

Abbot,  Mrs.  Edwin  H., 15.00 

Abbott,  Mrs.  Edward, 5.00 

Agassiz,  Mr.  Max, .•   .    .  i5-oo 

Aldrich,  Mrs.  Charles  F., i.oo 

Allen,  Mrs.  J.  H., 2.00 

Ames,  Mrs.  James  B., 10.00 

Batchelder,  Mrs.  Charles  F., 3.00 

Batchelder,  Miss  Isabel,  Boston, 5.00 

Beaman,  Mrs.  G.  W.,      2.00 

Beard,  Mrs.  Edward  L., i.oo 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  J.  W., i.oo 

Boggs,  Mrs.  Edwin  P., 2.00 

Bradford,  Miss  Edith,      5.00 

Brewster,  Mrs.  William,      5.00 

Brooks,  Miss  Martha  W.,  Petersham, 5.00 

Bulfinch,  Miss  Ellen  S., 2.00 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Godfrey  L., i.oo 

Cary,  Miss  Emma  F.,      5.00 

Chapman,  Miss  Anna  B., i.oo 

Childs,  Mrs.  Francis  J., 2.00 

Cook,  Mrs.  Thomas  N.,      5.00 

Cooke,  Mrs.  J.  P., 5.00 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Julian  L., 10.00 

Croswell,  Miss  Mary  C, 3.00 

Dana,  Mrs.  R.  H.,  Jr., 5.00 

Davis,  Mrs.  W.  M., 2.00 

Durant,  Mrs.  W.  B., i.oo 

Ela,  Mrs.  Walter, 5.00 

Emery,  Miss  Octavia  B., 3.00 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Frank  I., 3.00 

Farlow,  Mrs.  William  G., 5.00 

Fish,  Mrs.  F.  P.,  Brookline, 10.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $155.00 


252 

Amount  brought  jorward, $155.00 

Foster,  Mrs.  Francis  C,      100.00 

Francke,  Mrs.  Kuno, 2.00 

Frothingham,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Gale,  Mrs.  Justin  E.,  Weston, 5.00 

Glover,  Mrs.  H.  R., 2.00 

Goodale,  Mrs.  George  L., i.oo 

Goodwin,  Miss  A.  M., 5.00 

Goodwin,  Mrs.  Hersey  B.,      5.00 

Green,  Miss  Mary  A., 5.00 

Greenough,  Mrs.  J.  B., r.oo 

Hastings,  Mrs.  F.  W.,      2.00 

Hayward,  Mrs.  James  W.,      5.00 

Hedge,  Miss  Charlotte  A.,  Brookline, 5.00 

Henchman,  Miss  A.  P., 5.00 

Hopkinson,  Mrs.  J.  P., S-oo 

Hoppin,  Miss  Eliza  Mason, '. 5.00 

Horsford,  Miss  Katharine, 5.00 

Houghton,  the  Misses, 10.00 

Howard,  Mrs.  Albert  A., 3.00 

Howe,  Miss  Sara  R., 5.00 

Kennedy,  Mrs.  F.  L., 3.00 

Kettell,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,  Lexington, 3.00 

Longfellow,  Miss  A.  M., i5-oo 

Longfellow,  Mrs.  W.  P.  P., 5-oo 

Moore,  Mrs.  Lucy  T., 2.00 

Morison,  Mrs.  Robert  S., 5.00 

Neal,  Mrs.  W.  H., i.oo 

Nichols,  Mrs.  J.  T.  G., 2.00 

Norton,  Prof.  Charles  Eliot, 10.00 

Page,  Miss  Abby  S.,  Lowell, .  i.oo 

Palfrey,  the  Misses,      5-oo 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Charles, 10.00 

Perrin,  Mrs.  Franklin, i-oo 

Pickering,  Mrs.  Edward  C, 5-oo 

Read,  Mrs.  William, i.oo 

Richards,  Mrs.  Mary  A., 2.00 

Riddle,  Miss  Cordelia  C, i-oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $405.00 


253 

Amount  brought  forward, $405.00 

Roberts,  Mrs.  Coolidge  S., 10.00 

Saville,  Mrs.  H.  M., i.oo 

Sedgwick,  Miss  M.  Theodora, 5.00 

Simmons,  Mrs.  George  F., i.oo 

Sleeper,  Mrs.  C.  M., 5.00 

Smith,  Mrs.  Horatio  S., 2.00 

Spelman,  Mrs.  I.  M., 5.00 

Strong,  Mrs,  G.  A.,      i.oo 

Swan,  Mrs.  Sarah  H.,      3.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  James  B., i.oo 

Thorj3,  Mrs.  J.  G., 10.00 

Tilton,  Mrs.  H.  N.,      2.00 

Toppan,  Mrs.  Robert  N., 10.00 

Tower,  Miss  Anna  E., i.oo 

Vaughan,  Mrs.  Benjamin, 10.00 

Wesselhoeft,  Mrs.  Walter, •  2.00 

White,  Mrs.  J.  Gardner, 5.00 

White,  Mrs.  Moses  P., 5.00 

Whitney,  Miss  Maria,      10.00 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  F.  W., 10.00 

Williston,  Mrs.  L.  R.,      5.00 

Willson,  Mrs.  Robert  W., 5.00 

Winlock,  Mrs.  J., i.oo 

Woodman,  Mrs.  Charlotte  F., 56.00 

Woodman,  Mrs.  Walter, 5.00 

Woods,  Mrs.  Charles  R., i.oo 

$571.00 


254 
Dorchester  Branch. 

Through  Mrs.  J.  Henry  Bean. 

Barry,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  S., $i.oo 

Bartlett,  Mrs.  S.  E.,  Mattapan, i.oo 

Bean,  Mrs.  J.  Henry, i.oo 

Bennett,  Miss  M.  M.,  Wellesley  College, i.oo 

Bird,  Mrs.  John  L., i.oo 

Brigham,  Mrs.  Frank  E., i.oo 

Burditt,  Mrs.  Charles  A., 5.00 

Callander,  Miss, i.oo 

Callander,  Mrs.  Henry  (since  died), i.oo 

Churchill,  Mrs.  J.,  R i.oo 

Clark,  Mrs.  W.  R.,  Jr., 2.00 

Copeland,  Mrs.  W.  A., i.oo 

Cushing,  Miss  Susan  T., i.oo 

Dillaway,  Mrs.  C.  O.  L., i.oo 

Eliot,  Mrs.  Christopher  R.,  Boston,      i.oo 

Everett,  Mrs.  William  B.,       i.oo 

Faunce,  Mrs.  Sewall  A.,      i.oo 

Fay,  Mrs.  M.  C.  T.,  Milton, 2.00 

Hall,  Miss  Adelaide, 2.00 

Hall,  Mrs.  Henry, i.oo 

Hawkes,  Mrs.  S.  L., i.oo 

Hearsey,  Miss  Sarah  E.,      i.oo 

Humphreys,  Mrs.  R.  C, 2.00 

Jordan,  Mrs.  H.  G.,  Hingham  Centre, i.oo 

Joyslin,  Mrs.  L.  B.,      i.oo 

Knight,  Mr.  Clarence  H., i.oo 

Laighton,  Mrs.  William  B., i.oo 

Lee,  IVIrs.  Charles  J.  (donation), 25.00 

Murdock,  Mrs.  Harold,  Chestnut  Hill, 2.00 

Nash,  Mrs.  Edward,  Boston, i.oo 

Nash,  Mrs.  Frank  K., i.oo 

Nightingale,  Mrs.  C, i.oo 

Noyes,  Miss  Mary  E., i.oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $66.00 


255 

Amount  brought  forward, $66.00 

Pierce,  Miss  Henrietta  M.,  Boston, i.oo 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Laban, 2.00 

Preston,  Mrs.  John, i.oo 

Reed,  Mrs.  George  M., i.oo 

Robinson,  Miss  A.  B., i.oo 

Sayward,  Mrs.  W.  H., 2.00 

Second  Church  Sunday-school, 8.32 

Second  Church  Weekly  Offerings, .50 

Sharp,  Miss  E.  B., i.oo 

Sharp,  Mr.  E.  H., 3.00 

Smith,  Miss  H.  J., i.oo 

Soule,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  P., 5.00 

Stearns,  Mrs.  Albert  H., i.oo 

Stearns,  Master  A.  Maynard, i.oo 

Stearns,  Master  A.  T.,  2d,      i.oo 

Stearns,  Master  Henry  D.,  In  memory  of, i.oo 

Stearns,  Miss  Katherine, i.oo 

Stearns,  Mrs.  Fred  P., 2.00 

Swan,  Mrs.  Joseph  W., 2.00 

Thacher,  Mrs.  A.  C, i.oo 

Thacher,  Miss  M.  H., i.oo 

Torrey,  Mrs.  Elbridge  (donation), 25.00 

Turner,  Mr.  William  H., i.oo 

Warner,  Mrs.  F.  H., 2.00 

Whitcher,  Mr.  Frank  W., 5.00 

Whiton,  Mrs.  Royal, .  i.oo 

Wilder,  Miss  Grace  S., 3.00 

Willard,  Mrs.  L.  P., i.oo 

Wood,  Mr.  Frank, 5.00 

Wood,  Mrs.  Frank, 5.00 

Wood,  Mrs.  William  A., i.oo 

Woodberry,  Miss  Mary, i.oo 

Wright,  Mr.  C.  P., 5.00 

Young,  Mrs.  Frank  L., i.oo 

$159-82 


256 


Lynn  Branch. 

Through  Mr.  L.  K.  Blood. 

Averill,  Miss  M.  J.,      $1.00 

Blood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  K., 10.00 

Breed,  Mrs.  A.  B., i.oo 

Caldwell,  Mrs.  Ellen  F.,  Bradford, i.oo 

Chase,  Mrs.  Philip  A., 5.00 

EarjD,  Miss  Emily  A.,      i.oo 

Ehner,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  V.  J., 5.00 

Frazier,  Mrs.  Lyman  B., 2.00 

Harmon,  Mrs.  RoUin  E,, i.oo 

Haven,  Miss  Cassie  S., i.oo 

Haven,  Miss  Rebecca  E.,  Phila., 2.00 

HoUis,  Mrs.  Samuel  J., 10.00 

Lee,  Mrs.  Caroline  A., 5.00 

LeRow,  Mrs.  M.  H., i.oo 

Little,  Mrs.  William  B., i.oo 

Lovejoy,  Mrs.  Dr., i.oo 

Newhall,  Mr.  Charles  H., 25.00 

Page,  Miss  E.  D., i.oo 

Sheldon,  Mrs.  Mary  L., 5.00 

Smith,  Mrs.  Sarah  F.,      10.00 

Souther,  Mrs.  Elbridge, i-oo 

Spalding,  Mr.  Rollin  A.  (donation), 2.00 

Sprague,  Mr.  Henry  B., 5-oo 

Tapley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenry  F., 5.00 

Thomson,  Mr.  Elihu,  Swampscott  (donation), 5.00 

Walsh,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles, 2.00 

$109.00 


257 
Milton  Branch. 

Through  Mrs.  William  Wood. 

Baldwin,  Miss  Alice, $2.00 

Barnard,  Mrs.  James  M,, i.oo 

Breck,  Mrs.  C.  E.  C,      i.oo 

Brewer,  Miss  Eliza,      5.00 

Brewer,  Mrs.  Joseph, 5.00 

Briggs,  Miss  Sarah  E., i.oo 

Channing,  the  Misses, 2.00 

Clarke,  Mrs.  D.  O., i.oo 

Clum,  Mrs.  Alison  B.,       i.oo 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Caleb,      4.00 

Dow,  the  Misses,      10.00 

Emerson,  Mrs.  W.  R., i.oo 

Forbes,  Mrs.  J.  Murray, 5.00 

Gilmore,  Miss  Mary  E.,  North  Easton, i.oo 

Glover,  Mrs.  T.  R., i.oo 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Readville, 25.00 

Hicks,  Miss  Josephine, 2.00 

Hinckley,  Miss  Mary, i.oo 

Hollingsworth,  Mrs.  Amor, 3.00 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  William  H.  Slocum  by  Mrs.  Joseph 

Brewer, 50.00 

Jaques,  Mrs.  Francis, 5.00 

Jaques,  Miss  Helen, 10.00 

Klous,  Mrs.  Henry  D.,  Auburndale, i.oo 

Ladd,  Mrs.  William  J., 5.00 

Mcintosh,  Mrs.  J.  S., i.oo 

Perkins,  Mrs.  Charles  E., 5.00 

Pierce,  Mrs.  M.  V.,      i.oo 

Pierce,  Mr.  Vassar, i.oo 

Pierce,  Mr.  Walworth, i.oo 

Pierce,  Mrs.  Wallace  L., i.oo 

Richardson,  Miss  Martha, 2.00 

Rivers,  Mrs.  George  R.  R,, i.oo 

Amount  carried  forward, $156.00 


258 

Amount  brought  forward, $156.00 

Roberts,  Miss  Rachael, i.oo 

Roberts,  Mrs.  R.  H., i.oo 

Rotch,  Miss  Johanna,      2.00 

Safford,  Mrs.  N.  M., 2.00 

Tilden,  Mrs.  George, i.oo 

Tilden,  Mrs.  William  P., i.oo 

Tucker,  Miss  R.  L.,  Hyde  Park, i.oo 

Tucker,  Mrs.  Stephen  A.,  Hyde  Park, i.oo 

Tuell,  Mrs.  Hiram, i.oo 

Vose,  Miss  Caroline  C, 2.00 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  E.  D., i.oo 

Ware,  Mrs.  Arthur  L., i.oo 

Weston,  Mr.  William  B., 5.00 

Whitwell,  Mrs.  F.  A., i.oo 

Whitwell,  Miss, i.oo 

Wood,  Mr.  William, i.oo 

Wood,  Mrs.  William, 10.00 

$189.00 


Worcester  Branch. 

Through  Mrs.  Edith  Norcross  Morgan. 

Allen,  Miss  Katherine, $5.00 

Allen,  Mrs.  Lamson, i.oo 

Ball,  Miss  Helen,      i.oo 

Ball,  Mrs.  Phineas, i.oo 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Abbie, i.oo 

Bowles,  Mrs.  John, i.oo 

Brigham,  Mrs.  John  S., .  i.oo 

Clark,  Miss  Harriet  E., 5.00 

Clark,  Mrs.  Henry    C, 50.00 

Comins,  Mrs.  E.  I.,      i.oo 

Fobes,  Mrs.  Celia  E., i.oo 

Gage,  Mrs.  Homer, 5.00 

Gage,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,      2.00 

Amount  carried  forward, $75.00 


259 

Amount  brought  forward, $75.00 

Gates,  Mrs.  Charles  L., i.oo 

Harrington,  Mrs.  Gilbert  H., i.oo 

Knowles,  Mrs.  Hester  B., 20.00 

Moen,  Mrs.  Philip  W., i.oo 

Morse,  Mrs.  E.  de  F., i.oo 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Henry  S., 10.00 

Rice,  Mrs.  William  E., 5.00 

Russell,  Mrs.  Herbert, i.oo 

Salisbury,  Hon.  Stephen  (since  died), 10.00 

Schmidt,  Mrs.  H.  F.  A., i.oo 

Scofield,  Mrs.  J.  M., 5.00 

Sinclair,  Mr.  John  E., i.oo 

Sinclair,  Mrs.  John  E., i.oo 

Stone,  Mrs.  J.  B., i.oo 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Adin, 10.00 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Edward  D., 10.00 

Torrey,  Mrs.  Lewis  H., i.oo 

Washburn,  Mrs.  Charles  G., 25.00 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Leonard, 5.00 

Witter,  Mrs.  Henry, i.oo 

Wood,  Mrs.  E.  M., 6.00 

Wyman,  Miss  Florence  W., i.oo 

Year  of  1904, 7.00 

$200.00 


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Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 
South  Boston,  October  17,  IDOfi. 

To  the  Hon,  Wm.  M.  Olin,  Secretary  of  State,  Boston. 

Deak  Sir  :  —  I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  yon,  for  the 
use  of  the  legislature,  a  copy  of  the  seventy-fifth  annual 
report  of  the  trustees  of  this  institution  to  the  corporation 
thereof,  together  with  that  of  the  treasurer  and  the  usual 
accompanying  documents. 

Respectfully, 

ALMORm  O.  CASWELL, 

Secretary  pro  tern. 


OFFICERS   OF   THE   CORPORATION 


1906-1907. 


FRANCIS  HENRY  APPLETON,  President. 
AMORY  A.  LAWRENCE,  Vice-President. 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
ALMORIN  0.  CASWELL,  Secretary  pro  tern. 


FRANCIS   HENRY  APPLETON. 

WALTER  CABOT   BAYLIES. 

WM.   LEONARD   BENEDICT. 

WILLIAM   ENDICOTT. 

Rev.  PAUL  revere  FROTHINGIIAM. 

CHARLES  P.   GARDINER. 


BOARD   OF   TRUSTEES. 

N.   P.   HALLOWELL. 

Rev.   HERBERT   S.   .JOHNSON. 

GEORGE    H.   RICHARDS. 

WILLIAM    L.   RIC HARDS OX3I.D. 

RICHARD   M.   SALTONSTALL. 

S.  LOTHROP  THORNDIKE,  Chairman. 


STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

Monthly  Visiting  Committee, 

ivhose  duiy  it  is  to  visit  and  inspect  the  Institution  at  least  once  in  each  month. 


1907. 

January,  .  Francis  Henry  Appleton. 
February,.  Wm.  L.  Benedict. 
March,  .    .  William  Endicott. 
April,    .    .  Paul  R.  Frothingham. 
May,      .    .  Charles  P.  Gaediner. 

.June,      .     .  N.  P.   HALLOWELL. 


1907. 
July,    .    .    .  Walter  Cabot  Baylies. 
August,  .    .  Herbert  S.  Johnson. 
September, .  George  H.  Richards. 
October, .    .  William  L.  Richardson. 
November,  .  Richard  M.  Saltonstall. 
December,  .  S.  Lothbop  Thorndike. 


Committee  on  Education. 
George  H.  Richards. 
Rev.  Paul  Revere  Frothingham. 
William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 


House  Committee. 
William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 
Charles  P.  Gardiner. 
George  H.  Richards. 


Committee  on  Finance. 
S.  LoTHROP  Thorndike. 
William  Endicott. 
Wm.  Leonard  Benedict. 
n.  p.  hallowell. 


Committee  on  Health. 
Walter  Cabot  Baylies. 
William  L.  Richardson,  M.D. 
Richard  M.  Saltonstall. 


Auditors  of  Accounts. 
Wm.  Leonard  Benedict. 
S.  LoTHROP  Thorndike. 


OFFICERS   OF   ADMINISTRATION   AND 
TEACHERS. 


ALMORIN   O.    CASWELL,  Acting  Director. 


TEACHERS    OF    THE    LITERARY    DEPARTMENT. 


Boys'  Section. 
EDWARD   K.    HARVEY. 
Miss  CAROLINE   E.   McMASTER. 
Miss  JULTA   A.   BOYLAN. 
Miss  JESSICA   L.   LANGWORTHY. 
ERNEST   C.   WITH  AM. 
RICHARD   A.   BURN. 
Miss  ALT  a   M.   REED. 
Miss  ANNIE  L.  McKISSOCK, 

Substitute. 


Girls'  Section. 
Miss  GAZELLA    BENNETT. 
Miss   SARAH   M.   LILLEY. 
Miss  FRANCES   S.   MARRETT. 
Miss  MARY   E.   SAWYKR. 
Miss  HELEN   L.   SMITH. 
Miss  JULIA   E.  BURNHAM. 
Miss  EUGENIA   LOCKE. 


Special  Teachers  to  Blind  Deaf-Mutes. 
Miss  ELIZABETH    HOXIE.  i     Miss  ANNIE   CARBEE. 

Miss  ABBY   G.   POTTLE.  | 


DEPARTMENT    OF    PHYSICAL    TRAINING. 


JOHN   H.   WRIGHT. 

Miss  LENNA   D.   SWINERTON. 


Miss  EUGENIA   LOCKE. 
Miss  MARY  E.  SAWYER. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    MUSIC. 


EDWIN   L.   GARDINER. 
Miss  FREDA   A.    BLACK. 
Miss  HELEN   M.   ABBOTT. 
Miss  MARY   E.   BURBECK. 
W.   LUTHER  STOVER. 


Boys'  Section. 

JOHN   F.   HARTWELL. 
JOHN   M.   FLOCKTON. 
AUGUSTO   VANNINI. 
AUGUST   DAMM. 


MISS  LILA   P.   COLE. 
Miss  MARY'  E.  RILEY'. 
Miss  LOUISA   L.   FERNALD. 


Girls'  Section. 

Miss  RUTH  DAVIES. 

Miss  BLANCHE   A.   BARDIN. 


GEORGE    W.  AVANT,   Toice. 


Both  Sections. 

I    EDWIN   A.   SABIN,    riolin. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    MANUAL    TRAINING. 


Boys'  Section. 
JOHN   H.   WRIGHT. 
JULIAN  H.    MA  BEY. 
ELWYN  C.   SMITH. 
Miss  MAKY  B.  KNOWLTON,  Sloyd. 


Girls'  Section. 

Miss  anna   S.   HANNGREN,  Sloyd. 
Miss  FRANCES   M.   LANGWORTHY. 
Miss  M.  ELIZABETH   ROBBINS 
MISS  MARIAN   E.   CHAMBERLAIN. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    TUNING    PIANOFORTES. 
GEORGE  E.   HART,  Manager  and  Instructor. 


LIBRARIANS,    CLERK    AND    BOOKKEEPERS. 


Miss  SARAH   E.    LANE,  Librarian. 
Miss  LAURA  M.  SAWYER,  Zifemriaw. 
Miss  MARTHA  P.   SWINERTON, 

Assistant. 


Miss  ANNA  GARDNER  FISH,  Clerk. 
MISS  MAYBE  L  J.  KING,  Bookkeeper. 
Miss  EDITH  M.  GRIFFIN,  Assistant. 


DEPARTMENT    OF    HEALTH    AND    DOMESTIC    AFFAIRS 
ELISHA   S 


BOLAND,  M.D., 

Attendinc/  Physician. 
FREDERICK  A.  FLANDERS,  Steioard. 
Mrs.  FRANCES  E.  CARLTON,  Matron. 
Miss  ALICE   MERRILL,  Assistant. 


Housekeepers  in  the  Cottages. 
Mrs.  M.  a.  KNOWLTON. 
Mrs.  CORA   L.  GLEASON. 
Miss  CLARA   E.   STEVENS. 
Miss  ANNIE   F.   SMITH. 
Miss  FLORENCE   E.    STOWE. 


DENNIS   A.  REARDON,  Manager 
Mrs.  ELIZABETH   L.   BOWDEN, 


PRINTING    DEPARTMENT. 

Miss  matilda  a 


CHISHOLM, 

Printer. 
Miss  MARY  M.   HOG  AN,  Printer. 


WORKSHOP    FOR    ADULTS. 


EUGENE  C.  HOWARD,  Manager. 
ELDRIDGE  D.  PEASLEY, 

Acting  Manager. 


Miss  estelle  m.  mendum, 

Clerk. 


MEMBERS   OF   THE   C0RP0RATI0:N^. 


Abbot,  Mrs.  M.  T.,  Cambridge. 
Adams,  Melvin  0.,  Boston. 
Agassiz,  Mrs.  E.  C,  Cambridge. 
Ahl,  Mrs.  Daniel,  Boston. 
Amoiy,  Charles  W.,  Boston. 
Anderson,  Mrs.  John  F.,  Boston. 
Appleton,   Hon.   Francis   Henry, 

Boston. 
Appleton,  Mrs.  R.  M.,  New  York. 
Appleton,  Dr.  William,  Boston. 
Apthorp,  William  F.,  Boston. 
Bacon,  Edwin  M.,  Boston. 
Baker,  Mrs.  Ezra  H.,  Boston. 
Baldwin,  S.  E.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Baldwin,  William  H.,  Boston. 
Ballard,  Miss  E.,  Boston. 
Barbour,  Edmund  D.,  Boston. 
Barrows,  Hon.  S.  J.,  New  York. 
Barrows,  Mrs.  S.  J.,  New  York. 
Bartlett,  Francis,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Miss  F.,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  Boston. 
Bartlett,  Miss  Mary  F.,  Boston. 
Bates,  Arlo,  Boston. 
Baylies,  Walter  C,  Boston. 
Baylies,  Mrs.  Walter  C,  Boston. 
Beach,  Rev.  D.  N.,  Bangor,  Me. 
Beach,  Mrs. Edwin  H.,  Springfield. 
Beebe,  E.  Pierson,  Boston. 
Beebe,  J.  Arthur,  Boston. 
Beebe,  Mrs.  J.  Arthur,  Boston. 
Benedict,  Wm.  Leonard,  Boston. 
Bigelow,  Mrs.  Prescott,  Brookline. 
Binney,  William,  Providence. 
Black,  George  N.,  Boston. 


Boardman,  Mrs.  Edwin  A.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Bourn,  Hon.  A.  0.,  Providence. 

Bowditch,  Alfred,  Boston. 

Bowditch,  Dr.  H.  P.,  Jamaica 
Plain. 

Boyden,  Mrs.  Charles,  Boston. 

Brooke,  Rev.  Stopford  W.,  Lon- 
don. 

Brooks,  Edward,  Hyde  Park. 

Brooks,  Rev.  Gr.  W.,  Dorchester. 

Brooks,  Peter  C,  Boston. 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Peter  C,  Boston. 

Brooks,  Shepherd,  Boston. 

Brown,  Mrs.  John  C,  Providence. 

Browne,  A.  Parker,  Boston. 

Bryant,  Mrs.  A.  B.  M.,  Boston. 

Bullard,  Mrs.  William  S.,  Boston. 

Bullock,  George  A.,  Worcester. 

Bumham,  Miss  Julia  E.,  Lowell. 

Burnham,  William  A.,  Boston. 

Burton,  Dr.  J.  W.,  Flushing,  N.  Y. 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.,  Boston. 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Samuel,  Boston. 

Callahan,  Miss  Maiy  G.,  Boston. 

Callender,  Walter,  Providence. 

Carter,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  West  Newton. 

Cars^,  Miss  E.  F.,  Cambridge. 

Gary,  Miss  Ellen  G.,  Boston. 

Case,  Mrs.  Laura  L.,  Boston. 

Chace,  James  H.,  Valley  Falls, 
R.L 

Chace,  Hon.  J.,  Valley  Falls,  R.  I. 

Chad^vick.  Mrs.  C.  C,  Boston. 

Chamberlin,  E.  D.,  Boston. 


Chambeiiin,  Joseph  Edgar,  N.  Y. 

Chapin,  Edward  P.,  Andover. 

Cheever,  Dr.  David  W.,  Boston. 

Cheever,  Miss  M.  E.,  Boston. 

Clark,  Miss  S.  W.,  Beverly. 

Clement,  Edward  H.,  Boston. 

Coates,  James,  Providence. 

Cochrane,  Alexander,  Boston. 

Colt,  Samuel  P.,  Bristol,  R.  I. 

Cook,  Charles  T.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Cook,  Mrs.  C.  T.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Coolidge,  Dr.  A.,  Boston. 

Coolidge,  J.  Randolph,  Boston. 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  J.  R.,  Boston. 

Coolidge,  John  T.,  Boston. 

Coolidge,  T.  Jefferson,  Boston. 

Cowing,  Miss  Grace  G.,  Brook- 
line. 

Cowing,  Mrs.  M.  W.,  Brookline. 

Crafts,  Mrs.  J.  M.,  Boston. 

Crane,  Mrs.  Zenas  M.,  Dalton. 

Crosby,  Sumner,  Brookline. 

Crosby,  William  S.,  Brookline. 

Cross,  Mrs.  F.  B.,  Cmcinnati, 
Ohio. 

Cruft,  Miss  Harriet  0.,  Boston. 

Cummings,  Mrs.  A.  L.,  Portland, 
Me. 

Cunniff,  Hon.  M.  M.,  Boston. 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Boston. 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Greeley  S.,  Boston. 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Mary  S.,  Boston. 

Dalton,  C.  H.,  Boston. 

Dalton,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Boston. 

Davis,  Miss  A.  W.,  Boston. 

Davis,  Mrs.  Edward  L.,  Boston. 

Dexter,  Mrs.  F.  G.,  Boston. 

Dillaway,  W.  E.  L.,  Boston. 

Doliber,  Thomas,  Boston. 

Dow,  Miss  Jane  F.,  Milton, 

Draper,  Eben  S.,  Boston. 

Draper,  George  A.,  Boston. 

Duryea,  Mrs.  Herman,  New  York. 


Eliot,  Rev.  Christopher  R.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Elliott,  Mrs.  Maud  Howe,  Boston. 

Ellis,  George  H.,  Boston. 

Endieott,  Miss  Clara  T.,  Boston. 

Endicott,  Henry,  Boston. 

Endieott,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Beverly. 

Endieott,  William,  Boston. 

Endicott,  William,  Jr.,  Boston. 

Endicott,  William  C,  Jr.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Ernst,  C.  W.,  Boston. 

Evans,  Mrs.  Glendower,  Boston. 

Fairbanks,  Miss  C.  L.,  Boston. 

Faulkner,  Miss  Fannie  M.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B.,  Boston. 

Fay,  Henry  H.,  Boston. 

Fay,  Mrs.  Henry  H.,  Boston. 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  B.,  Boston. 

Fay,  Miss  S.  M.,  Boston. 

Fenno,  Mrs.  L.  C,  Boston. 

Ferguson,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Dorchester. 

Fen-is,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  Brookline. 

Ferris,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Brookline. 

Fields,  Mrs.  James  T.,  Boston. 

Fiske,  Mrs.  Joseph  N.,  Boston. 

Fitz,  Mre.  W.  Scott,  Boston. 

Folsom,  Charles  F.,  M.D.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Foote,  Miss  M.  B.,  Cambridge. 

Foster,  Miss  C.  P.,  Cambridge. 

Foster,  Mrs.  E.  W.,  Hartford, 
Conn. 

Foster,  Francis  C,  Cambridge. 

Foster,  Mrs.  Francis  C,  Cam- 
bin  dge. 

Freeman,  Miss  Harriet  E.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Frothingham,  Rev.  P.  R.,  Boston. 

Fuller,  Mrs.  Samuel  R.,  Boston. 

Gammans,  Hon.  George  H.,  Bos- 
ton. 


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Gardiner,  Charles  P.,  Boston. 

Gardiner,  Robert  H.,  Boston. 

Gardner,  George  A.,  Boston. 

Gardner,  Mrs.  John  L.,  Boston. 

George,  Charles  H.,  Providence. 

Gill,  Mrs.  Francis  A.,  Boston. 

Glidden,  W.  T.,  Boston. 

Goddard,  "William,  Providence. 

Goff,  Darius  L.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Goff,  Lyman  B.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Goldthwait,  Mrs.  John,  Boston. 

Gooding,  Rev.  A.,  Portsmouth, 
N.  H. 

Goodwin,  Miss  A.  M.,  Cambridge. 

Gordon,  Rev.  G.  A.,  D.D.,  Boston. 

Green,  Charles  G.,  Boston. 

Grew,  Edward  W.,  Boston. 

Griffin,  S.  B.,  Springfield. 

Hale,  Rev.  Edward  E.,  Boston. 

Hall,  Mrs.  F.  Howe,  Plainfield, 
N.  J. 

Hall,  Miss  Laura  E.,  Boston. 

Hall,  Miss  Minna  B.,  Long-wood. 

Hallowell,  Col.  N.  P.,  Boston. 

Hammond,  Mrs.  G.  G.,  Jr.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Hanseom,  Dr.  Sanford,  Somer- 
ville. 

Haskell,  Edwin  B.,  Auburndale. 

Haskell,  Mrs.  E.  B.,  Auburndale. 

Head,  Charles,  Boston. 

Head,  Mrs.  Charles,  Boston. 

Hearst,  Mrs.  Phebe  A. 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Bos- 
ton. 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  Chas.  P.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Henshaw,  Mrs.  Harriet  A.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Hersey,  Charles  H.,  Boston. 

Higginson,  Frederick,  Brookline. 

Higginson,  Henry  Lee,  Boston. 

Higginson,  Mrs.  Henry  L.,  Bos- 
ton. 


Hill,  Dr.  A.  S.,  Somerville. 
Hill,  J.  E.  R.,  Boston. 
Hill,  Mrs.  T.  J.,  Providence. 
Hoar,  Gen.  Roekwood,  Worcester, 
Hodgkins,  Frank  E.,  Somerville. 
Hogg,  John,  Boston. 
Hollis,  Mrs.  S.  J.,  Lynn. 
Holmes,  Charles  W.,  Boston. 
Holmes,  John  H.,  Boston. 
Horton,  Mrs.  William  H.,  Boston. 
Howard,  Hon.  A.  C,  Boston. 
Howe,  Henry  Marion,  N.  Y. 
Howe,  Mrs.  Julia  Ward,  Boston. 
Howe,  Mi's.  Virginia  A.,  Boston. 
Howland,  Mrs.  0.  0.,  Boston. 
Hunnewell,  Francis  W.,  Boston. 
Hunnewell,  Mrs.  H.  S.,  Boston. 
Hutchins,  Mrs.  C.  F.,  Boston, 
lasigi.  Miss  Mai-y  V.,  Boston. 
Ingraham,  Mrs.  E.  T.,  Wellesley. 
Jackson,  Charles  C,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Edward,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Mrs.  J.  B.  S.,  Boston. 
Jackson,  Patrick  T.,  Cambridge. 
James,  Mi's.  C.  D.,  Brookline. 
Jenks,  Miss  C.  E.,  Boston. 
Johnson,  Edward  C,  Boston. 
Johnson,  Rev.  H.  S.,  Boston. 
Jones,  Mrs.  E.  C,  New  Bedford. 
Joy,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Boston. 
Kasson,  Rev.  F.  H.,  Boston. 
Kellogg,  Mrs.  Eva  D.,  Boston. 
Kendall,  Miss  H.  W.,  Boston. 
Kent,  Mrs.  Helena  M.,  Boston. 
Kidder,  Mrs.  Henry  P.,  Boston. 
Kilmer,  Frederick  M.,  Somerville. 
Kimball,  Mrs.  David  P.,  Boston. 
Kimball,  Edward  P.,  Maiden. 
Knapp,  George  B.,  Boston. 
Knowlton,  Daniel  S.,  Boston. 
Kramer,  Henry  C,  Boston. 
Lamb,  Mrs.  Annie  L.,  Boston. 
Lang,  B.  J.,  Boston. 
Lang,  Mrs.  B.  J.,  Boston. 


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Lawrence,  Amory  A.,  Boston. 

Lawrence,  James,  Grotou. 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  James,  Groton. 

Lawx'ence,  Rt.  Rev.  Wm.,  Boston. 

Lee,  George  C,  Boston. 

Lee,  Mrs.  George  C.,  Boston. 

Lincoln,  L.  J.  B.,  Hingham. 

Linzee,  J.  T.,  Boston. 

Littell,  Miss  S.  G.,  Boston. 

Livermore,  Thomas  L.,  Boston. 

Lodge,  Hon.  Henry  C.,  Boston. 

Longfellow,  Miss  Alice  M. 

Lord,  Rev.  A.  M.,  Providence, 
R.  I. 

Loring,  Mrs.  W.  Caleb,  Boston. 

Lothrop,  John,  Auburndale. 

Lothrop,  Mrs.  T.  K.,  Boston. 

Lovering,  Mrs.  Charles  T.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Lowell,  Abbott  Lawrence,  Boston. 

Lowell,  Miss  Amy,  Brookline. 

Lowell,  Francis  C,  Boston. 

Lowell,  Mrs.  George  G.,  Boston. 

Lowell,  Miss  Georgina,  Boston. 

Lowell,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston. 

Lyman,  Arthur  T.,  Boston. 

Lyman,  J.  P.,  Boston. 

Marrett,  Miss  H.  M.,  Standish, 
Me. 

Marrs,  Mrs.  Kingsmill,  Wayland. 

Mason,  Miss  E.  F.,  Boston. 

Mason,  Miss  Ida  M.,  Boston. 

Mason,  I.  B.,  Providence. 

Matchett,  Mi-s.  W.  F.,  Boston. 

Matthews,  Mrs.  A.  B.,  Boston. 

Merriam,  Charles,  Boston. 

Merriman,  Mrs.  D.,  Boston. 

Men-itt,  Edward  P.,  Boston. 

Meyer,  Mrs.  George  von  L.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Minot,  the  Misses,  Boston. 

Minot,  J.  Grafton,  Boston. 

Mixter,  Miss  Madeleine  C,  Bos- 
ton. 


Morgan,  Eustis  P.,  Saco,  Me. 

Morgan,  Mrs.  Eustis  P.,  Saco, 
Me. 

Morison,  John  H.,  Boston. 

Morison,  Mrs.  John  H.,  Boston. 

Morse,  Mrs.  Leopold,  Boston. 

Morse,  Miss  M.  F.,  Jamaica  Plain. 

Moseley,  Charles  H.,  Boston. 

Motley,  Mrs.  E.  Preble,  Boston. 

Motley,  Warren,  Boston. 

Nickerson,  Andrew,  Boston. 

Niekerson,  Miss  Priscilla,  Bos- 
ton. 

Nickerson,  S.  D.,  Boston. 

Noreross,  Grenville  H.,  Boston. 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis,  Jr.,  Boston. 

Noyes,  Hon.  Charles  J.,  Boston. 

Oliver,  Dr.  Henry  K.,  Boston. 

Paine,  Robert  Treat,  Boston. 

Palmer,  John  S.,  Providence. 

Parkinson,  John,  Boston. 

Parkman,  George  F.,  Boston. 

Peabody,  Rev.  Endicott,  Groton. 

Peabody,  Frederick  W.,  Boston. 

Peabody,  Mrs.  R.  S.,  Boston. 

Peabody,  S.  Endicott,  Boston. 

Perkins,  Charles  Bruen,  Boston. 

Perkins,  Mrs.  C.  E.,  Boston. 

Phillips,  Mrs.  John  C,  Boston. 

Pickman,  D.  L.,  Boston. 

Pickman,  Mrs.  D.  L.,  Boston. 

Pierce,  Mrs.  M.  V.,  Milton. 

Pope,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Boston. 

Porter,  Charles  H.,  Quincy. 

Prendergast,  J.  M.,  Boston. 

Proctor,  James  H.,  Boston. 

Proctor,  Mrs.  T.  E.,  Boston. 

Quimby,  Mrs.  A.  K.,  Boston. 

Rand,  Arnold  A.,  Boston. 

Rantoul,  Robert  S.,  Salem. 

Reardon,  Dennis  A.,  Boston. 

Reed,  Mrs.  Wm.  Homer,  Boston. 

Rice,  Mrs.  Henry  A.,  Boston. 

Richards,  Miss  Elise,  Boston. 


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Richards,  George  H.,  Boston. 

Richards,  Mrs.  H.,  Gardiner,  Me. 

Richardson,  John,  Boston. 

Richardson,  Miss  M.  G.,  New 
York. 

Richardson,  Mrs.  M.  R.,  Boston. 

Richardson,  W.  L.,  M.D.,  Boston. 

Roberts,  Mrs.  A.  W.,  Boston. 

Robinson,  Heniy,  Reading. 

Rogers,  Miss  Clara  B.,  Boston. 

Rogers,  Miss  Flora  E.,  New  York. 

Rogers,  Henry  M.,  Boston. 

Rogers,  Mrs.  William  B.,  Boston. 

Ropes,  Mrs.  Joseph  A.,  Boston. 

Russell,  Mrs.  Heniy  G.,  Provi- 
dence. 

Russell,  Miss  Marian,  Boston. 

Russell,  Mrs.  Robert  S.,  Boston. 

Russell,  Mrs.  William  A.,  Boston. 

Sabine,  Mrs.  G.  K.,  Bi'ookline. 

Saltonstall,  Richard  M.,  Boston. 

Sanborn,  Frank  B.,  Concord. 

SchafE,  Capt.  Morris,  Pittsfield. 

Schlesinger,  Sebastian  B.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Sears,  David,  Boston. 

Sears,  Fi'ederick  R.,  Boston. 

Sears,  Mrs.  Fred.  R.,  Jr.,  Boston. 

Sears,  Mrs.  Knyvet  W.,  Boston. 

Sears,  Mi-s.  P.  H.,  Boston. 

Sears,  Willard  T.,  Boston. 

Shaw,  Mrs.  G.  Howland,  Boston. 

Shaw,  Henry  S.,  Boston. 

Shaw,  Quincy  A.,  Boston. 

Shepard,  Han^ey  N.,  Boston. 

Shepard,  Mrs.  T.  P.,  Providence. 

Sherwood,  W.  H.,  Boston. 

Shippen,  Rev.  R.  R.,  Brockton. 

Sigourney,  Henry,  Boston. 

Slater,  Mrs.  H.  N.,  Boston. 

Sohier,  Miss  E.  D.,  Boston. 

Sohier,  Miss  Emily  L.,  Boston. 

Sohier,  Miss  M.  D.,  Boston. 


Sorehan,  Mrs.  Victor,  New  York. 

Spaulding,  Mrs.  Mahlon  D.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Spencer,  Henry  F.,  Boston, 

Sprague,  F.  P.,  M.D.,  Boston. 

Stan  wood,  Edward,  Brookline. 

Steams,  Charles  H.,  Brookline. 

Stearns,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Brook- 
line. 

Stevens,  Miss  C.  Augusta,  N.  Y. 

Sturgis,  Francis  S.,  Boston. 

Sullivan,  Richard,  Boston. 

Swan,  Mrs.  Sarah  H.,  Cambridge. 

Taggard,  Mrs.  B.  W.,  Boston. 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Isabella  W.,  Boston. 

Tapley,  Mrs.  Amos  P.,  Boston. 

Temple,  Thomas  F.,  Boston. 

Thayer,  Miss  Adele  G.,  Boston. 

Thayer,  E.  V.  R.,  Boston. 

Thayer,  Rev.  George  A.,  Cincin- 
nati. 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Nathaniel,  Boston. 

Thorndike,  Albert,  Boston. 

Thorndike,  S.  Lothrop,  Boston. 

Tilden,  Miss  Alice  Foster,  Milton. 

Tilden,  Miss  Edith  S.,  Milton. 

Tilden,  Mrs.  M.  Louise,  Milton. 

Tingley,  S.  H.,  Providence. 

Tompkins,  Eugene,  Boston. 

Ton-ey,  Miss  A.  D.,  Boston. 

Tuekerman,  Mrs.  C.  S.,  Boston. 

Turner,  Miss  Abby  W.,  Ran- 
dolph. 

Undei'wood,  Herbert  S.,  Boston. 

Villard,  Mrs.  Henry,  New  York. 

Vose,  Miss  Caroline  C,  Milton. 

Wales,  Joseph  H.,  Boston. 

Warden,  Erskine,  Waltham. 

Ware,  Miss  M.  L.,  Boston. 

Warren,  J.  G.,  Providence. 

Warren,  Mrs.  Wm.  W.,  Boston. 

Watson,  Thomas  A.,  Wejonouth. 

Watson,  Mrs.  T.  A.,  Weymouth. 


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Weld,  R.  H.,  Boston. 
Weld,  Mrs.  William  F.,  Boston. 
Wesson,  J.  L.,  Boston. 
Wlieelock,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston. 
Wheelwright,  A.  C,  Boston. 
Wheelwright,  John  W.,  Boston. 
White,  C.  J.,  Cambridge. 
White,  Mrs.  Charles  T.,  Boston. 
White,  George  A.,  Boston. 
Whitehead,  Miss  Mary,  Dorches- 
ter. 


Whiting,  Albert  T.,  Boston. 
Whitney,  Miss  Anne,  Boston. 
Whitney,  Henry  M.,  Brookline. 
Wigglesworth,  Thomas,  Boston. 
Williams,  Mrs.  H.  C,  Boston. 
Winslow,  Mrs.  George,  Roxbury. 
Winsor,  Mrs.  E.,  Chestnut  Hill. 
Winsor,  James  B.,  Providence. 
Winthrop,  Mrs.  Thos.  L.,  Boston. 
Young,  Mrs.  Benjamin  L.,  Boston. 


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SYJS^OPSIS  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS 


ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  COEPORATION 


South  Boston,  October  10,  1906. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  corporation,  duly  summoned, 
was  held  today  at  the  institution,  and  was  called  to  order  by 
the  president,  Hon.  Francis  Henry  Appleton,  at  3  p.m. 

The  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  by  the  sec- 
retary pro  tempore  and  declared  approved. 

The  annual  report  of  the  trustees  was  presented,  accepted 
and  ordered  to  be  printed  with  the  usual  accompanying  docu- 
ments. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer  was  read,  accepted  and  ordered 
to  be  printed. 

It  W'as  voted  that  Article  6  of  the  By-laws  be  amended  by 
striking  out  the  words :  "  but  a  majority  of  the  whole  shall 
be  required  for  a  quorum  at  any  meeting  to  act  upon  the 
transfer  of  real  estate." 

The  corporation  then  proceeded  to  ballot  for  officers  for 
the  ensuing  year,  and  the  following  persons  were  unanimously 
elected :  — 

President  —  Hon.  Francis  Henry  Appleton. 

Vice-President  —  Amory  A.  Lawrence. 

Treasurer  —  William  Endicott,  Jr. 

Secretary  pro  tempore  —  Almorin  O.  Caswell. 


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Trustees  —  Francis  Henry  Appleton,  Walter  Cabot  Bay- 
lies, William  Leonard  Benedict,  William  Endicott,  Charles 
P.  Gardiner,  George  H.  Eichards,  Kichard  M.  Saltonstall, 
and  S.  Lothrop  Thorndike. 

The  following  persons  were  unanimously  elected  members 
of  the  corporation:  Walter  Cabot  Baylies,  Warren  Motley 
and  Albert  Thorndike. 

Kesolutions  on  the  death  of  the  late  director,  Michael 
Anagnos,  by  the  Alumni  and  Alumnse  associations,  were  read 
and  ordered  to  be  placed  on  file. 

The  meeting  was  then  dissolved. 

ALMOEIN  0.  CASWELL, 

Secretary  pro  tempore. 


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REPORT   OF   THE   TRUSTEES. 


Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 
South  Boston,  October  10,  1906. 

To  the  Members  of  the  Corporation. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  :  —  We,  your  trustees,  re- 
spectfully beg  leave  to  submit  the  following  report  for 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  of  August,  1906. 

The  year  just  closed  has  presented  peculiar  problems 
and  difficulties  to  the  teachers  and  officers  of  the  insti- 
tution. On  the  17th  day  of  March  our  late  director, 
Mr.  Anagnos,  sailed  on  the  Romanic  for  a  six  months* 
visit  to  his  native  land,  and  left  the  direction  of  affairs 
in  other  hands.  The  teachers  and  officers  rose  to  the 
occasion,  and  their  single-hearted  loyalty  and  devotion 
to  the  institution,  their  uniformly  courteous  and  helpful 
support  of  the  acting  director  and  the  excellence  of 
their  work  in  their  several  fields  of  service  have  as- 
sured a  successful  school  year. 

On  the  3d  of  July  there  came  the  sad  news  of  the 
death  of  Mr.  Anagnos  in  Turn  Severin,  Roumania.  The 
news  was  not  credited  at  first,  nor,  indeed,  for  several 
days ;  but  as  dispatch  followed  dispatch,  all  confirming 
the  sad  intelligence,  all  hope  was  given  up  and  it  was 
realized  that  the  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts 
School  for  the  Blind  and  the  cause  of  the  sightless 
everywhere  had  met  with  an  irreparable  loss. 


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Suitable  action  was  immediately  taken  by  this  board, 
and  fitting  memorial  services,  religious  and  secular, 
have  been  and  will  be  held  by  the  institution  and  by  his 
countrymen;  resolutions  have  been  passed  by  other 
institutions  and  worthy  tributes  have  been  spoken  and 
written  by  those  who  have  known  and  loved  him.  An 
adequate  story  of  Mr.  Anagnos'  life,  written  by  Mr. 
Frank  B.  Sanborn,  his  life-long  friend,  an  account  of 
the  memorial  services  and  copies  of  the  various  compli- 
mentary resolutions  are  appended  as  a  part  of  this 
report. 

We  are  sure  that  we  voice  the  general  sentiment  in 
saying  that  the  long  and  single-hearted  service  of  Mr. 
Anagnos  and  the  lesson  of  the 

Stern  high-featured  beauty 
Of  plain  devotedness  to  duty 
And  unwasted  days 

taught  by  his  daily  living  are  a  priceless  heritage,  — 
and  in  praying  that  the  spirit  that  so  long  has  guided 
the  affairs  of  this  institution  may,  still  living,  guide 
it  still. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  under  review  there  were 
294  blind  persons  in  all  the  departments  of  Perkins 
Institution.  During  the  year  54  have  been  admitted 
and  32  have  been  discharged,  so  that  there  are  316 
blind  persons  connected  with  the  institution  at  present. 

There  has  been  no  more  than  the  usual  amount  of 
severe  illness  among  the  pupils,  but  we  regret  that  we 
must  chronicle  five  deaths  during  the  year,  —  four 
among  the  pupils  and  one  among  the  sightless 
adults :  — 


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Frank  B.  Butler  of  Norridgewock,  Me.,  died  at  the 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  February  26,  1906,  of 
tuberculosis,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  Sarah  I. 
Richardson  of  Marlboro,  N.  H.,  died  of  tumor  on  the 
brain,  at  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1906,  aged  seventeen  years.  Horace  N.  Hol- 
■den,  one  of  the  sightless  workers  in  the  shop  for  adults, 
died  January  30,  1906. 

Of  the  pupils  at  the  kindergarten,  Stephen  H. 
Martin  of  Plainfield,  Vt.,  died  of  measles  followed  by 
diphtheria,  at  the  City  Hospital,  March  22,  aged  six 
years;  and  Gertrude  May  Holberton  of  Slocumville, 
R.  I.,  died  of  measles  at  the  City  Hospital,  April  3, 
1906,  aged  five  years. 

The  Institution  and  its  Work. 

Wlien  John  the  Baptist  lay  in  prison  he  sent  mes- 
sengers to  the  Carpenter's  Son  to  enquire:  **  Art  thou 
He  that  should  come,  or  look  we  for  another?  "  In- 
stantly the  answer  came:  ''  Go  and  show  John  again 
those  things  which  ye  do  hear  and  see.  ..."  It  is  in 
this  spirit  and  by  this  method  that  we  would  answer 
the  few  who  are  inclined  to  doubt  and  question  either 
the  aim  of  our  work  or  the  value  of  our  results;  and 
in  the  same  spirit  and  by  the  same  method  we  would 
inform  the  vastly  larger  number  who  are  already,  or 
may  become,  our  interested  friends. 

Started  in  1832,  in  a  private  house,  with  a  handful 
of  students,  under  the  inspired  leadership  of  a  man  of 
genius  with  a  passion  for  humanity,  developed  by  him 
through  the  remainder  of  a  long  lifetime,  then  broad- 
ened, extended,  and  in  plan  completed  by  his  great 


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successor,  the  institution  is  today  a  tremendous  fact, 
and  is  known  and  appreciated  by  leaders  in  educa- 
tional thought  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic. 

The  Perkins  Institution  is  a  school,  with  300  stu- 
dents, in  13  grades  above  the  kindergarten,  a  course 
of  study  based  on  the  best  practice  in  the  public  schools, 
—  a  school  that  gives  its  beneficiaries  a  sound  literary 
training  and  fits  for  college;  that  gives  a  thorough 
musical  education  and  fits  for  the  conservatory;  fur- 
nishes scientific  physical  training  and  develops  sound 
health  and  capacity  for  the  enjoyment  of  life.  There 
is  a  thorough  course  in  sloyd  to  train  the  brain  centres 
through  the  hand,  making  nimble  the  wits  and  deft  the 
fingers.  Every  boy  and  every  girl  of  average  intelli- 
gence is  taught  a  trade  and  prepared  to  earn  a  liveli- 
hood, and  the  institution  maintains  a  self-supporting- 
workshop  for  sightless  adults  where  nearly  a  score  of 
sightless  men  and  women  are  employed. 

The  institution  has  62  teachers  and  officers  in  11 
large  buildings,  with  a  raised  print  library  of  15,000 
volumes,  the  second  largest  special  library  on  the  sub- 
ject of  the  blind  in  the  world,  the  most  complete  musical 
library  for  the  blind  in  America,  a  museum  unique 
among  institutions  of  this  kind,  a  scientific  equipment 
ample  for  its  needs,  and  a  musical  equipment  of  94 
pianos,  104  orchestral  instruments,  a  three-manual  pipe 
organ  and  4  small  reed  organs. 

But  bricks  and  books  alone  do  not  make  a  school ! 
What  of  the  quality  of  the  training  given?  The  fol- 
lowing facts  are  significant :  On  the  literary  side,  —  a 
graduate  of  Perkins  Institution  entered  Dartmouth 
College  the  present  autumn  on  examination,  without 


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conditions,  secured  3  points  more  than  the  21  required 
for  admission,  gained  advanced  standing  in  German, 
and  wrote  the  best  Latin  examination  paper  of  all  who 
tried  this  year.  Another  recent  graduate  of  the  insti- 
tution is  a  senior  in  Bates  College. 

On  the  musical  side,  —  the  institution  orchestra  of 
43  pieces  (including  the  girls'  section),  with  a  reper- 
toire of  nearly  a  dozen  classic  symphonies,  has  won 
high  praise  from  able  critics,  and  there  are  nearly 
always  two  or  three  graduates  of  the  institution  in  the 
New  England  Conservatory  of  Music. 

In  the  matter  of  physical  training,  the  promptness, 
spontaneity  and  accuracy  of  the  military  drill  given 
by  our  students  in  Boston  Theatre  every  year  never 
fail  to  call  forth  eager  applause. 

In  the  matter  of  trades,  our  tuning  department  lias 
for  years  had  the  care  of  the  pianos  in  the  Boston 
public  schools,  and  our  certified  tuners  who  go  out  and 
set  up  for  themselves  are  uniformly  successful;  and 
the  work  of  our  chair-caners  and  mattress-makers  is 
constantly  going  into  the  best  homes  in  the  city. 

This  institution  must  be  judged  by  facts  like  these, 
and  also  in  the  light  of  the  important  truth  that  it  is 
absolutely  non-selective.  Its  doors  swing  ever  inward, 
and  no  sightless  child  is  turned  away  without  a  trial. 

Such  is  our  school;  it  is  the  public  free  school  for 
the  sightless  of  New  England,  and,  though  its  funds 
are  large,  they  are  barely  adequate  for  our  needs. ^ 


^  When  the  Commonwealth  raised  the  annual  appropriation  to  $30,000,  the 
number  of  beneficiaries  was  53.  Now  the  number  of  beneficiaries  is  190,  tut 
the  appropriation  is  still  $30,000.  With  the  tremendous  increase  in  the  cost  of 
food-stufis,  coal  and  other  supplies,  the  actual  cost  of  educating  every  blind 
child  is  $450,  and  the  institution  makes  good  the  loss. 


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Physical  teaining  is  given  the  place  its  importance 
deserves,  and  every  pupil  must  take  scientific  exer- 
cise in  a  well-equipped  gymnasium  under  a  competent 
instructor.  These  exercises,  with  the  complete  system 
of  baths  to  accompany  them,  tend  to  keep  the  young 
student  in  glowing  health,  develop  strength  and  sup- 
pleness of  body  and  tone  up  the  entire  system,  with  the 
inevitable  result  that  the  brain  centres  are  stimulated, 
and  all  the  mental  faculties  quickened  and  rendered 
more  alert.  An  important  accompaniment  and  to  some 
extent  a  direct  result  of  these  benefits  is  the  gradual 
overcoming  of  the  inertness  and  timidity,  so  character- 
istic of  blind  children,  and  the  development  of  freedom 
and  confidence  of  movement. 

Manual  training  comprises  paper-cutting,  folding 
and  designing,  wood  and  ring  designing,  for  the  kinder- 
garten ;  clay  modeling  and  wood  sloyd  for  the  primary 
schools,  and  wood  sloyd  and  weaving  for  the  grammar 
schools.  All  these  pursuits  are  well  suited  to  the  pupils 
at  the  ages  when  they  are  given,  and  their  practical 
effect  is  to  render  the  fingers  deft  and  skilful  and  the 
brain  centres  active  and  alert,  while  on  the  practical 
side  they  pave  the  way  for  the  trades  that  come  later. 

The  trades  include  chair-caning,  mattress-making, 
furniture  repairing  and  piano  tuning  for  the  young 
men,  and  sewing,  dress  cutting  and  fitting  and  general 
housework  for  the  young  women.  Reference  has  al- 
ready been  made  to  the  success  of  the  sightless  workers 
in  these  pursuits. 

In  the  LITERARY  DEPARTMENT  thc  rcsults  of  the  past 
year  have  been  most  gratifying.  The  success  of  one 
of  our  students  in  entering  college  has  been  referred  to. 


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The  course  of  study  adopted  four  years  ago  lias  stood 
the  test  well,  and  the  changes  brought  about  in  the 
recent  revision  are  merely  changes  in  detail.  Under 
the  course  as  revised  the  needs  of  several  distinct 
classes  of  students  are  provided  for,  and  somewhat 
greater  emphasis  is  laid  on  industrial  training. 

Music  DEPARTMENT.  The  idea  is  quite  generally  cur- 
rent that  all  the  blind  are  musical.  It  is  doubtful, 
however,  whether  any  higher  percentage  of  our  stu- 
dents have  musical  talent  than  of  the  students  of  a 
public  school  with  an  equal  enrollment.  The  difference 
in  results  is  probably  traceable  to  the  fact  that  all  our 
students  are  carefully  tested  as  soon  as  they  come  to 
us,  and  whatever  musical  talent  appears  is  developed 
to  the  fullest  extent.  The  result  is  seen  in  the  showing- 
made  by  our  orchestra,  already  referred  to.  This  or- 
ganization now  numbers  43  members  (including  the 
girls'  section),  and  plays  the  German  classic  sym- 
phonies so  as  to  win  high  praise  from  competent  critics. 
On  leaving  the  department  our  musical  students,  espe- 
cially the  young  men,  go  to  the  New  England  Conserva- 
tory of  Music,  and  afterward  become  music  teachers 
or  vocal  or  instrumental  artists,  and  a  considerable 
number  have  been  very  successful. 

The  foregoing  is  a  fairly  graphic  picture  of  the  work 
of  this  institution.  After  being  in  the  school  from 
thirteen  to  fifteen  years,  every  young  man  of  average 
intelligence  has  received  a  sound  literary  education, 
and  is  prepared  to  earn  a  livelihood  as  a  musician, 
tuner  of  pianofortes,  chair-caner  or  mattress-maker. 
The  young  women  receive  an  equivalent  literary  train- 
ing and  manual  training  fitted  to  their  needs. 


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These  young  people  now  stand  on  the  threshold  of 
their  careers.  They  have  achieved  their  intellectual 
freedom,  and  look  forward  to  industrial  freedom  and 
attendant  self-respect.  They  need  sympathy,  but  not 
of  the  maudlin  sort.  Help  they  must  have,  but  not  of 
the  pension  order!  The  greatest  kindness  that  can 
come  to  them  now  is  not  the  gift  of  money,  real  or  dis- 
guised, but  the  presentation  of  an  opportunity  honestly 
to  earn  a  living  by  the  trade  or  profession  acquired 
here. 

Need  of  Increase  of  the  Endowment  Fund. 

It  is  a  common  custom  to  regard  any  institution  with 
a  considerable  endowment  as  "  rich,"  without  consid- 
ering at  all  the  demands  upon  the  institution's  re- 
sources. 

Unfortunately,  the  numbers  of  the  sightless  increase 
with  the  increase  in  the  general  population,  and  all  our 
schools  are  full  to  the  limit  of  comfort  and  safety. 

If  our  tuition  receipts  increased  in  direct  ratio  with 
the  increase  in  numbers  of  students,  if  the  numbers 
of  the  taught  could  be  increased  within  wide  limits 
before  additional  teaching  force  would  be  necessary,, 
as  in  public  schools,  the  problem  would  not  be  so  press- 
ing; but,  as  has  already  been  shown,  two-thirds  of  our 
students  are  from  Massachusetts,  and  the  numbers  of 
these  may  be  doubled  but  the  receipts  for  their  tuition 
would  remain  the  same.  Moreover,  our  classes  are 
necessarily  small,  10  pupils  being  the  maximum;  and^ 
while  the  superintendent  in  public  school  work  may 
add  10  or  even  20  pupils  to  a  grade  without  increasing 
the  teaching  force,  the  addition  of  even  10  pupils  to  one 


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of  our  grades  necessitates  a  second  division  with  an- 
other teacher. 

To  summarize:  Under  normal  conditions,  the  re- 
ceipts increase  in  direct  ratio  with  the  increase  in 
numbers  of  the  taught,  while  the  cost  for  teaching  force 
remains  in  the  nature  of  a  fixed  charge  until  20  or  25 
pupils  have  been  added  to  a  grade;  while  with  us  the 
conditions  are  practically  reversed,  for  the  cost  of 
teaching  force  increases  with  the  addition  of  small 
numbers  to  a  grade,  and  the  tuition  receipts  (for  two- 
thirds  of  our  number  of  pupils)  remain  a  fijxed  sum. 

These  conditions,  it  should  be  needless  to  say,  are  a 
severe  strain  on  the  institution  endowment.  The  in- 
crease in  numbers  is  likely  to  go  steadily  on,  the  cost 
of  maintenance  will  increase  in  exact  ratio,  —  and,  if 
the  experience  of  the  last  ten  years  is  to  be  repeated 
during  the  coming  decade,  the  steady  increase  in  the 
prices  of  food-stuffs  and  fuel  will  cause  a  further  in- 
crease in  the  maintenance  cost;  there  will  soon  need 
to  be  extraordinary  expenses  for  new  buildings,  and 
equipment  for  them;  we  have  shown  the  prospective 
need  of  additional  teaching  force,  and  the  increased 
cost  of  living,  already  referred  to,  makes  imperative 
higher  salaries  for  teachers;  we  are  preparing  boys 
and  girls  for  college,  but  we  have  not  a  cent  of  loan- 
funds  to  help  them  through  college  after  we  have  sent 
them  there.  From  the  foregoing  it  appears  that  there 
must  be  large  additions  to  the  endowment  fund,  if  we 
are  to  avoid  the  breakers. 

We  feel  confident  that  when  the  public  fully  appre- 
ciates the  conditions  they  will  again  respond  to  our 


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appeal  with  the  splendid  generosity  so  characteristic 
of  the  friends  of  the  institution  in  the  past. 

Finances. 
The  report  of  the  treasurer,  which  is  herewith  sub- 
mitted, contains  a  detailed  account  of  receipts  and  dis- 
bursements, which  may  be  summarized  as  follows :  — 

Cash  on  hand,  September  1,  1905,       $25,614  34 
Total  receipts  during  the  3rear  (in- 
cluding legacies  and  donations),       278,555  18 
Investments  collected,     .         .         .         44,542  57 

$348,712  09 


Total  expenditures,        .         .         .     $138,745  02 
Investments,  .         .         .         .       165,985  25 


304,730  27 

Balance  in  the  treasury,  August  31,  1906,  .         .       $43,981  82 

Legacies  and  Gifts. 

During  the  past  year  the  institution  has  been  favored 
with  bequests  as  follows :  — 

The  will  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bellamy  Bailey,  who 
resided  at  the  Hotel  Brunswick,  Boston,  contains  public 
bequests  made  as  a  memorial  to  her  daughter,  Sibylla 
Bailey  Crane.  The  sum  of  $3,000  is  given  to  the  Per- 
kins Institution,  and  after  paying  several  other  charita- 
ble and  personal  bequests  the  residue  is  to  be  disposed 
of  by  the  executor  among  such  charitable  and  educa- 
tional institutions  as  he  may  deem  most  worthy.  Mr. 
Andreas  Blume,  the  executor,  has  paid  to  our  treasurer 
$3,000  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  will,  which 


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bears  date  of  February  11,  1902,  and  the  sightless,  with 
other  beneficiaries  of  Mrs.  Bailey's  unselfish  care  and 
thoiightfulness  for  others,  will  bless  her  name  through 
the  years,  no  less  than  the  name  of  her  whose  memorial 
these  bequests  are  to  be. 

Mrs.  Susan  A.  Blaisdell,  late  of  Lowell,  Mass., 
generously  remembered  this  institution  among  the 
charities  to  which  she  bequeathed  the  bulk  of  her 
estate,  and,  in  addition  to  $5,060  previously  acknowl- 
edged, the  balance,  $772.66,  was  paid  to  our  treasurer 
during  the  past  year,  making  a  total  of  $5,832.66  for 
which  the  institution  stands  indebted  to  the  munificence 
of  this  noble  woman. 

As  previously  announced,  under  the  terms  of  the  will 
of  the  late  Chakles  H.  Hayden  of  Boston,  the  residue 
of  his  estate,  after  the  payment  of  several  large  lega- 
cies, was  to  be  equally  divided  among  seven  benevolent 
associations,  of  which  our  institution  was  one.  Ac- 
cordingly, in  addition  to  the  sum  of  $2,500  already 
announced,  the  balance,  $9,500,  has  been  paid  to  our 
treasurer  by  the  executor  of  the  will,  making  $12,000 
in  all,  with  which  Mr.  Hayden,  ever  thoughtful  for  the 
poor  and  needy  and  the  unfortunate,  has  written  large 
his  approval  of  our  work. 

Under  the  will  of  Maegaeet  A.  Holden,  late  of  Bos- 
ton, her  entire  estate  was  left  to  public  charities,  the 
Perkins  Institution  among  them.  The  amount  for 
which  the  sightless  are  indebted  to  Mrs.  Holden's  gen- 
erosity is  $3,708.32. 


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The  Howe  Memorial  Peess. 

The  printing  department  has  made  substantial  prog- 
ress. During  the  year  the  following  books  have  been 
printed:  Rebecca  of  Sunnyhrooh  Farm,  by  Kate  Doug- 
las Wiggin;  and  CarlyWs  Essays  on  Burns,  Goethe  and 
Scott. 

Of  the  standard  works  out  of  print  or  damaged  by 
the  fire  of  1901,  fifteen  have  been  replaced  by  new 
editions. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  there  have  been  stereotyped 
and  printed  in  Braille  1,131  pages  of  music  for  the 
pianoforte,  voice  and  orchestra. 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press  has  ever  been  an  impor- 
tant link  in  our  educational  chain,  first  by  supplying 
text-books  in  the  various  subjects  of  study,  as  well  as 
the  standard  works  of  fiction,  history  and  biography; 
and  later  by  furnishing  embossed  music  for  the  sight- 
less students.  Recently  its  capacity  for  usefulness  has 
been  vastly  enlarged  by  the  new  federal  law  providing 
that  sightless  readers  borrowing  embossed  publications 
from  libraries  or  schools  may  have  them  carried  in 
both  directions  through  the  mails  post  free. 

Teaching  the  Adult  Blind  in  their  Homes. 
The  problem  of  the  adult  blind  has  largely  occupied 
the  attention  of  the  public  of  late,  and  it  is  striking 
testimony  to  the  vast  ability  of  our  late  director  and 
to  the  wideness  of  his  sympathy  that  he  not  only  put 
forth  heroic  efforts  for  years  to  establish  the  kinder- 
garten for  the  blind,  that  the  whole  scheme  of  their 
education  might  rest  on  sure  foundations,  but,  ever 


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mindful  of  the  problem  of  sightless  adults  and  of  the 
ruinousness  of  any  policy  of  segregation  for  them,  he 
thought  out  the  plan  of  home  teaching  for  adults ;  and, 
as  a  result  of  the  interest  aroused,  an  appropriation 
for  this  work  was  made. 

Under  this  plan  a  band  of  thoroughly  devoted  and 
enthusiastic  teachers  has  been  organized,  and  the  re- 
sults, both  in  material  profit  and  in  happiness  to  the 
beneficiaries,  have  more  than  justified  the  expense  in- 
volved. 

Practically  the  entire  appropriation  is  expended  for 
the  salaries  and  traveling  expenses  of  the  teachers  and 
their  guides,  and  for  the  purchase  of  a  few  materials. 
The  work  is  directed  from  the  institution,  and  the 
advantages  of  the  institution  office,  salesroom  and 
library  are  at  the  disposal  of  those  who  are  carrying 
on  this  work,  without  extra  expense. 

Workshop  foe  Adults. 

The  workshop  is  under  the  same  administration  as 
the  institution,  although  not  an  organic  part  of  it,  and 
it  deserves  a  word  in  the  general  story. 

Nearly  a  score  of  deserving  sightless  workers 
have  been  given  steady  employment  in  our  shop,  and 
$6,509.63  has  been  paid  to  them  in  wages  during  the 
year. 

It  has  been  a  trying  year  for  the  shop,  on  account  of 
the  loss,  during  the  latter  part  of  the  time,  of  Mr. 
Eugene  C.  Howard,  the  manager,  whose  health  broke 
down,  and  who  is  now  away  on  leave  of  absence,  seek- 
ing recovery  in  complete  rest.  Mr.  Howard  has  served 
the  cause  of  the  sightless  workers  for  a  score  of  years 


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with  rare  intelligence  and  singleness  of  purpose,  and 
during  the  time  has  more  than  doubled  the  amount  of 
their  annual  wage  receipts. 

During  the  time  that  a  substitute  was  being  found, 
Mr.  Howard's  helpers  showed  a  spirit  and  a  degree  of 
enterprise  in  keeping  the  affairs  of  the  shop  running 
smoothly  and  successfully  that  are  much  to  their  credit, 
and  have  contributed  materially  toward  keeping  the 
balance  on  the  right  side  of  the  ledger  at  the  end  of 
the  year. 

There  is  room  in  our  workshop  for  many  more  work- 
ers than  are  employed  at  present,  if  the  work  could  be 
found  for  them  to  do ;  the  youth  in  our  school  are  being 
trained  to  the  work ;  the  non-resident  workers  could  send 
many  more  articles ;  the  state  teachers  of  the  adult  blind 
are  training  still  others  to  work  with  their  hands.  All 
of  these,  in  our  school  rooms  or  in  their  homes  by 
special  teachers,  or  of  their  own  established  characters 
before  misfortune  overtook  them,  have  been  schooled 
to  independence;  and  they  ask  only  a  man's  right  to  a 
man's  work,  and  in  the  sweat  of  their  brows,  as  other 
men,  to  eat  of  the  bread  of  self-respect.  Your  alms 
cannot  help  them;  but  whenever  your  chairs  need  re- 
seating, your  mattresses  or  pillows  need  attention  or 
you  require  new  ones,  or  you  need  any  of  the  articles 
made  by  the  sightless  women,  call  at  our  store, ^  tele- 
phone or  write  to  our  workshop,  and  help  this  work 
and  these  workers  in  the  best  possible  way,  without 
expense  to  yourself. 

The  work  done  in  our  shop  is  of  the  best  class,  and 

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the  articles  for  sale  in  our  store  are  exactly  as  repre- 
sented and  the  prices  are  lower  than  charged  elsewhere 
for  goods  of  the  same  quality. 

The  work  of  the  Alumnae  Association  to  encourage 
sightless  women  in  productive  work  has  made  excellent 
progress;  materials  are  furnished  them  at  wholesale 
rates,  and  all  the  articles  they  make  are  sold  for  them 
at  our  store/  without  expense  to  the  consignors. 

A  most  interesting  story  of  their  work  will  be  found 
in  the  report  of  the  acting  director,  under  the  title, 
' '  The  Alumnae  Association. ' ' 

Commencement  Exeecises. 

Thanks  to  the  unfailing  interest  and  generosity  of 
Mr.  Lawrence  McCarthy,  the  spacious  Boston  Theatre 
was  again  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  institution,  and 
the  annual  commencement  exercises  were  held  there  on 
Tuesday,  June  5,  at  3  o  'clock  in  the  afternoon.  Fortu- 
nately, the  weather  was  good,  and  the  theatre  was  well 
filled  by  an  interested  and  enthusiastic  audience. 

The  institution  orchestra  was  at  its  best,  and  its  ren- 
dering of  Haydn's  fine  S5niiphony  in  D  called  forth 
volumes  of  sincere  applause.  The  work  of  these  young 
players  evinced  careful  training  and  intelligent  prac- 
tice, and  stamped  them  as  one  of  the  leading  junior 
musical  organizations  of  the  city,  on  their  merits  as 
players. 

After  the  symphony  the  children  of  the  kindergarten 
became  the  centre  of  attraction,  and  an  account  of  their 
songs  and  games,  together  with  Dr.  McElveen's  fine 
address,  will  be  found  in  the  kindergarten  report. 

After  the  pretty  exhibition  by  the  little  folks  there 

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was  an  impressive  exercise  on  energy,  in  which  a  num- 
ber of  its  transformations  were  clearly  illustrated  by 
the  three  girls  of  the  graduating  class,  Ida  Amelia 
Cross,  Ellen  Jane  Smith,  and  Willie  Elizabeth  Robin. 
The  latter,  blind  and  deaf,  illustrated  some  of  the  trans- 
formations of  energy  by  a  sewing  machine,  and  by  the 
use  of  the  manual  alphabet  gave  a  clear  and  intelligible 
explanation  of  the  machine  and  its  use,  which  her 
teacher,  Miss  Vina  C.  Badger,  interpreted  to  the  audi- 
ence. 

It  is  no  disparagement  to  her  classmates  to  say  that 
Miss  Robin  was  the  central  figure  of  this  exercise,  and 
indeed  the  most  interesting  figure  on  the  stage.  The 
story  of  her  education,  detailed  accounts  of  which  have 
appeared  in  these  reports  from  time  to  time,  was  known 
to  many  in  the  audience ;  and  the  sweet  winsomeness  of 
her  appearance,  her  modest  and  yet  confident  bearing 
on  the  stage,  and  her  girlish  delight  in  all  that  was 
going  on  around  her,  won  all  hearts. 

After  the  exercise  by  the  graduates,  the  girls  sang  a 
chorus,  Summer  Fancies,  by  Metra,  in  a  manner  that 
called  forth  genuine  applause. 

The  opening  number  of  the  second  part  of  the  pro- 
gram was  a  military  drill  by  a  company  of  boys.  Tliis 
exercise  has  been  uniformly  successful,  but  never  more 
conspicuously  so  than  this  year.  The  young  men  ap- 
peared in  full  uniform,  carrying  muskets,  and  at  the 
word  of  command,  given  by  their  instructor,  Mr.  John 
H.  Wright,  marched  on  the  stage  in  "  column  fours." 
On  the  stage  they  marched,  counter-marched,  wheeled, 
halted,  came  to  attention  and  drilled  in  a  way  that 
would  have  been  creditable  to  a  company  of  seeing  men. 

The  educational  gymnastics,  by  a  class  of  girls  all  in 


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white  with  red  sashes,  was  a  pretty  and  an  impressive 
sight,  and  the  exercises  were  all  given  with  promptness, 
energy  and  precision. 

Following  the  gymnastics,  a  section  of  the  eighth 
class  of  boys  gave  a  very  interesting  exercise  in  physi- 
ology. Two  of  the  boys  demonstrated  models  of  the 
teeth,  and  two  others  recited  on  the  heart  and  its  action, 
also  using  a  model.  This  was  a  thoroughly  practical 
exercise,  and  was  well  conceived  and  carried  out. 

Next  came  the  presentation  of  diplomas  by  General 
Appleton  in  a  few  happily  chosen  words,  and  the  great 
audience  clearly  shared  in  the  joy  so  plainly  written 
on  the  girlish  young  faces,  at  the  consummation  of  their 
years  of  patient  study  and  painstaking  efforts. 

The  orchestra  gave  a  worthy  rendering  of  Men- 
delssohn's splendid  march  from  Athalie,  and  thus 
closed  one  of  the  most  successful  commencements  in  the 
history  of  the  institution. 

The  program  was  excellently  chosen,  all  the  numbers 
were  adequately  given  and  with  promptness,  and  there 
was  a  noticeable  absence  of  interruptions  or  waits  of 
any  sort.  The  deportment  of  the  pupils  was  never 
better,  the  school  made  an  unusually  fine  appearance  on 
the  stage,  there  was  no  difficulty  in  hearing  in  every 
part  of  the  house,  and  we  are  sure  that  the  host  of  our 
friends  who  poured  out  of  the  theatre  at  the  close  of 
the  exercises  went  their  ways  satisfied  that  the  work  of 
Perkins  Institution  is  going  forward  and  not  backward.' 


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iftt  IWtmcrtam* 

Members  op  the  Coepoeation. 

It  is  with  profound  regret  that  we  chronicle  the 
deaths  of  thirteen  honored  members  of  the  corporation 
who  have  passed  away  during  the  year  that  has  elapsed 
since  the  last  meeting. 

Peculiarly  pathetic  and  hard  to  bear  was  the  death 
of  our  late  director,  Michael  Anagnos,  who  died  in 
Turn  Severin,  Roumania,  June  29,  1906,  as  the  result 
of  a  surgical  operation. 

Mr.  Anagnos  had  sailed  on  the  Romanic  March  17, 
for  a  six  months'  tour  through  Italy,  Greece,  Turkey, 
Roumania,  Austria,  France  and  England.  He  had  en- 
joyed a  delightful  season  in  his  beloved  Athens  during 
the  Olympic  games.  While  there  he  met  a  large  number 
of  friends  and  acquaintances,  and  it  is  a  source  of  con- 
solation that  the  few  weeks  passed  there  were  among 
the  happiest  of  his  life. 

Leaving  Athens,  he  had  sailed  for  Constantinople, 
where  he  had  passed  several  busy  but  very  enjoyable 
days,  and  thence  had  gone  to  Adrianople.  When  last 
heard  from  in  Bucharest  he  was  in  excellent  health  and 
spirits,  so  that  the  news  of  his  death  from  kidney 
trouble  in  Turn  Severin  seemed  incredible ;  and,  indeed, 
it  was  not  believed  by  any  of  his  friends  imtil  later  dis- 
patches confirmed  the  sad  news. 

Mr.  Anagnos  arrived  at  the  home  of  his  aged  uncle, 
M.  Konstantine  Panayotescu,  in  Turn  Severin,  June 


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17.  He  was  not  well  on  his  arrival,  complaining  of 
severe  pains  in  the  back.  His  condition  grew  worse 
during  the  succeeding  days,  and  on  June  25,  at  a  con- 
sultation of  physicians,  an  operation  was  decided  upon. 
An  eminent  surgeon  was  summoned  from  Bucharest, 
and  the  operation  was  performed  on  the  27th;  but  the 
suffering  of  the  preceding  ten  days  and  the  shock  of 
the  operation  were  too  great,  and  at  3  o'clock  in  the 
morning  of  June  29  our  great  friend  passed  away. 

Michael  Anagnos  (Anagnostopoulos)  was  born  in 
Papingon,  in  Epirus,  November  7,  1837.  His  childhood 
and  youth  were  a  bitter  struggle  against  the  hard  con- 
ditions of  peasant  life  under  Turkish  rule,  but  with 
high  purpose  and  dogged  determination  he  persevered 
until  he  entered  the  University  of  Athens  at  eighteen. 
He  graduated  four  years  later,  and  spent  four  years 
more  in  the  study  of  law,  but  never  practised.  Instead, 
he  devoted  his  talents  to  revolutionary  journalism,  and 
for  his  patriotic  utterances  against  King  Otho  he  was 
arrested  and  imprisoned.  After  the  expulsion  of  Otho 
the  Bavarian  Mr.  Anagnos  again  entered  the  ranks  of 
journalism,  and  wrote  bravely  and  well. 

The  meeting  of  Mr.  Anagnos  and  Dr.  Howe  in  1867, 
his  return  with  the  Howes,  his  work  as  Dr.  Howe's' 
secretary  and  later  as  a  teacher  in  the  institution,  and 
his  marriage  with  Julia  Romana  Howe  in  1870,  are 
familiar  to  the  friends  and  acquaintances  of  the  Perkins 
Institution,  as  indeed  are  his  appointment  as  director 
of  the  institution  in  1876,  his  ideally  happy  married 
life,  —  till  death  claimed  Mrs.  Anagnos  in  1886,  —  and 
his  long,  conscientious  and  splendidly  successful  ser- 
vices for  the  institution. 


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Reference  to  Mr.  Anagnos '  services  lias  already  been 
made  at  the  opening  of  this  report.  We  can  only  say, 
in  closing,  that  America  has  lost  a  true  son  by  adoption, 
Greece  a  glorious  son  by  birth,  the  sightless  everywhere 
a  father  and  humanity  a  friend. 

Edwaed  Atkinson  died  suddenly,  December  11,  1905, 
at  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  and  the  institu- 
tion lost  a  loyal  friend,  and  the  city,  state  and  country 
mourned  a  brave,  true  citizen,  —  one  who  had  inter- 
ested himself  in  a  larger  number  of  causes  and  had 
followed  these  interests  to  greater  lengths  in  valiant  and 
efficient  service  than  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of  most  men 
to  do,  even  in  Boston,  the  marching  ground  of  an  ever- 
lengthening  army  of  ''  soldiers  of  the  common  good." 

Mr.  Atkinson  was  born  in  Brookline,  and  was  de- 
scended from  the  patriot  minute  man,  Lieut.  Amos 
Atkinson,  and  on  his  maternal  side  from  Stephen 
Greenleaf ,  famous  as  an  Indian  fighter  in  colonial  times. 
At  fifteen  years  of  age  he  entered  the  commission  house 
of  Reed  and  Chadwick  in  Boston,  where  he  rose  rapidly 
to  successive  positions  of  distinction.  From  early  man- 
hood Mr.  Atkinson  was  widely  known  as  a  statistician, 
publicist  and  economist. 

From  his  youth  up  Mr.  Atkinson  was  devoted  to  the 
real  interests  of  the  people.  He  wrote  and  spoke  con- 
vincingly against  fiat  money  in  President  Grant 's  time, 
while  more  recently  he  opposed  the  free  coinage  of 
silver  and  the  annexation  of  the  Philippine  Islands. 

His  real  reputation  rests  on  his  many  valuable  papers 
and  pamphlets  on  economic  subjects.  In  1887  Mr.  At- 
kinson was  appointed  by  President  Cleveland  as  special 
commissioner  to  report  on  the  status  of  bimetalism  in 


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Europe.  He  was  a  believer  in  free  trade,  and  in  1887 
he  advocated  the  purchase  of  New  Brunswick  and  Nova 
Scotia  from  Canada.  He  was  an  authority  on  New 
England's  mill  interests.  Dartmouth  College  honored 
him  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  and  the 
university  of  South  Carolina  conferred  upon  him  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws.  He  was  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  of  the  American  Academy 
of  Arts  and  Sciences,  a  fellow  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  a  member  of 
the  Cobden  Club  of  England  and  of  the  American  Sta- 
tistical Association,  the  International  Statistical  Insti- 
tute and  the  Unitarian  Club  of  Boston.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  New  England  Emigrant  Aid 
Society,  and  a  founder  and  member  of  the  Corporation 
of  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology. 

From  the  tribute  of  Dr.  William  H.  Lyon,  pastor  of 
the  First  Parish  Church  of  Brookline,  Mr.  Atkinson's 
pastor  and  friend,  we  quote :  — 

Our  friend  worked  for  his  opinions,  and  he  had  a  right  to 
them.  They  were  not  always  true,  but  an  uncommon  number  of 
them  were,  and  his  prophecies  were  sometimes  wonderfully  con- 
firmed when  the  facts  arrived.  His  confidence  was  the  faith  of 
the  optimist  that  all  things  work  together  for  truth  to  them 
that  love  it. 

This  optimism  took  a  practical  form.  There  are  those  who 
have  gloomy  views  of  the  future  life  of  mankind  upon  the  earth. 
The  population  will  outgrow  the  means  of  subsistence  or  the 
supply  of  fuel.  He  was  never  of  their  number.  He  believed 
that  food  would  increase  or  be  invented  to  keep  pace  with  the 
growth  of  the  population,  and  that,  even  if  coal  should  give  out, 
some  substitute  would  be  found.     He  calmly  walked  out  into 


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the  woods  of  his  own  farm  at  Mattapoisett  and  found  that  sub- 
stitute in  the  vegetable  mud  of  its  swamps.  Nothing  coidd  mar 
the  brightness  of  his  outlook  for  mankind. 

His  faith  showed  itself  in  character.  However  violently  others 
might  differ  from  him,  or  however  excited  they  might  grow  over 
what  seemed  to  them  extreme  views,  they  never,  if  they  knew 
him,  believed  him  to  be  less  than  honest.  There  lies  upon  his 
honor  no  single  stain.  For  over  sixty  years  a  man  of  business, 
for  forty  years  the  head  of  a  great  company,  often  in  the  fierce 
light  of  political  controversy,  he  gave  the  world  all  the  chance 
it  needed  to  find  him  out,  but  it  never  found  the  slightest  taint 
of  dishonor. 

In  a  time  like  this,  when  so  much  iniquity  is  coming  to  light 
in  the  world  of  affairs,  when  suspicion  runs  about  wildly  through 
high  places  and  low,  wondering  whom  next  it  will  find  to  have 
dropped  his  self-respect  in  the  hot  chase  after  money,  it  is  re- 
freshing to  tarry  awhile  by  the  memory  of  one  who,  both  out- 
wardly and  within,  led  the  simple  life;  who  tried  to  teach  others 
the  gospel  of  plain  living  and  high  thinking;  who  found  refuge 
from  the  bitter  sorrows  that  came  upon  him,  not  in  excitement, 
natural  or  artificial,  but  in  the  serene  atmosphere  of  large  and 
impersonal  truth.  A  handsome  man  to  look  at  in  the  flesh,  he 
lived  a  life  of  no  less  beauty  within.  He  was,  as  one  has  well 
said,  the  Franklin  of  his  day,  without  the  spots  that  marred 
that  sage,  but  with  his  good  sense,  his  simplicity  and  his  in- 
tegrity. 

William  E.  Baerett  died  at  Ms  home  in  West  New- 
ton at  2.20  A.M.  February  12,  after  an  illness  of  three 
weeks.  Mr.  Barrett  was  born  in  Melrose,  Mass.,  De- 
cember 29,  1858,  and  was  the  son  of  Augustus  and 
Sarah  Emerson  Barrett. 

His  early  education  was  gained  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.    He  fitted  for  college  in  the  Clare- 


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mont,  N.  H.,  high  school,  entered  Dartmouth  in  1876 
and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1880.  Mr.  Barrett  was 
always  enthusiastic  over  his  alma  mater,  and  the  last 
public  meeting  he  attended  was  the  Dartmouth  alumni 
dinner. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Barrett  removed  from  the  local 
journalistic  field  a  man  prominent  both  as  a  publisher 
and  a  holder  of  public  office.  Ever  an  energetic,  tire- 
less worker,  Mr.  Barrett  accomplished  more  in  his  eight 
and  forty  years  than  many  men  have  done  in  the  al- 
lotted span. 

Twenty-five  years  ago  Mr.  Barrett  entered  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Boston  Advertiser  as  Washington  corre- 
spondent. Here  for  four  years  he  was  one  of  the  most 
brilliant  and  successful  of  a  group  of  conspicuously 
able  men.  In  the  spring  of  1886  Mr.  Barrett  returned 
to  Boston  and  became  managing  editor  of  the  Adver- 
tiser. Two  years  later  he  organized  the  Advertiser 
Newspaper  Company,  which  acquired  the  Advertiser 
and  Record,  of  which  Mr.  Barrett  continued  to  be  the 
publisher  until  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  entered  political  life  in  1887,  when  he  was  elected 
to  the  Massachusetts  House  of  Eepresentatives  from 
his  native  town.  He  served  in  the  house  six  consecu- 
tive terms  and  was  five  times  chosen  speaker,  —  the 
youngest  man  who  had  ever  held  that  position.  In 
the  house  Mr.  Barrett  advocated  municipal  lighting 
plants  and  water  works,  —  principles  now  thoroughly 
well  known  and  approved.  In  1894  and  1896  he  was 
elected  to  Congress  from  the  seventh  district,  as  the 
successor  of  Henry  Cabot  Lodge. 

As  a  journalist  Mr.  Barrett  showed  rare  discernment, 


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sense  of  proportion,  judgment  of  men,  remarkable  mem- 
ory for  detail,  quick  perception  and  grasp  of  affairs. 
In  public  life  lie  displayed  great  energy  and  capacity 
for  work,  and  proved  his  independence,  courage  and 
unswerving  loyalty. 

Mr.  Barrett  was  married,  December  28,  1887,  in 
Claremont,  N.  H.,  to  Miss  Annie  Bailey.  They  have 
had  four  children,  all  of  whom,  with  the  widow,  sur- 
vive. They  are:  Miss  Florence,  William  E.  Barrett, 
Jr.,  Constance  and  Ruth  Barrett. 

Maeianne  Bkimmek,  widow  of  Martin  Brimmer,  and 
a  member  of  one  of  Boston's  oldest  and  most  prominent 
families,  died  at  Bar  Harbor,  Me.,  July  9,  after  an  ill- 
ness of  about  two  years. 

At  the  time  of  her  death  Mrs.  Brimmer  was  seventy- 
eight  years  of  age.  Her  husband,  who  died  about  ten 
years  ago,  was  well  known  as  an  art  connoisseur,  and 
was  the  foremost  spirit  in  the  direction  of  the  Museum 
of  Fine  Arts,  over  whose  board  of  trustees  he  presided 
from  the  founding  of  the  institution  in  1870  to  the  time 
of  his  death. 

After  her  husband's  death  in  1896  Mrs.  Brimmer 
went  abroad  and  remained  for  eight  years,  in  France 
and  Italy,  where  she  had  relatives.  Two  years  ago  she 
returned  to  Boston,  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  since 
her  return  had  been  an  almost  constant  sufferer. 

Mrs.  Brimmer  is  survived  by  two  nieces,  Mrs.  Austin 
Wadsworth  and  Miss  "Winifred  Perkins,  and  a  nephew, 
Herbert  Timmins,  now  living  abroad. 

Maey  Josephine  Bumstead  died  at  Cambridge,  Mass., 
July  12.  A  woman  of  large  sympathies,  Mrs.  Bum- 
stead  was  a  devoted  friend  of  the  blind.     She  was 


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deeply  interested  in  the  kindergarten,  and  had  been 
an  annual  subscriber  for  many  years. 

She  was  the  widow  of  Dr.  Freeman  J.  Bumstead  of 
New  York  City,  and  the  daughter  of  the  late  Ferdinand 
Elliott  White  of  Boston. 

Makia  Denison  Buenham  Fky  died  at  her  home  in 
Boston,  Wednesday,  February  7,  after  a  brief  illness. 
She  was  the  wife  of  Charles  Fry,  and  daughter  of  the 
late  John  A.  Burnham. 

Mrs.  Fry  was  a  woman  of  large  wealth,  of  which 
she  gave  generously  to  worthy  causes.  She  was  an 
annual  subscriber  to  the  kindergarten,  and  in  her  death 
we  have  lost  a  generous  supporter,  a  wise  and  sym- 
pathetic counsellor  and  a  loyal  friend. 

John  Theodore  Heard,  M.D.,  died  on  Sunday,  Sep- 
tember 2,  at  his  summer  home  in  Magnolia. 

Dr.  Heard  was  for  thirty  years  a  trustee  of  this  insti- 
tution, and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  the  member 
who  had  been  longest  in  service. 

A  memorial  tribute  will  be  found  in  subsequent  pages. 

William  Alfeed  Hovey  died  in  Boston,  Sunday,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1906,  aged  sixty-four  years.  By  Mr.  Hovey 's 
death  Boston  loses  a  distinguished  citizen,  and  the 
world  of  science,  art  and  letters  a  brilliant  and  many- 
sided  man. 

Mr.  Hovey  was  born  in  Boston,  the  son  of  Charles 
and  Justine  de  Peyster  Hovey,  and  throughout  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  he  continued  to  be  closely  iden- 
tified with  the  city's  affairs.  His  early  education  was 
gained  in  the  public  schools,  and  he  was  graduated 
from  the  English  High  School  in  1860.  Returning  from 
a  trip  to  Europe  shortly  after  the  breaking  out  of  the 


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Civil  "War,  lie  paid  a  visit  to  the  army  of  the  Potomac, 
and  became  associated  with  the  Sanitary  Commission. 
He  served  the  commission  ably  in  several  difficult  and 
important  positions  till  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  war  over,  Mr.  Hovey  took  up  the  study  of  min- 
ing, mastered  that  science,  and  became  engineer  and 
superintendent  of  coal  mines  in  Schuylkill  County, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  three  years.  Here 
Mr.  Hovey  wrote  political  articles  for  the  paper  pub- 
lished in  the  county,  and  gradually  became  interested  in 
journalism.  Early  in  1872  Mr.  Hovey  became  the  man- 
aging editor  of  the  Boston  Commercial  Bulletin.  After 
three  years  of  successful  work  on  the  Bulletin  he  suc- 
ceeded Mr.  D.  N.  Haskell  as  editor  of  the  Transcript. 

Retiring  from  the  Transcript  in  June,  1881,  Mr. 
Hovey  established  the  Manufacturers'  Gazette,  at  the 
same  time  editing  the  Sunday  Budget. 

Later  Mr.  Hovey  became  specially  interested  in  elec- 
tricity, and  was  successively  editor  of  the  Electrical 
Revieiv  (in  1884)  and  special  agent  of  the  American 
Bell  Telephone  Company.  In  1893  Mr.  Hovey  prepared 
the  company's  exhibit  at  the  World's  Fair,  and  re- 
mained in  charge  during  the  fair. 

Mr.  Hovey  was  an  active  and  valued  member  of  the 
St.  Botolph  Club,  and  was  its  secretary  for  some  years. 

His  wife,  who  was  Miss  Goodridge  of  Philadelphia, 
died  about  ten  years  ago,  and  a  son  and  two  daughters 
survive  him. 

Chakles  Lowell  died  at  his  home,  149  Beacon  street, 
May  24.  He  was  a  son  of  Robert  P.  S.  Lowell,  who 
was  a  prominent  educator  and  literary  man  and  a 
brother  of  the  poet.    Mr.  Lowell  was  a  leading  figure 


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in  business  and  social  circles  in  Boston.  He  was  vice- 
president  and  actuary  of  the  State  Street  Trust  Com- 
pany, director  in  the  Boott  Cotton  Mills  Company  and 
the  Fitchburg  Railroad  Company,  treasurer  and  di- 
rector of  the  Boston  Water  Power  Company,  secretary 
and  director  of  the  Boston  Wharf  Company,  treasurer 
of  the  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  trustee  of  the 
Massachusetts  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  and 
of  the  Provident  Institution  for  Savings, 

Mr.  Lowell  was  deeply  and  intelligently  interested  in 
fine  arts,  and  did  much  for  the  Art  Museum.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  St.  Botolph  Club,  and  was  active  in  its 
government. 

Mr.  Lowell  will  be  greatly  missed  by  his  associates 
in  the  counsels  of  this  institution  as  well  as  in  the  larger 
business  and  social  circles  in  which  he  moved.  By  his 
industrious  habits,  generous  spirit  and  cultured  mind 
he  lived  up  to  the  best  traditions  of  a  family  great  in 
the  history  of  Boston  and  New  England. 

John  Cakver  Palfrey  died  at  his  home,  at  88  Beacon 
street,  January  20,  1906.  Mr.  Palfrey  had  undergone  a 
surgical  operation  the  previous  summer,  since  when 
his  health  had  gradually  failed.  He  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton in  December,  1833,  —  the  son  of  the  late  historian, 
John  Gorham  Palfrey,  and  brother  of  Gen.  Francis  W. 
Palfrey.  His  mother  was  the  daughter  of  the  late 
Samuel  Hammond. 

Mr.  Palfrey  graduated  from  Harvard  in  the  class  of 
1853,  with  Charles  William  Eliot  and  many  others  who 
have  since  become  eminent.  Shortly  after  his  gradua- 
tion Mr.  Palfrey  entered  the  United  States  Military 


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Academy  at  West  Point,  where  lie  graduated  in  1857  at 
the  head  of  his  class.  Immediately  after  his  graduation 
the  young  soldier  was  commissioned  a  lieutenant,  and 
when  the  Civil  War  broke  out  he  entered  upon  active 
service,  taking  an  honorable  part  in  the  campaigns  of 
New  Orleans,  Port  Hudson,  the  Red  River  Expedition 
and  Mobile  Bay.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  resigned 
with  the  rank  of  captain  of  engineers,  regular  service, 
and  brigadier-general  of  volunteers. 

Soon  after  his  return  north  Mr.  Palfrey  took  up  his 
residence  in  Lowell,  where  he  became  agent  of  the 
Merrimac  Manufacturing  Company. 

After  a  residence  of  several  years  in  Lowell  Mr. 
Palfrey  married  Miss  Adelaide  E.  Payson,  daughter 
of  the  late  Samuel  R.  Payson,  and  shortly  afterward 
became  treasurer  of  the  Manchester  Mills.  This  posi- 
tion he  retained  for  about  twenty  years,  when  he  retired 
from  active  business,  devoting  some  time,  however,  to 
the  management  of  estates.  He  was  also  at  one  time 
treasurer  of  the  Long  Wharf  Corporation. 

Mr.  Palfrey  was  deeply  interested  in  the  social  and 
club  life  of  Boston.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Somerset 
Club,  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  the  Loyal 
Legion,  the  Cincinnati  and  the  Oakley  Country  Club. 

Mr.  Palfrey's  wife  survives  him,  as  do  three  children,  Miss 
Hannah  Gorham  Palfrey  and  Dr.  Francis  W.  Palfrey,  who  live 
in  the  family  home  at  88  Beacon  street,  and  John  Gorham  Pal- 
frey. Mr.  Palfrey  also  leaves  a  sister.  Miss  Sara  Hammond 
Palfrey,  long  well  known  as  a  writer  of  verses,  novels,  essays, 
etc.,  who  at  the  age  of  more  than  eighty  years  continues  to  write 
interestingly. 


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Mr.  Palfrey's  death  is  a  distinct  loss  to  this  corpora- 
tion, as  it  is  in  the  larger  business  and  social  spheres. 

Samuel  W.  Rodman  died  at  Lincoln,  Mass.,  June  1, 
1906,  in  the  ninety-second  year  of  his  age.  He  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  but  for  more  than  fifty  years  had 
been  a  Bostonian.  Mr.  Rodman  was  a  man  of  wide 
sympathies,  abundant  charity,  and  had  been  an  annual 
subscriber  to  the  kindergarten  for  many  years. 

John  M.  Rodocanachi  died  at  Holbrook,  Mass.,  Sep- 
tember 26,  of  cerebro-spinal  hemorrhage,  aged  seventy- 
six  years.  Mr.  Rodocanachi's  health  had  been  failing 
for  the  last  three  years,  and  lately  he  had  been  the 
guest  of  his  friend  Mr.  McDonald. 

He  was  born  in  Smyrna,  Asia  Minor,  in  1830,  and 
came  to  America  when  still  a  young  man.  After  being 
in  this  country  for  some  time  he  was  appointed  Greek 
consul  in  Boston,  "  in  recognition  of  the  valuable  ser- 
vices rendered  by  him  to  the  cause  of  his  country  and 
of  his  ardent  devotion  to  the  advancement  of  its  inter- 
ests and  the  increase  of  its  prosperity. ' ' 

He  was  consul  for  thirty-five  years,  and  under  his 
management  the  trade  between  Boston  and  Grecian 
ports  grew  steadily  in  volume  and  importance. 

Mr.  Rodocanachi  will  long  be  remembered  as  a  loyal 
Greek,  a  true  American  citizen,  and  a  kind  and  helpful 
friend  to  the  Perkins  Institution. 

Rev.  Edmund  F.  Slaftee,  D.D.,  died  at  Little  Boar's 
Head,  N.  H.,  September  22,  1906,  aged  ninety  years. 
Dr.  Slafter  was  one  of  the  oldest  clergymen  in  the 
United  States,  and  among  the  best  known  among  the 
Episcopal  clergy. 


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He  was  born  in  Norwich,  Vt.,  where  several  relatives 
survive  him.  He  attended  the  historic  Thetf ord  Acad- 
emy, and  all  his  hfe  long  manifested  a  deep  and  abiding 
interest  in  the  old  academy  where  he  prepared  for 
college.  Some  time  ago  Dr.  Slaf ter  gave  to  the  academy 
a  substantial  sum  of  money  for  the  endowment  fund, 
and  last  year  he  bought  the  old  Pierce  property  in  the 
town  and  presented  it  to  the  Thetford  Institution  for 
dormitory  purposes. 

Dr.  Slafter  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  with  the 
class  of  1840,  and  was,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  one  of 
its  oldest  living  alumni.  In  1890  he  was  honored  by  his 
alma  mater  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  His 
interest  in  the  old  college  never  waned,  but  grew 
warmer  and  tenderer  as  the  years  went  by,  and  he  gave 
many  valuable  books  to  the  college  library. 

St.  Peter's  Church  at  Cambridge  was  one  of  his 
earlier  charges,  and  later  he  became  rector  of  St.  John's 
at  Jamaica  Plain,  where  he  officiated  for  several  years. 
He  was  registrar  of  the  diocese  of  Massachusetts  for 
forty  years. 

Dr.  Slafter  was  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bible  Society,  and  was  a  member  and  a  di- 
rector of  the  Massachusetts  Genealogical  Society.  Dr. 
Slafter 's  wife  passed  away  many  years  ago. 

loljtt  titljeoborc  Heart,  p.J). 

It  is  with  feelings  of  deep  personal  sorrow  and  a 
keen  sense  of  the  great  loss  to  the  institution  that  we 
chronicle  the  death  of  the  member  of  this  board  longest 


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in  service,  Dr.  John  Theodore  Heard,  who  passed  away 
at  his  summer  home  in  Magnolia,  on  Sunday,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1906. 

Dr.  Heard  became  a  member  of  this  board  in  1876, 
and  for  thirty  years  he  has  continued  in  enthusiastic, 
loyal  and  elBficient  service.  He  was  one  of  Boston's 
most  eminent  physicians,  and  his  long-continued  mem- 
bership of  the  committee  on  health  was  of  great  benefit 
to  the  institution. 

As  a  member  of  the  house  committee  at  one  time  he 
looked  after  the  details  during  a  period  of  change  and 
reconstruction  of  the  buildings,  and  this  work  was  care- 
fully and  well  done. 

Moreover,  for  many  years  he  has  taken  time,  amid 
the  cares  of  his  large  medical  practice,  to  act  as  one  of 
the  auditors.  Like  all  else  that  he  did,  this  work  was 
thoroughly  and  efficiently  done,  and  his  perfect  pa- 
tience and  unfailing  courtesy  will  long  be  a  treasured 
memory  to  those  of  the  institution  staff  who  regularly 
went  over  details  of  this  work  with  him. 

John  Theodore  Heard  was  born  in  Boston,  May  28, 
1836,  and  was  the  son  of  John  Trull  Heard  and  Almira 
Patterson.  He  was  educated  at  the  Boston  Latin 
School  and  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School,  where  he 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1859.  After  completing  his 
service  as  interne  in  the  Massachusetts  General  Hos- 
pital, he  continued  the  study  of  medicine  in  Dublin 
and  Paris. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  Dr.  Heard  went 
to  the  front  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thirteenth 
Massachusetts  Volunteers.    He  was  made  major  sur- 


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geon  of  United  States  Volunteers  in  May,  1862,  and 
assigned  as  brigade  surgeon  of  the  First  Brigade,  Sec- 
ond Division  of  the  First  Army  Corps.  In  October  of 
1862  he  became  surgeon-in-chief  of  the  Second  Division 
of  the  same  corps.  He  was  successively  medical  di- 
rector of  the  First  Army  Corps,  surgeon-in-chief  of  the 
Artillery  Eeserve  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and 
afterward  medical  director  of  the  Fourth  Army  Corps 
of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  with  the  rank  of  lieu- 
tenant colonel,  expressly  conferred  for  faithful  and 
meritorious  service  during  the  war  and  afterward  by 
act  of  Congress,  February  25,  1865. 

He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Cedar  Mountain,  Va., 
Eappahannock  Station,  Thoroughfare  Gap,  the  second 
Bull  Eun,  South  Mountain,  Maryland,  Antietam,  Fred- 
ericksburg, Va. ;  Chancellorsville,  Gettysburg,  in  the 
campaign  to  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  also  Columbia,  Spring  Hill, 
Franklin  and  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Dr.  Heard's  rise  in  his  profession  as  surgeon  and 
physician  was  viewed  as  remarkable  at  that  time,  and 
since  then  he  had  achieved  an  eminent  position  as  a 
practitioner  in  Boston,  where  he  resided  from  the  close 
of  the  war  until  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  was  married,  October  28,  1868,  to  Miss  Eosalie  J. 
Gaw  of  Philadelphia.  Mrs.  Heard  and  three  sons, 
Henry  Eobert,  Edmund  and  Eoger  Adams  Heard,  sur- 
vive him.  Two  other  children  were  born  to  them: 
Louisa  Gaw  Heard,  who  died  in  1879 ;  and  John  Theo- 
dore Heard,  Jr.,  who  died  in  1902.  He  was  intensely 
devoted  to  his  family,  and  their  home  life  was  ideally 
happy.    For  many  years  the  winter  months  were  spent 


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in  their  town  house  at  20  Louisburg  Square,  while  the 
summers  were  passed  at  their  beautiful  cottage  on 
Norman's  Woe  Road,  Magnolia. 

Dr.  Heard  was  an  honored  member  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  and,  in  addition  to  his  long  and  splendid  ser- 
vice to  the  Perkins  Listitution,  he  was  a  trustee  of  the 
Brigham  Hospital,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  Home  for  Aged  Women,  a  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Medical  Society,  of  the  Essex  County  Club  at 
Manchester  and  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Monument  Asso- 
ciation. 

The  hand  of  the  reaper  has  fallen  heavily  upon  us 
during  the  year  that  has  gone,  and  we  are  more  anc^ 
more  keenly  sensible  of  our  loss  as  the  days  go  by ;  but 
we  believe  that  the  good  and  true  men  and  women  who 
were  taken  have  so  impressed  their  spirit  and  ideals 
upon  those  who  were  left  that  the  work  will  go  tri- 
umphantly on. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

FEANCIS  HENEY  APPLETON, 
WALTER  CABOT  BAYLIES, 
WILLIAM  L.  BEN"EDICT, 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT, 
PAUL  EEVERE  FEOTHII^GHAM, 
CHARLES  P.  GARDINER, 
¥.  P.  HALLOWELL, 
HERBERT  S.  JOHJiSO^T, 
GEORGE  H.  RICHARDS, 
WILLIAM  L.  RICHARDSON, 
RICHARD  M.  SALTONSTALL, 

S.  LOTHROP  THORNDIKE, 

Trustees. 


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THE  REPORT  OF  THE  ACTING  DIRECTOR. 


To  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Gentlemen  :  —  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  for  your 
consideration  a  report  of  the  work  of  the  institution 
for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  August,  1906. 

The  story  of  the  past  year  is  like  an  eastern  fabric, 
subdued  in  colors  and  modest  in  pattern  but  strong  in 
texture  and  rich  in  material.  Threads  of  gold  are 
running  through  it,  drawn  from  the  personality  and 
influence  of  the  remarkable  man  who  has  told  the  story 
himself  in  these  pages  for  so  many  years.  Threads 
of  sombre  black  appear  towards  the  end  of  this  year's 
weaving,  put  there  by  the  hand  of  the  Master  Weaver^ 
but  the  golden  threads  will  still  appear,  bright  and 
strong,  in  all  our  loom  work  of  future  years. 

Whatever  of  praise  may  be  in  order  for  the  suc- 
cesses of  the  year  is  due  our  late  director  for  the  excel- 
lent state  to  which  the  organization  of  the  institution 
had  been  brought,  and  to  the  instructions  he  left  for  the 
guidance  of  another  during  his  absence ;  and  whatever 
of  censure  may  be  in  order  is  for  the  imperfect  way 
those  instructions  have  been  carried  out. 

The  closing  months  of  the  year  have  been  full  of 
sadness  for  all  connected  with  the  institution,  for  just 
as  we  were  beginning  to  look  forward  to  his  home- 


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coming  there  came  the  news  of  his  sickness  and  death 
in  far-away  Eoumania.  Eeference  has  already  been 
made  to  the  salient  facts,  and  a  complete  memoir  ap- 
pears in  subsequent  pages. 

The  relation  of  Mr,  Anagnos  to  his  associates  was 
in  itself  a  beautiful  thing.  He  asked  for  no  comforts 
of  living  that  his  associates  did  not  enjoy.  He  de- 
manded of  his  helpers  no  greater  length  of  hours  or 
hardships  of  service  than  he  took  upon  himself.  Each 
morning  he  met  his  teachers  at  chapel  and  gave  every 
one  a  hearty  greeting  and  a  cheery  smile  that  lighted 
up  their  path  throughout  the  day.  He  would  never 
have  any  praise  for  himself,  but  how  often  in  these 
pages  and  by  the  spoken  word  has  he  shown  his  appre- 
ciation of  their  efforts,  and  assigned  them  all  the  credit 
for  the  work  done  here.  And  this  was  genuine !  It 
rang  true!  And  his  helpers  for  the  most  part  did 
their  best,  out  of  interest  in  their  work  and  the  loyalty 
that  he  inspired. 

Into  the  story  of  his  life  and  vast  achievements  we 
may  not  enter  here.  Full  justice  to  both  are  done  else- 
where in  these  pages,  but  reference  must  be  made  to 
one  thought  to  which  expression  has  often  been  given. 
In  the  first  shock  of  grief  at  what  seemed  his  untimely 
death  it  was  frequently  said:  —  '^  How  will  the  work 
go  on?  "  The  highest  test  of  a  great  leader  is  not 
that  he  should  succeed  so  remarkably  that  after  his 
demise  the  work  must  fail,  but  the  highest  test  is  that 
he  should  so  train,  enthuse,  and  impress  his  helpers 
that,  inspired  by  his  brave,  strong  spirit  they  will 
carry  on  the  work  to  still  greater  heights  of  achieve- 


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ment  after  he  is  gone.  Weighed  by  this  highest,  grand- 
est test,  Michael  Anagnos  will  never  be  found  wanting. 
Before  passing  on  to  the  details  of  the  story  of  the 
year,  the  writer  wishes  cordially  to  thank  the  teachers 
and  officers  of  the  institution  who  have  worked  side 
by  side  with  him  loyally,  and  by  their  sympathy  and 
helpfulness  rendered  somewhat  easier  of  attainment  a 
task  hard  enough  at  best. 

Enrolment  of  Blind  Persons. 

The  total  number  of  blind  persons  registered  in  all 
departments  of  the  institution  at  the  beginning  of  the 
school  year  was  294.  Since  then  54  have  been  admitted 
and  32  have  been  discharged,  so  that  the  total  number 
at  present  is  316. 

Of  the  above  there  are  82  boys,  89  girls,  nine  teachers 
and  other  officers  and  two  domestics  in  the  parent 
institution  at  South  Boston;  60  boys  and  58  girls  in 
the  kindergarten  and  primary  school  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
and  16  adult  blind  men  and  women  in  the  work  shop  at 
South  Boston. 

We  are  still  receiving  applications  from  parents 
living  outside  of  New  England  for  the  admission  of 
their  children  to  this  institution.  We  have  been  obliged 
to  refuse  all  such  applications  during  the  present  year 
owing  to  the  increasingly  crowded  condition  of  our 
buildings,  and  we  have  even  been  forced  to  keep  a  few 
children  within  our  own  field  on  the  waiting  list  for  the 
same  reason. 


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The  Recoed  of  Health. 

Sound  health  is  recognized  by  all  educators  worthy 
the  name  as  the  most  important  consideration  in  the 
training  of  children.  In  the  case  of  sightless  children 
the  question  of  health  must  occupy  a  much  larger 
share  of  the  educator's  attention  than  would  be  re- 
quired in  the  training  of  the  seeing,  for  three  reasons : 
The  fact  of  blindness  itself  is  often  due  to  some  ab- 
normal or  diseased  condition  of  the  body  in  the  child 
or  in  one  or  both  of  its  parents ;  moreover  blindness 
that  is  congenital  or  acquired  early  in  life  tends  to 
render  its  victims  timid  and  inert,  and  thus  to  retard  the 
healthy  physical  development  of  the  child  through  lack 
of  exercise  and  outdoor  air;  finally,  bodily  weakness 
and  lack  of  cleanliness  in  the  seeing  are  powerful  agents 
in  the  generation  of  certain  vices.  How  much  more 
so  then  in  the  case  of  the  sightless,  who  are  constantly 
thrown  in  upon  themselves. 

Recognizing  the  supreme  importance  of  a  strong, 
clean,  healthy  body  as  the  only  suitable  temple  for  a 
living  soul,  all  the  elements  required  in  the  upbuilding 
of  sound  bodily  health:  proper  food,  regular  hours, 
regular  scientific  exercise  under  the  eye  of  an  in- 
structor, hot,  cold  and  shower  baths,  and  free  play  in 
the  open  air  are  insisted  upon. 

The  general  health  has  been  excellent.  Despite  our 
precautions,  however,  there  have  been  three  cases  of 
whooping  cough,  of  considerable  severity,  and  twice 
during  the  year  death  has  invaded  the  ranks  of  our 
pupils. 

Frank  B.  Butler  of  Norridgewock,  Me.,  passed  away 


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at  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  February  26, 
1906,  of  tuberculosis,  at  the  age  of  18  years.  Frank 
had  been  with  us  but  a  short  time.  His  case  was  pe- 
culiarly pathetic,  for  not  only  was  he  totally  blind  but 
he  had  a  withered  right  hand.  Notwithstanding  this 
double  inconvenience  he  entered  heartily  into  the  life 
of  the  school  and  won  many  friends,  who  responded  to 
his  warm-hearted,  generous  nature  and  admired  his 
qualities  as  a  student. 

Sarah  I.  Richardson  of  Marlboro,  N.  H.,  died  of 
tumor  on  the  brain,  at  the  Massachusetts  General  Hos- 
pital, February  23,  1906,  aged  17  years.  She  was  a 
sweet  tempered  and  amiable  child,  and  will  be  gener- 
ally missed  by  the  members  of  the  school. 

In  addition  to  the  above  we  are  obliged  to  chronicle 
the  death  of  Horace  N.  Holden,  a  veteran  among  the 
sightless  workers  in  the  shop  for  the  adult  blind,  who 
passed  away  January  30,  1906.  Mr.  Holden  had  been 
in  the  shop  for  many  years,  was  one  of  the  most  skilled 
workmen  and  was  well  liked  by  his  shopmates. 

General  Survey  of  the  Work. 
So  much  has  appeared  in  these  pages,  —  the  product 
of  the  warm  heart  and  the  keen  intelligence  of  the 
great,  strong  man  who  for  thirty  years  guided  the 
affairs  of  the  Perkins  Institution  that  there  would  seem 
to  be  little  room  for  doubt  as  to  the  policy  of  this  insti- 
tution in  particular,  or  as  to  the  best  method  and  prac- 
tice in  the  education  of  the  blind  in  general.  Trained  by 
intimate  relations  with  the  great  father  of  the  work  in 
this  country.  Dr.  Howe,  Mr.  Anagnos  saw  clearly  that 
the  methods  and  principles  used  by  Dr.  Howe  were  in 


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the  main  correct,  and  with  a  complete  lack  of  conceit 
and  entire  absence  of  any  sense  of  his  own  importance, 
as  great  as  it  was  rare  and  as  rare  as  it  was  beautiful, 
he  set  himself  to  the  task  of  carrying  out  the  great  work 
his  predecessor  had  left  uncompleted,  and  for  three 
decades  has  labored  faithfully  and  brought  this  great 
work  to  a  state  of  efficiency  that  is  known  and  admired 
on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic. 

Dr.  Howe  clearly  saw  at  the  very  beginning  that 
special  class  feeling  with  its  train  of  beggary  was  the 
bane  of  the  blind  everj^iere,  and  all  his  methods  were 
directed  to  removing  as  far  as  possible  any  such  feeling 
of  isolation  from  the  rest  of  mankind,  by  teaching  them 
first  of  all  that  they  were  men,  with  some  degree,  at 
least,  of  a  man's  opportunity,  and  with  the  responsibili- 
ties of  men  just  in  proportion.  To  accomplish  these 
beneficent  results  he  saw  that  he  must  do  for  sightless 
children  just  what  was  done  for  seeing  children,  i.e., 
train  their  minds.  Then,  because  an  enlightened  mind 
in  wretched  surroundings  is  wretched  in  proportion 
to  its  enlightenment,  he  clearly  saw  that  the  sightless, 
left  with  trained  minds  and  untrained  hands,  would 
simply  be  a  prey  to  their  own  despair,  and  of  all  men 
most  miserable.  He  saw  that  to  simply  transform 
them  from  ignorant  beggars  to  enlightened  beggars 
was  but  to  increase  their  own  unliappiness  and  enlarge 
their  power  for  harm.  So  along  with  the  training  of 
the  mind  there  went  the  training  of  the  hand,  to  the 
end  that  the  blind  might  achieve  self-support  and  at- 
tendant self-respect,  and  their  emancipation  would  be 
complete. 

A  number  of  trades  were  taught  at  first,  but  in  later 


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years,  with  the  tremendous  change  that  has  come  about 
in  our  industrial  system  with  the  advent  of  machinery 
the  sightless  have  suffered  with  others,  and  certain 
trades  that  were  formerly  taught  are  no  longer  feasi- 
ble. 

With  the  closing  of  one  industrial  avenue  after  an- 
other the  problem  of  suitable  trades  for  the  sightless 
has  become  more  and  more  difficult,  and  there  has 
seemed  to  be  but  one  way  to  meet  it,  namely,  to  make 
more  thorough  and  comprehensive  the  literary  and 
musical  training  of  the  blind,  and  this  has  been  done. 

This  is  the  method  that,  begun  in  this  country  in 
1832  by  Dr.  Howe,  developed  by  him,  and,  by  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  kindergarten,  rounded  out  and  com- 
pleted by  his  successor ;  —  the  method  that,  prompted 
by  sympathetic  hearts  and  informed  by  keen  intelli- 
gence and  large  experience  in  affairs,  found  the  blind 
in  America  beggars  and  left  them  men ! 

Physical,  Teaining. 
It  often  happens,  —  indeed  we  might  almost  say  it 
usually  happens,  —  that  from  one  cause  or  another  the 
child  who  comes  to  an  institution  for  the  blind  is  sadly 
deficient  physically.  The  loss  of  sight  in  itself  tends 
to  render  the  victim  inert  and  timid,  but,  as  if  this 
were  not  enough,  parents  themselves  all  too  frequently, 
in  mistaken  kindness,  allow  their  sightless  children  to 
mope  about  the  house,  they  wait  upon  them,  dress  them, 
and  even  feed  them,  instead  of  teaching  them  to  do 
most  things  for  themselves  and  seeing  to  it  that  they 
get  plenty  of  healthful  play  out  in  the  sunshine  and 
the  open  air.     The  result  is  that  the  poor  victims  of 


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this  mistaken  sympathy  remain  feeble  and  undeveloped 
in  body  and  consequently  dwarfed  and  impoverished 
in  mind  and  spirit.  Only  a  year  ago  such  a  boy  came 
to  us,  a  pitiful  little  figure,  with  sallow  face,  weak  body, 
spindling  little  legs,  and  ankles  so  weak  that  he  could 
walk  about  only  for  a  little  while  at  a  time ;  —  with  no 
interest  in  anything  or  anybody.  The  writer  has  never 
seen  such  a  change  in  a  human  being  within  a  single 
year.  The  ankles  have  gained  strength,  the  puny 
arms  and  legs  grown  well  rounded  and  strong,  and  the 
face  grown  young  again.  The  breathing  is  deeper  and 
stronger,  the  new,  rich  blood  flows  faster,  the  dormant, 
ill-nourished  brain  has  been  quickened  and  aroused, 
and  now  the  erstwhile  feeble  old  man  of  twelve  is  a 
cheerful,  natural  boy  of  thirteen,  who  exercises  regu- 
larly, plays  freely,  romps  with  the  other  boys,  and  is 
becoming  interested  in  the  studies  of  the  class-room  and 
the  other  interests  surrounding  him. 

The  above  is  an  extreme  case,  but  to  a  greater  or  less 
degree  it  is  typical  of  many  others.  But  when  children 
whose  parents  have  been  wiser,  or  who  had  a  better 
physical  heritage,  come  to  us,  we  must  see  that  the 
bodies  that  have  normally  grown  and  developed  and 
are  sound  and  healthy  continue  to  grow  and  remain 
strong  and  sturdy.  To  this  beneficent  end  several  ele- 
ments are  necessary:  a  sufficient  amount  of  plain  and 
wholesome  food,  eight  or  ten  hours  of  natural  sleep  in 
a  cool,  well-ventilated  room,  frequent  bathing,  scien- 
tific exercise  in  a  well-equipped  gymnasium,  followed 
by  shower  baths,  and  plenty  of  natural  play  in  the 
open  air.  All  these  elements  are  supplied  at  this  insti- 
tution.    The  teachers,   officers  and  pupils  take  their 


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meals  together  and  have  the  same  quality  of  food. 
The  sleeping  accommodations  of  the  pupils  are  roomy 
and  comfortable.  Hot  and  cold  baths  are  regular  and 
frequent.  Our  gymnasium  compares  favorably,  in  its 
roominess,  apparatus  and  bathing  appointments  and 
the  quality  of  the  instruction  given,  with  those  of  the 
smaller  colleges  of  a  few  years  ago,  and  is  up  to 
the  standard  found  at  sister  institutions  today.  In 
the  last  requirement  alone  is  there  any  inadequacy,  and 
in  that  only  in  the  boys'  department  at  South  Boston, 
where  there  is  a  lack  of  playgrounds.  The  pupils  have 
daily  walks,  however,  on  Dorchester  Heights  or  in  In- 
dependence Park,  and  all  have  the  last  ten  minutes  of 
each  hour  for  recreation  all  through  the  day. 

Manual  Training. 

While  the  Perkins  Institution  has  always  made  the 
training  of  the  mind  the  main  consideration  and  the 
teaching  of  a  trade  incidental,  yet  this  incidental  work 
has  been  so  thoroughly  well  done  as  to  leave  little  room 
for  adverse  criticism  from  those  whose  viewpoint  was 
altogether  utilitarian. 

The  course  of  study  prepared  for  the  boys'  depart- 
ment some  four  years  ago  provided  for  manual  train- 
ing five  hours  a  week  for  the  Primary  school,  or  first 
four  years,  and  for  the  Grammar  and  High  schools  as 
follows :  five  hours  a  week  in  the  fifth  and  sixth  years ; 
seven  hours  a  week  in  the  seventh,  eighth  and  ninth 
years ;  eight  hours  a  week  in  the  tenth  and  eleventh 
years ;  and  twelve  hours  a  week  in  the  twelfth  and  thir- 
teenth years,  as  a  minimum,  and  for  the  non-musical 
pupils  more  time  was  available  for  manual  training. 


58     , 

These  hours  were  devoted  to  wood-sloyd,  chair  caning, 
mattress-making  and  piano  tuning. 

For  some  time  there  has  been  a  growing  conviction 
that  too  much  time  was  being  devoted  to  wood-sloyd. 
Last  year  this  feeling  was  voiced  by  Hon.  John  T. 
Prince  in  his  report  on  this  institution,  where  he 
said :  — 

It  is  a  question  in  my  mind  whether  the  close  adherence  to 
sloyd  to  the  exclnsion  of  much  practical  work  in  some  of  the 
grades  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  spending  of  three  or  more  years 
upon  chair  caning  and  mattress-making  on  the  other,  may  not 
be  two  extremes  which  should  be  avoided. 

This  criticism,  so  far  as  it  related  to  wood-sloyd,  has 
been  met  by  dropping  the  second  year  of  that  work  in 
the  Grammar  school  and  substituting  some  loom  work 
which  it  is  hoped  will  prove  to  be  of  greater  educational 
value.  Moreover  during  the  past  year  the  course  of 
study  for  the  Grammar  and  High  schools  of  the  boys' 
department  has  been  so  revised  that,  excepting  pupils 
pursuing  the  musical  course  and  certain  to  make  music 
their  profession,  it  now  provides  for  manual  training 
five  to  ten  hours  a  week  during  the  fifth  and  sixth  years ; 
ten  to  twelve  hours  a  week  during  the  seventh  and 
eighth  years ;  twelve  to  fifteen  hours  a  week  during  the 
ninth  year,  and  fifteen  to  eighteen  hours  a  week  during 
the  remainder  of  the  course.  All  are  to  take  one  year  of 
wood-sloyd,  a  year  of  weaving,  chair  caning  as  before, 
and  then  are  to  be  assigned  either  to  mattress  work  or 
tuning,  in  the  interest  of  greater  proficiencj^  in  the 
trade  chosen. 


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The  sloyd  work  in  the  boys'  school  at  South  Boston 
has  been  assigned  to  larger  quarters  on  the  ground 
floor,  where  there  is  room  for  some  new  benches,  — 
that  have  been  added,  —  and  looms  for  the  second  year 
work. 

The  removal  of  the  sloyd  work  from  the  upper  floor 
has  made  possible  the  enlargement  of  the  mattress 
shop,  so  as  to  provide  for  the  extra  hours  of  this  work 
to  be  taken  under  the  new  course,  and  at  the  same  time 
make  it  easier  to  arrange  the  daily  schedule. 

In  the  girls'  department  there  is  a  well-planned 
course  of  manual  training,  and  the  excellence  of  the 
results  secured  bespeaks  the  intelligence  and  thorough- 
ness of  the  instruction. 

The  following  account  is  reprinted  from  the  report  of 
one  year  ago :  — 

Instruction  is  given  in  the  girls'  department  in  three  distinct 
lines  of  niannal  training.  The  sloyd  system  is  followed  ia  all 
these  branches,  namely,  knitting,  wood-work  and  sewing. 

The  course  in  knitting  is  four  years,  in  wood-sloyd  three  years 
and  in  sewing  eight  years.  The  work  in  each  line  is  graded,  but 
the  pupil  at  her  entrance  begins  them  all  and  advances  as  rapidly 
as  her  ability  permits.  With  the  exception  of  the  preparatory 
work  in  learning  stitches  and  patching,  something  useful  is 
created  at  every  step  of  the  way.  The  result  of  the  first  clumsy 
attempt  in  knitting  is  made  into  a  bag  for  rubbers;  the  tools  in 
wood-sloyd  are  first  handled  in  an  effort  to  make  a  flower-pin  or 
a  ruler;  and  the  piece  of  canvas  used  in  practising  stitches  in 
sewing  is  a  pretty  mat  when  the  work  is  finished.  So  the  pupil 
produces  something  of  positive  value  even  in  elementary  exer- 
cises. 


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Training  in  knitting  is  begun  with  the  use  of  coarse  twine  and 
heavy  wooden  needles,  followed  by  finer  cord  and  bone  needles, 
and  then  by  still  finer  twine  and  steel  needles.  The  first  worsted 
used  is  eight-fold  Germanto^\•n,  then  four-fold,  and  from  this  the 
work  grades  through  Saxony  and  Shetland  wool  to  fine  thread. 
The  size  of  the  needles  of  course  decreases  correspondingly.  Two 
or  three  articles  are  made  at  each  step  of  the  process. 

After  the  first  exercise  with  twine,  the  regular  course  begins. 

First  Year:  plain  knitting,  casting  on  and  binding  off.  The 
worsted  is  held  over  the  left  hand  in  the  German  way,  as  this 
position  gives  a  freer  and  more  even  exercise  to  both  hands. 

Second  Year:  seaming,  widening  and  narrowing. 

Third  Year:  using  finer  materials  with  both  coarse  and  fine 
needles.  The  rainbow  shawl  belongs  to  this  period  and  other 
shawls  made  with  two  kinds  of  worsted. 

Fourth  Year:  using  four  needles  and  knitting  with  thread.  Mit- 
tens, stockings,  some  kinds  of  infants'  socks,  and  sweaters  are 
made  at  this  time.  Crocheting  comes  in  this  last  year  of  the 
course  but  is  not  considered  so  good  an  exercise  as  knitting 
because  only  one  hand  is  actively  engaged. 

WooD-SLOYD  is  given  only  to  the  younger  girls  or  to  new  pupils 
who  need  especially  to  gain  control  of  their  hands.  The  course 
usually  extends  over  the  first  three  years  of  a  girPs  training  at 
South  Boston.  She  begins  with  a  knife  and  makes  a  flower-pin ; 
then  with  a  plane  she  makes  a  ruler  and  so  on  to  tool-rack, 
coat-hanger,  plant-stand,  corner-shelf,  paper-knife,  knife-box  and 
towel-roller,  as  she  is  learning  to  use  the  saw,  awl,  bores,  dividers, 
spoke-shave,  etc.  She  has  the  results  of  her  labor  and  may  keep 
her  models  or  give  them  away,  as  she  pleases. 

The  course  in  sewing  is  naturally  the  longest.  Pupils  can 
advance  from  the  first  simple  stitches  to  the  stage  where  they 
can  darn,  patch,  draft  their  own  patterns  and  complete  common 
articles  of  dress. 


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First  Year.  The  pupil  is  taught  to  make  stitches  with  heavy 
worsted  on  perforated  leather.  She  repeats  these  on  burlap- 
canvas.  The  openings  in  this  material  make  it  possible  for 
her  to  keep  the  stitches  in  a  straight  line. 

Second  Year.  She  applies  her  knowledge  of  stitches  to  coarse 
cloth  by  basting  towels,  dusters,  etc. 

Third  and  Foiirth  Years.  She  bastes  sheets,  hems  napkins  and 
over-hands  pillow-cases,  puts  two  edges  together  with  dif- 
ferent stitches  in  making  bags,  slipper-cases,  aprons,  over- 
sleeves, etc.,  besides  measuring  and  cutting  straight  and 
curved  edges,  making  buttonholes,  darning  and  patching. 

Fifth  and  Sixth  Years.  She  gains  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
sewing  machine,  and  stitches  towels,  sheets,  pillow-cases,  and 
sometimes  table-cloths.  All  the  table  linen,  sheets,  pillow- 
cases and  towels  for  the  five  cottages  of  the  girls'  depart- 
ment are  made  by  the  pupils  in  class. 

Seventh  and  Eighth  Years.  Advanced  work  in  taking  measure- 
ments, drafting  patterns  for  her  own  underwear,  linen  skirts, 
breakfast  jackets,  and  shirt-waists,  then  fitting  and  complet- 
ing these  garments.  The  drafting  is  done  by  the  help  of 
a  system  with  raised  measurements  and  of  a  dress-maker's 
wheel  to  take  the  place  of  a  pencil.  The  wheel  leaves  a  line 
of  perforations  that  can  be  easily  followed  by  the  fingers. 

The  order  followed  in  the  instruction  in  these  different  sub- 
jects is  invariable;  but  the  length  of  time  taken  by  individual 
pupils  to  complete  satisfactorily  each  step  of  the  course  depends 
upon  the  capability  of  each  girl.  At  the  completion  of  this 
course  the  pupil  has  gained  skill  and  strength  in  her  hands,  and 
probably  has  clearer  ideas  of  shape  and  proportion,  a  little 
keener  intelligence  and  more  self-reliance.  It  is  certain  that  she 
finds  satisfaction  in  being  able  to  do,  to  a  great  extent,  what 
seeing  girls  of  her  own  age  are  capable  of  accomplishing  in  the 
line  of  repairing  and  dress-making. 


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This  is  not  all  that  is  done  for  fitting  our  girls  to  become 
useful  to  themselves  and  to  others.  There  is  more  which  is 
of  equal  importance  to  them.  The  pupils  of  the  girls'  de- 
partment are  divided  into  five  separate  families,  which  com- 
pare most  favorably  in  every  particular  with  the  best  in  the 
neighborhood.  The  training  received  in  the  work-rooms  of 
the  school  is  supj)lemented  and  enlarged  by  that  obtained  at 
the  cottages,  in  which  they  live.  Here  they  are  taught  by 
intelligent  and  cultivated  ISTew  England  housekeepers  the 
practical  side  of  domestic  science  without  being  required  to 
wear  white  caps  and  to  carry  notebooks  for  the  purpose  of 
recording  fine  theories  of  cooking  and  digestion.  Here  they 
become  acquainted  with  the  ordinary  duties  of  life,  with  the 
amenities  and  courtesies  of  sensible  society.  Here  in  the 
quietness  of  the  family  circle  they  talk  of  manners  and 
morals ;  they  listen  to  the  reading  of  the  magazines  and  news- 
papers and  discuss  the  civic,  literary,  artistic  and  scientific 
events  and  questions  of  the  day.  Here  they  learn  to  set  and 
clear  away  a  table,  to  wash  and  wipe  dishes,  to  sweep  floors 
and  dust  furniture,  to  make  beds  and  help  in  the  kitchen,  to 
patch  clothes  and  mend  stockings,  in  short  to  do  everything, 
which  is  needful  to  make  a  home  clean,  well  ordered  and 
attractive. 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Alumna-Association. 

Wednesday,  afternoon  and  evening,  June  6,  1906,  the 
Alumnae-Association  of  the  Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind  held  their  annual 
business  meeting  and  reception. 

There  are  now  63  members  of  the  association,  and 
the  officers  are  as  follows :  Miss  Lydia  Y.  Hayes,  presi- 
dent;  Miss  Lillian  R.   Garside,  vice-president;   Miss 


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Lenna  D.  Swinerton,  secretary ;  and  Miss  Ella  Brpwnell, 
treasurer. 

The  exercises  of  the  evening  were  of  a  literary  and 
musical  character,  and  Miss  Mary  C.  Moore,  of  the 
State  Normal  school  at  Framingham,  read  a  paper  on 
the  work  of  the  blind  women,  that  should  be  of  interest 
to  all  just  at  this  time  when  there  is  so  much  interest  in 
the  adult  blind. 

Miss  Moore's  paper  follows:  — 

The  Alumna-Association  of  the  Perkins  Institution 

AND  Massachusetts  School  fok  the  Blind. 

An  Appreciation. 

It  must  have  been  with  feelings  of  warm  affection  that  the 
late  Walter  Pater  named  his  studies  of  the  poets  Apprecia- 
tions, hence  no  apology  is  needed  here  for  the  adoption  of 
that  happy  title. 

In  the  year  1879  the  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachu- 
setts School  for  the  Blind  first  recognized  the  successful 
work  of  its  students  by  granting  diplomas  to  those  who  satis- 
factorily completed  the  course  of  studies.  That  year  there 
was  but  one  girl  graduate,  Ellen  E.  Hickie,  and  no  other 
until  1883,  when  a  class  of  four  went  out  properly  accredited 
by  the  school. 

On  Oct.  27,  1884,  the  class  of  '83,  —  Julia  E.  Burnham, 
Jenny  M.  Colby,  Lenna  D.  Swinerton  and  Mary  C.  McCaffrey 
drew  up  some  resolutions  and  formed  the  nucleus  of  an 
Alumnse-Association,  the  aim  of  which  is  as  follows :  — 

First,  to  render  to  the  institution  such  S3''stematic  reports  of 
the  work  of  its  graduates  as  shall  enable  it  at  any  time  to 
promptly  ascertaia  the  residence,  address  and  occupation  of  any 


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member  of  the  association  or  any  other  statistics  concerning  her 
which  may  be  desired. 

Second,  to  carefully  tabulate  such  experience  and  observations 
as  shall  seem  of  possible  value  to  ourselves  or  to  those  who  have 
not  yet  entered  upon  "  the  broad  field  of  battle/'  and  to  labor 
earnestly  to  do  our  little  and  best  to  forward  the  work  so  grandly 
carried  on  by  the  school  and  its  benefactors. 

Third,  to  hold  ourselves  ready  to  render,  collectively  or  indi- 
vidually, any  service,  great  or  small,  which  our  alma  mater  may 
require  at  the  hands  of  her  gTateful  daughters. 

The  efforts  of  the  next  two  years  were  directed  toward 
arousing  in  the  higher  classes  of  the  school  an  interest  in 
the  enterprise.  By  June,  1885,  there  were  twelve  diploma 
graduates,  eleven  of  whom  met,  adopted  the  resolutions  of 
the  class  of  '83  and  regTilarly  formed  an  association. 

It  is  the  purpose  of  this  article  to  show  the  beautiful  re- 
lations existing  between  the  school  and  this  little  association 
—  it  numbers  but  sixty-three  now  —  to  give  an  outline  of  its 
work  and  thus  to  disclose  how  steadily  its  earnest  members 
have  kept  their  aim  before  them  and  how  nobly  they  have 
lived  tow^ards  its  accomplishment. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Miss  Julia  E.  Burnham  the 
writer  has  had  access  to  careful  records  of  all  the  annual 
meetings,  records  kept  by  several  secretaries,  for  it  has  been 
the  wise  policy  of  the  association  to  change  officers  frequently 
that  many  might  reap  the  benefit  of  bearing  the  responsi- 
bility. 

From  the  outset  the  school,  through  its  wise  director,  Mr. 
Anagnos,  and  through  its  devoted  principal.  Miss  Bennett, 
with  the  cordial  cooperation  of  all  teachers  and  matrons,  has 
given  the  association  a  full  measure  of  sympathy  and  has 
accepted  useful  suggestions  with  frank  gratitude. 


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The  annual  meetings  have  been  held  at  the  school,  with  an 
all-day  session  for  business  and  an  evening  of  refined  pleas- 
ure always  shared  by  friends,  and  including  the  older  under- 
graduates. By  reference  to  the  records  we  learn  that  the 
programme  of  the  day  invariably  provides  for  a  private  ses- 
sion with  the  director,  and  one  with  Miss  Bennett.  The 
main  purposes  of  these  interviews  have  been  to  get  and  give 
inspiration  and  assistance,  and  to  keep  the  alumnce  closely 
in  touch  with  the  school,  its  needs  and  its  development. 
Sometimes  the  business  meeting  is  planned  with  reference 
to  observing  and  encouraging  school  work,  as  in  1889,  when 
at  the  request  of  the  association  exercises  were  given  in 
arithmetic,  Greek  history,  psychology  and  literature,  or  in 
189Y,  when  the  evening  entertainment  consisted  of  a  joint 
discussion  between  the  Reading  Club  of  the  school  and  the 
alumnce,  the  subjects  being  Sesame  and  Lilies,  The  Peasant 
and  the  Prince  and  Treasure  Island.  Among  the  delights  of 
the  evening  meetings  we  find  addresses  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Clark,^ 
by  Dr.  E.  E.  Hale,  always  a  warm  friend  of  the  school,  by 
Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe,  - —  also  many  musical  and  literary 
entertainments. 

The  secretary  for  the  year  1887  records  certain  parts  of 
the  director's  address.  In  it  Mr.  Anagnos  says :  —  '^  Keep 
alive.  Work  for  others.  Distinguish  between  aspiration  and 
ambition.  Adopt  a  policy  and  go  steadfastly  on  to  carry  it 
out." 

The  association  adopted  a  policy  —  to  study  the  needs  of 
blind  women  within  the  association  and  without.  This  very 
year,  1887,  we  find  one  woman  reading  a  paper  on  Sewing, 
its  purpose  to  incite  a  proper  regard  for  the  care  of  clothes 
and  to  give  practical  suggestions  of  means  by  which  blind 
girls  may  keep  them  in  order.     Another  paper  marks  the 


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beginning  of  observing  conditions  of  life  among  blind  women. 
This  paper  gives  statistics  concerning  self-support  among 
twenty-five  blind  women,  only  some  of  whom  are  members 
of  the  association.  About  half  the  number  are  reported 
wholly  self-supporting.  All  the  others  contribute  more  or 
less  to  their  support.  The  study  continues.  At  the  after- 
noon session  of  the  following  year  several  members  give  their 
experiences  in  different  kinds  of  profitable  work,  as  church 
music,  massage,  elocution,  teaching.  Miss  Poulsson  speaks 
on  the  Duties  of  a  Governess;  a  blind  student  at  Wellesley 
college  on  Higher  Education  of  Blind  Women. 

From  this  time  on  the  industrial  problem  engages  the 
thought  and  activity  of  the  association.  Many  blind  women 
living  at  home  are  able  to  sew  by  hand  and  machine,  they 
can  work  beautifully  in  Avorsteds,  silks  and  beads.  The  ques- 
tions to  meet  are :  —  How  may  their  work  be  improved  and 
broadened  ?  What  means  can  be  devised  for  putting  their 
wares  \\])o\\  the  market  ?  A  practical  answer  to  the  first 
question  apj^ears  in  a  request  for  a  book  of  directions  for  new 
patterns  in  knitting  and  crochet,  the  response  to  which  is 
a  full  edition  from  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  (embossed 
type)  of  two  books ^  of  fifty  pages  each,  prepared  by  Mrs. 
Cora  L.  Gleason. 

The  history  of  marketing  the  home-made  work  of  the 
women  is  most  interesting  and  is  still  making.  In  1893  the 
advisability  of  establishing  rooms  for  the  sale  of  work  was 
considered  and  referred  to  a  committee.  At  the  next  annual 
meeting  it  was  voted  to  establish  an  exchange  in  the  sales- 
room of  the  institution  in  accordance  with  permission  granted 

'  These  books  are  still  in  circulation.     Any  one  wishing  to  use  them  should 
address  Miss  S.  E.  Lane,  Librarian,  Perkins  Institution,  South  Boston. 


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by  Mr.  Anagnos.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  carry  on 
the  work,  Miss  Laura  E.  Poiilsson,  Mrs.  Cora  L.  Gleason 
and  one  member  of  the  association,  Miss  Lenna  D.  Swinerton. 
The  efforts  of  these  ladies  were  richly  supplemented  by  the 
steadfast  zeal  of  Miss  Estelle  M.  Mendum,  in  charge  of  the 
salesroom.  Certain  parts  of  the  report  of  this  committee,  at 
the  end  of  the  first  year,  read  as  follows :  — 

The  articles  offered  for  sale, consist  of  shirts,  socks,  sacques, 
blankets,  etc.,  for  babies;  skirts  and  shoulder  capes,  graceful 
head  coverings  of  ice  wool,  bedside  slippers,  wash  cloths,  dusters, 
iron  holders,  towels  for  china  and  glass  ware,  gingham  and  white 
aprons,  and  a  variety  of  miscellaneous  articles.  The  aim  is  to 
have  all  fancy  work  as  dainty  and  tasteful  as  possible,  and  to 
keep  the  household  supplies  mentioned  above  always  on  hand 
in  such  amounts  and  of  such  quality  as  to  warrant  the  depend- 
ence of  regular  customers  upon  them. 

The  articles  came  from  all  grades  of  workers  li-\dng  in 
to'wns  or  villages  near  Boston  and  far  from  that  centre.  All 
work  was  carefully  examined,  only  that  of  first-class  quality 
was  ofi^ered  for  sale.  The  receipts  from  December,  1894,  to 
June,  1895,  were  $85.50.  At  the  time  of  the  first  payment 
for  work  there  were  nine  consignors;  before  June,  1895, 
there  were  twenty-one.  The  sales  for  the  year  ending  June, 
1896,  amounted  to  $293.  In  1901  they  were  $564,  with 
thirty  consignors. 

The  work  continued  to  grow,  consignors  sent  articles  in 
much  greater  variety  and  the  sales  increased  so  that  from 
September,  1903,  to  September,  1904,  they  reached  $1,433.05. 
At  present  there  are  seventy-seven  consignors  who  are  not 
members  of  the  association  on  the  books. 


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To  bring  about  these  good  results,  the  committee  and  Miss 
Mendum  have  been  indefatigable  in  numerous  ways  that  we 
trust  some  day  will  be  made  public. 

In  1897  Mr.  Anagnos's  address  at  the  morning  session  is 
on  Honest  Labor.  He  congratulates  the  association  on  the 
success  of  their  salesroom  enterprise.  The  committee  calls 
for  more  consignors.  In  1902  the  President,  Miss  Ljdia 
Y.  Hayes,  issues  a  notice  to  consignors  that  "  the  manage- 
ment of  this  branch  of  industry  has  been  assumed  by  the 
managers  of  the  workshop,  at  South  Boston,  for  the  adult 
blind.  Consignors,"  she  says,  "  will  continue  to  do  the  needle 
work  in  their  homes."  Then  follows  an  assurance  of  the  con- 
tinued interest  of  the  special  committee  and  of  the  association. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  June,  1904,  the  alumnce,  feel- 
ing it  no  longer  right  to  accept  so  much  voluntary  service  on 
the  manager's  part  as  the  increasing  business  demanded,  de- 
termined to  assume  the  responsibility  of  the  salary  of  an 
agent.  They  went  bravely  to  work  and  held  a  large  fair  by 
which  they  earned  $1,300.  They  loaned  a  part  of  this  sum 
to  the  salesroom  to  be  used  for  buying  material  for  special 
orders,  and  a  part  was  devoted  to  experimental  work. 

These  noble  women  have  indeed  "  kept  alive,"  they  have 
"  adopted  a  policy ;  "  they  are  going  on  steadfastly  to  carry 
it  out.  They  have  worked  not  only  for  themselves  but  for 
the  common  weal.  Their  policy  of  keeping  blind  women  in 
their  homes,  among  the  seeing,  is  much  the  happiest  one  that 
can  be  devised  for  the  blind,  and  the  best  for  the  people  at 
large;  for  any  person  who  struggles  bravely  against  odds  is 
a  blessing  to  the  immediate  community  in  which  he  lives. 
Suppose,  however,  all  the  unfortunate  could  be  brought  to- 
gether in  some  large  centre  where  individual  effort  would  be 


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lost,   what  a  dreary  world  for  the  unfortunate!      What  a 
selfish,  ho]3eless  world  for  the  other  half! 

But  the  private  records  kept  in  point  writing  reveal  more 
and  different  work  for  others.  Sometimes  it  is  in  the  expres- 
sion of  sympathy  and  appreciation,  the  most  noteworthy  illus- 
tration of  which  is  embodied  in  the  following :  — 

Whereas  since  our  last  meeting  the  much-desired  kindergar- 
ten has  been  dedicated  and  its  work  begun, 

Eesolved,  that  we,  the  members  of  the  Perkins  Institution 
Alumnae-Association,  do  now  express  to  Mr.  Anagnos  our  most 
sincere  thanks  for  his  earnest,  unremitting  efforts  in  its  behalf. 
That  while  we  gratefully  recognize  the  faithfulness  with  which 
he  has  fulfilled  and  extended  the  plans  of  his  predecessor  for  the 
Perkins  Institution,  while  we  cherish  the  memory  of  her  who 
shared  his  care  for  "  the  little  blind  children,"  and  while  we 
would  in  no  wise  undervalue  the  kiad  aid  and  cooperation  of  our 
teachers  and  matrons,  we  regard  the  kindergarten  as  particu- 
larly the  child  of  his  great  wisdom,  humanity  and  integrity. 

Eesolved,  that  the  secretary  shall  send  a  copy  of  these  resolu- 
tions to  Mr.  Anagnos. 

In  1890,  a  problem  having  arisen  as  to  the  most  permanent 
kind  of  pencil  writing,  we  find  the  alumnae  collecting  the  data 
that  shall  solve  it.  "  What  can  we  do  for  the  kindergarten  ?  " 
they  ask  in  '91.  "  Let  each  give  as  she  is  able  by  the  first 
of  October,"  replies  the  wise  director. 

The  next  year's  report  shows  that  they  furnished  bed 
linen  for  a  new  building  at  the  kindergarten  at  an  expense 
of  $85.72.  This  amount  was  raised  by  voluntary  contribu- 
tions but  few  of  which  came  without  self-sacrifice. 

Seven  years  later  the  following  motion  was  unanimously 
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Voted  :  —  That  the  members  of  the  Aliimnge- Association  of 
the  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind 
wishing  to  he  of  practical  service  to  every  blind  person  who  may 
be  desirous  of  learning  to  read  by  means  of  the  sense  of  t<5uch, 
gladly  imdertake  to  canvass  all  parts  of  New  England  with  a 
view  of  finding  such  persons  and  to  advise,  teach  and  supply  them 
with  such  reading  matter  as  may  be  suitable  to  the  tactile  and 
mental  condition  of  each  case. 

The  J  immediately  went  to  work,  largely  by  correspondence, 
the  library  of  the  school  was  at  their  command,  and  the 
director  undertook  to  meet  all  expenses  of  travel  and  corre- 
spondence. They  sent  out  circulars  announcing  their  inten- 
tions and  asking  the  recipients  to  report  to  the  institution 
any  cases  where  their  services  were  needed.  Pupils  were 
found  in  Boston,  Roxbury,  Dorchester,  Low^ell,  Chelmsford, 
Gloucester,  Lynn  and  elsewliere.  Among  the  first  pupils  was 
Jessie  Gilman  of  Roxbury.  Mrs.  Mabel  Bro\\Ti  Spencer 
taught  her  to  read  line  type  and  to  write  and  read  the  point 
system  used  by  the  blind  for  memoranda  and  correspondence 
as  well  as  in  books.  She  already  knew  how  to  sew,  but  on 
recommendation  of  her  teacher,  she  sent  her  handiwork  to 
the  salesroom.  Thus  the  business  of  teaching  the  adult  blind 
at  home  was  begun. 

When,  therefore,  in  November,  1900,  it  came  into  the 
hands  of  the  State,  it  had  passed  the  first  experimental  stage 
and  could  move  on  strongly  and  steadily,  the  more  so  because 
the  State  Board  appointed  two  pioneer  workers  as  regular 
teachers. 

The  spirit  of  gratitude  who  dwelleth  with  the  subjects  of 
this  sketch  has  walked  abroad,  but  I  wonder  how  many  of 
the  hundreds  who  were  bidden  had  eves  to  see  her. 


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The  centenary  of  the  birth  of  Dr.  Samnel  G.  Howe,  the 
founder  of  the  beloved  school,  gave  an  opportunity  for  a 
public  expression  of  thanksgiving.  Hence  we  find  the  alumnce 
inviting  men  graduates  and  both  boys'  and  girls'  departments 
of  the  school  to  cooperate  with  them  in  a  worthy  celebration 
to  be  held  in  Tremont  Temple.  A  joint  committee  managed 
the  affair  absolutely.  This  time  there  was  no  kind  director 
to  give  advice.  Mr.  Anagnos  knew^  about  the  plans,  but 
wishing  the  expression  to  be  utterly  that  of  the  graduates  and 
school  he  kept  aloof.  They  paid  all  the  heavy  expenses  from 
their  own  slender  means  and  generously  invited  guests  that 
filled  Tremont  Temple  to  overflowing.  It  was  a  memorable 
occasion  indeed,  for  among  the  many  notable  voices  heard 
that  day  was  that  great  senator's,  silent  now. 

The  ease  of  manner  of  the  president  was  a  matter  of 
remark,  for  she  was  a  young  w^oman  all  unused  to  such  func- 
tions; perhaps  her  success  was  partly  due  to  the  fact  that 
she  is  a  member  of  the  association  that  embodies  in  its  con- 
stitution this  sentiment :  — 

May  the  zeal  with  which  we  undertake  the  work  and  the  per- 
severance with  which  we  prosecute  it  be  a  token  to  our  school  of 
the  reverence,  the  love  and  the  gratitude  we  bear  her. 

Howe  Memorial  Press. 
In  1881  the  benevolent  public  of  New  England  were 
asked  to  establish  a  permanent  fund  of  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  the  income  of  which  was  to  be  used 
for  the  publication  of  embossed  books  and  music  for 
the  use  of  the  blind.  So  generous  and  spontaneous 
was  the  response  to  this  appeal,  that  within  sixteen 


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months,  one  hundred  and  seven  thousand  dollars  was 
subscribed. 

The  work  of  publication  was  pushed  with  such  vigor 
that  before  1890  the  space  occupied  by  the  printing 
deiDartment  was  found  inadequate  to  the  demand  made 
upon  it,  and  it  was  determined  to  observe  the  strictest 
economy  in  order  that  year  by  year  a  part  of  the  in- 
come might  be  set  aside  for  the  purpose  of  establishing 
more  commodious  quarters. 

It  would  be  of  the  greatest  advantage  to  the  Institu- 
tion, as  well  as  to  the  printing  department,  were  a 
separate  building  erected  for  this  purpose,  where  elec- 
trotyping  and  binding,  as  well  as  composition  and  press 
work  could  be  done,  and  maps  and  tangible  apparatus 
made,  used  for  the  education  of  the  blind. 

Under  existing  conditions,  composition,  press  work, 
folding,  etc.,  are  done  in  two  rooms  of  one  building 
and  paper  stock  stored  in  another,  while  electrotype 
plates  and  surplus  books  bound  and  unbound  are  lo- 
cated in  a  third;  this  arrangement  not  only  involves 
a  great  loss  of  time  but  considerable  damage  to  stock 
as  well. 

The  unsatisfactory  conditions  under  which  the  de- 
partment is  laboring,  may  be  appreciated  when  we  con- 
sider that  an  ordinary  volume,  which  will  in  ink  type 
occupy  a  space  of  thirty-five  cubic  inches,  will  when 
finished  in  embossed  form  require  four  thousand  cubic 
inches  of  space.  It  should  also  be  borne  in  mind  that 
while  ink  print  books  may  without  injury  be  piled  one 
on  another  to  an  indefinite  height,  embossed  print  will 
become  worthless  if  subjected  to  pressure. 


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Since  the  fire  of  1901  much  of  the  time  of  the  depart- 
ment has  been  occupied  in  the  reproduction  of  books 
then  destroyed  and  as  the  "  Howe  Memorial  Press," 
constructed  expressly  from  our  own  design,  has  after 
twenty-seven  years  of  efficient  service  reached  a  stage 
where  repairs  will  cost  much  more  than  the  interest 
on  a  new  press,  considerations  of  economy  and  neces- 
sity demand  that  a  fast  new  press  be  installed  imme- 
diately. 

LiTEEARY   DePAETMENT. 

Attention  has  already  been  called  to  the  part  played 
by  physical  training  in  the  development  of  the  boy  or 
girl.  The  steps  in  the  upbuilding  of  a  vigorous,  healthy 
mind  and  a  true,  generous  and  courageous  heart  corre- 
spond to  the  steps  in  the  development  of  a  strong,  sound 
body,  and  the  whole  process  of  mental  development  in 
the  boy  or  girl  is  analogous  to  that  of  the  child's  phys- 
ical development. 

The  mind,  no  less  than  the  body,  requires  wholesome 
food  in  proper  quantity,  sufficient  exercise  in  an  atmos- 
phere of  purity,  and  frequent  periods  of  relaxation 
and  entertainment.  The  subjects  of  study,  intellectual 
and  manual,  furnish  the  food  for  the  mind. 

By  the  impressions  gained  by  reading,  literary  and 
musical,  listening  to  lectures,  performing  scientific  ex- 
periments, receiving  the  instruction  of  the  teacher  in 
manual  training,  and  last,  but  by  no  means  least,  by 
the  study  of  nature,  the  mind  and  heart  receive  their 
sustenance. 

By  expressions,  such  as  oral  and  written  recitations, 
the  solution  of  problems  in  mathematics  and  science, 


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the  rendering  of  mnsical  compositions,  and  the  crea- 
tions of  models  in  wood  and  clay  the  muscles  of  the 
mind  are  exercised. 

The  course  of  study  in  use  at  this  institution  is  based 
on  these  considerations :  A  system  of  education  should 
produce  young  men  and  women  with  strong,  healthy 
bodies,  alert,  keen  minds  and  warm,  true  hearts,  — 
young  men  and  women  who  know  something,  love  some- 
thing and  can  do  something.  The  question  what  they 
should  know,  love  and  be  able  to  do,  now  engages  our 
attention. 

All  authorities  are  doubtless  agreed  that  their  affec- 
tions should  be  centered  on  worthy  objects,  —  God, 
home,  country,  friends,  and  the  pure  and  the  beautiful 
in  art  and  nature,  and  that  the  natural  outflow  of  heart 
and  mind  should  make  for  fairness,  loyalty  and  sin- 
cerity. Their  scholastic  training  should  include  the 
studies  taught  in  a  good  high  school,  including  at  least 
one  ancient  and  one  modern  language  besides  English. 

The  above  considerations  hold  good  for  all  children, 
sightless  or  seeing.  Now,  however,  for  the  sightless 
students,  the  question  what  thej'  shall  be  able  to  do 
becomes  highly  important;  for,  as  observed  elsewhere 
in  these  pages,  to  educate  the  blind  on  the  intellectual 
side  without  giving  them  any  trade  or  profession  as  a 
means  to  a  livelihood  is  only  less  cruel  than  to  leave 
them  in  ignorance.  Hence  the  aptitudes  of  every  pupil 
are  studied  and  some  trade  or  profession  is  acquired 
by  everyone  of  normal  intelligence.  But  experience 
has  shown  that  the  blind  boy  who  can  make  ])rooms, 
cane  chairs,  or  make  mattresses,  but  whose  intellectual 
training  is  confined  to  a  smattering  of  *'  the  three  R's," 


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often  cuts  but  a  sorry  figure  in  life ;  moreover,  those 
who  are  allowed  to  drop  every  subject  of  study  that 
does  not  promise  to  contribute  directly  to  the  earning 
of  a  livelihood  nearly  always  acquire  a  grasping  spirit 
that  magnifies  the  earning  of  money  above  all  other 
considerations,  and  a  false  estimate  of  the  value  of  time 
that  sometimes  causes  them  to  miss  the  larger  success 
that  comes  by  a  little  waiting.  Too  often,  imbued  with 
this  spirit,  they  forget  altogether  to  consider  the  pro- 
priety of  the  means  of  acquiring  money,  and  then  the 
itinerant  fiddler  with  his  tin  cup,  or  the  peddler  of 
shoe-laces,  is  the  result. 

In  the  boys'  department  the  course  of  study  covers 
13  years  above  the  kindergarten  and  embraces  the 
following  subjects:  English,  including  line  type  and 
Braille  reading,  square  hand  and  Braille  writing, 
spelling,  grammar  and  composition,  language  and 
typewriting ;  English  and  American  Literature ;  nature- 
study;  sloyd;  American,  English  and  general  history; 
science,  including  geography,  zoology,  botany,  physi- 
ology, physics  and  chemistry;  mathematics,  including 
arithmetic,  algebra  and  geometry ;  civics ;  Latin  and 
German,  all  of  which  are  prescribed.  Greek  is  optional 
during  the  last  two  years. 

In  addition  to  the  above  literary  studies,  every  pupil 
has  regular  gymnasium  work  three  or  four  hours  a 
week;  an  increasing  number  of  hours  for  chair-caning, 
mattress-making  or  piano-tuning,  and  hours  for  the 
study  of  music  according  to  his  needs. 


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"  From  Every  Man  According  To  His  Ability;  To 
Every  Alan  According  To  His  Needs." 

Our  late  director  has  often  in  these  pages  deprecated 
any  attempt  at  the  introduction  of  an  elective  course  of 
study  in  an  institution  of  this  kind,  and  with  telling 
force  presented  the  arguments  against  electives,  —  ar- 
guments based  on  theoretical  considerations  and  at  the 
same  time  the  outgrowth  of  long  experience. 

True,  not  all  blind  students  have  the  same  amount 
of  native  ability  or  the  same  aptitudes,  any  more  than 
all  seeing  students  have.  Some  have  much  deftness  of 
hand,  others  little.  Some  have  extraordinary  musical 
talent,  others  none.  Many  good  people  have  therefore 
been  carried  away  by  the  glamor  of  the  elective  sys- 
tem, and  have  cried :  —  "  Specialize !  ' '  This  attitude 
the  blind  themselves  have  not  been  slow  to  assume. 

Against  this  policy  of  leaving  to  twelve-year-olds 
the  freedom  to  make  wrong  choices  that  might  mar  all 
their  after  lives,  this  institution  has  resolutely  set  its 
face,  and  most  wisely,  too,  for  time  lost  in  following 
false  trails  means  so  much  more  to  these  students  than 
it  can  ever  mean  to  their  seeing  brothers. 

It  must  not  be  inferred,  however,  that  any  attempt  is 
made  to  cast  all  in  the  same  mold.  It  has  been  the 
policy  of  the  institution  to  give  every  student  who  was 
teachable  a  thorough  literary  training,  and  a  trade  or 
profession.  In  the  selection  of  the  latter  a  choice  is 
made,  to  suit  the  aptitudes  of  the  student,  but  it  is 
made  by  his  instructors,  who  have  studied  those  apti- 
tudes from  their  first  unfolding,  and  not  left  to  his 
own  immature  judgment,  often,  if  not  usually,  incapable 
of  intelligent  choice  in  a  matter  so  momentous. 


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According  to  their  aptitudes  our  pupils  come  to  be 
classed  somewhat  as  follows:  There  are  (1st)  the  con- 
siderable number  who  fail  to  develop  conspicuous  schol- 
arship or  unusual  musical  talent  and  promise  to  succeed 
best  in  the  industrial  pursuits;  (2nd)  those  conspicu- 
ously gifted  musically,  who  would  naturally  face  toward 
the  conservatory  and  a  musical  career;  (3rd)  those 
who  display  considerable  ability  and  make  progress 
along  both  literary  and  musical  lines,  and  (4th)  the 
brilliant  pupils  with  less  musical  talent,  who  would  nat- 
urally look  forward  to  a  college  career. 

The  principal  formal  interests  are  physical,  intel- 
lectual, manual  and  musical  training.  The  course  is  so 
arranged  that  the  pupil  who  is  strong  in  both  literary 
and  musical  studies  can  properly  finish  his  course, 
getting  five  hours  of  English,  three  hours  of  chemistry 
and  four  hours  of  Greek  or  German  in  the  12tli  year, 
and  four  hours  of  civics  and  four  hours  of  general  his- 
tory or  German  in  the  13th  year;  the  especially  bril- 
liant musical  pupil,  if  a  vocalist,  can  get  six  hours  of 
German  in  the  12th  year  and  four  hours  of  German  in 
the  13th  year,  or,  if  an  instrumentalist,  he  can  get  six 
hours  of  English  in  the  12tli  year  and  four  hours  of 
civics  in  the  13th  year;  finally  the  student  preparing 
for  college  can  take  a  sufficient  number  of  hours  of 
Greek  during  the  last  two  years. 

The  highest  interests  of  the  race  demand  that  the 
training  of  the  sexes  should  not  be  identical,  but  equiv- 
alent. The  course  of  study  for  the  literary  department 
of  the  girls'  school  is  similar  to  that  offered  in  the 
best  public  schools  of  the  state. 

The  prescribed  course  covers  13  years  above  the 
kindergarten,  and  includes  the  following:  A  thorough 


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grounding  in  the  English  language,  by  means  of  read- 
ing, writing,  grammar  and  original  composition ;  Amer- 
ican and  English  Literature;  ancient,  American  and 
English  history;  science,  including  zoology,  botany, 
geography,  physiology  and  physics,  and  mathematics, 
including  arithmetic,  algebra  and  geometry. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  five  or  more  years  of  Latin 
or  French  and  a  thorough  course  in  typewriting  may 
be  taken. 

Besides  the  prescribed  and  optional  literary  courses 
the  pupils  in  this  department  take  a  three  years'  course 
in  wood-sloyd,  a  four  years'  course  in  knitting  and  a 
seven  years '  course  in  sewing,  which  includes  the  draft- 
ing of  patterns  from  measurements,  the  cutting  and 
making,  without  aid,  of  ordinary  garments.  They  also 
receive  instruction  in  music,  —  voice,  violin,  piano  or 
organ  according  to  individual  taste  and  ability. 

The  home  life  of  the  girls  is  in  small  families  with 
an  average  of  sixteen  girls,  one  matron  and  four  teach- 
ers in  each  family.  This  cottage  system  provides  in 
some  measure  for  the  joys  and  responsibilities  the  girl 
would  have  in  her  own  home.  All  the  work  which  be- 
longs to  home  making,  except  cooking,  is  shared  by  the 
members  of  the  household.  Taste  and  individuality 
have  freedom  of  expression,  and  the  intimate  family 
association  is  a  forceful  element  in  character-building. 

The  quality  of  the  work  done  in  the  literary  depart- 
ment during  the  past  year  has  been  satisfactory,  and 
the  extent  of  ground  covered,  nearly  always  less  than 
that  covered  by  seeing,  pupils  of  corresponding  grade 
in  the  same  length  of  time,  has  been  well  up  to  the 
standard  set  in  previous  years. 


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A  percentage  system  of  credits  is  used  in  an  attempt 
to  estimate  and  tabulate  results,  and  teachers  are  cau- 
tioned against  over  marking.  Under  these  conditions 
the  average  rank  of  one  department  for  the  year  was 
85  per  cent. 

It  is  a  real  pleasure  to  testify  to  the  interest  in  their 
work  displayed  by  teachers  in  this  department.  There 
is  no  "  soldiering  "  and  the  only  warning  that  is  ever 
called  for  is  one  against  overworking  to  the  point  of 
breakdown. 

Some  Recent  Graduates. 

As  an  example  of  the  work  of  the  literary  department 
at  its  best  we  call  attention  to  the  record  of  Joseph 
Bartlett,  who  left  the  institution  the  past  spring 
and  entered  Dartmouth  College  in  September.  He  pre- 
pared for  college  entirely  at  the  institution,  and  the 
high  quality  of  his  preparation  is  indicated  by  the 
results  of  his  entrance  examinations.  Some  of  his 
marks  were:  Greek,  89;  Latin,  87;  History,  85;  and 
English,  75.  He  wrote  the  best  Latin  paper  of  all  the 
candidates  of  the  year  and  attained  second  year  stand- 
ing in  German.  The  credit  belongs  in  largest  measure 
to  Miss  Jessica  L.  Langworthy  of  the  English  depart- 
ment of  the  boys '  school. 

Charles  H.  Amadon,  of  51  Thomas  Park,  South  Bos- 
ton, is  a  graduate  of  the  institution  in  the  class  of  1900. 
After  graduation  Mr.  Amadon  took  post-graduate  work 
at  the  institution,  became  a  certified  tuner,  and  fitted 
himself  for  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music. 
He  graduated  from  the  latter  institution  in  June  of  the 
present  year.    Mr.  Amadon  is  a  true  basso  cantante,  has 


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a  voice  of  unusual  power,  range  and  sweetness,  and  is  a 
skilled  violinist  and  cornetist.  He  now  holds  the  posi- 
tion of  bass  soloist  in  a  prominent  church  in  Lynn, 
Mass.,  won  on  his  merits  as  a  vocalist,  in  competition 
with  several  sighted  singers. 

Edwaed  F.  Bradley,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  a  graduate 
in  the  class  of  1904,  has  been  very  successful  as  a  vocal- 
ist in  concerts  and  recitals  in  his  own  state,  since  gradu- 
ation. 

Samuel  C.  Bond,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  who  gradu- 
ated in  1901,  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  tuning, 
and  after  leaving  the  institution  settled  in  Bridgeport, 
where  he  has  been  very  successful. 

Wilbur  Dodge,  a  graduate  in  the  class  of  1905,  is  an 
accomplished  organist  and  a  skilful  tuner.  Since  leav- 
ing the  institution  Mr.  Dodge  has  been  steadily  em- 
ployed by  the  Hallet  &  Davis  Piano  Company  of  Boston, 
and  has  done  unusually  well. 

Lyman  K.  Harvey,  of  Passumpsic,  Vermont,  is  a 
graduate  of  the  institution,  in  the  class  of  1905.  He 
made  a  specialty  of  piano  tuning  while  in  the  school, 
and  ever  since  leaving  us  has  been  with  the  Merrill 
Piano  Mfg.  Company  of  Boston,  where  he  has  made  a 
fine  record  as  a  tuner. 

Barnard  Levin,  a  graduate  in  1901,  a  certified  tuner, 
is  settled  in  Roxbury.  Mr.  Levin  is  a  student  at  the 
New  England  Conservatory  of  Music  and  has  a  number 
of  private  pupils. 

Francis  J.  Rochford,  of  Newton  Lower  Falls,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  institution  in  the  class  of  1900,  took  post- 
graduate work  here  for  a  time  and  entered  Bates  Col- 


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lege,  Lewiston,  Maine,  in  1903.  Mr.  Eochford  has  done 
well  in  college  and  will  graduate  in  June  of  next  year, 
well  up  in  his  class. 

Eugene  S.  Smith,  of  North  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  grad- 
uated from  this  institution  in  1899.  After  graduating, 
he  finished  his  course  in  tuning  and  settled  in  Keene, 
N.  H.,  his  old  home,  where  he  has  met  with  fine  success 
in  his  chosen  work. 

Feancis  V,  Weaver,  of  New  Bedford,  a  graduate  of 
the  institution  in  the  class  of  1899,  and  later  a  graduate 
of  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music,  is  one  of 
the  rising  young  pianists  of  the  day.  Mr.  Weaver's 
concerts  and  recitals  have  been  well  received.  He  is 
now  settled  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  where  he  is  success- 
fully teaching. 

OwEisr  E.  Wrinn,  a  graduate  in  the  class  of  1901,  has 
a  fine  position  as  organist  and  choir  master  in  a  promi- 
nent Roman  Catholic  church  in  Wallingford,  Conn., 
and  is  doing  unusually  well. 

Department  of  Music. 
Since  the  fundamental  idea  of  all  proper  training  of 
the  sightless  is  to  remove  class  consciousness,  train 
them  to  a  sense  of  responsibility  comparable  to  that  of 
the  seeing,  and  finally  equip  them  as  fully  as  may  be 
to  meet  the  responsibilities  to  a  sense  of  which  they 
have  been  awakened,  the  methods  should  be,  as  far  as 
possible,  those  employed  in  the  training  of  the  seeing, 
and  it  is  natural  and  highly  profitable  frequently  to 
compare  our  results  with  those  of  the  public  schools 
of  corresponding  grade.     In   no   department   is   this 


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comparison  more  satisfactory  than  in  the  department 
of  music,  where  we  are  not  only  keeping  up  to  the 
public  school  standard  of  quality,  but  going  far  beyond 
it  in  the  amount  of  work  done. 

Mr.  Edwin  L.  Gardiner,  musical  director  of  the  boys' 
school,  furnishes  the  following  account  of  the  work 
done  in  his  department  during  the  year :  — 

During  the  past  school  year  50  pupils  have  received  instruc- 
tion in  music.  Of  this  number  all  but  3  practised  the  pianoforte, 
5  studied  the  pipe  organ,  and  10  were  given  special  lessons  in 
singing.  Thirty-six  practised  various  orchestral  instruments,  31 
of  this  number  being  regular  members  of  the  school  orchestra. 

The  study  of  harmony  continues  to  engage  the  attention  of 
an  ever  increasing  number  of  our  pupils.  The  classes  the  past 
year  were  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  department,  and  the 
results  attained  were  generally  satisfactory. 

All  of  the  music  pupils  were  divided  into  two  classes  which 
met  Monday  evenings  throughout  the  year  and  listened  to  the 
reading  of  books,  magazines  and  newspaper  articles  relating  to 
music. 

The  orchestra  has  met  four  times  each  week  for  rehearsals. 
We  have  spent  some  of  the  time  in  reviewing  the  s}Tnphonies  of 
Mozart,  Haydn  and  Schubert  and  the  remainder  to  learning  new 
pieces.  The  technique  and  ensemble  of  this  band  have  improved 
considerably  during  the  year,  and  at  the  annual  exercises  in  the 
Boston  Theatre  we  had  42  players,  which  is  the  largest  number 
participating  on  these  occasions. 

The  work  of  stereotyping  music  in  the  Braille  characters  has 
been  carried  on  steadily,  and  over  700  plates  were  made  ready 
for  the  printer  during  the  year.  We  now  have  on  our  shelves 
1,900  plates  representing  the  best  music  of  all  grades  of  diffi- 
culty, and  it  is  earnestly  desired  that  the  press  facilities  may 


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soon  be  such  that  this  great  mass  of  music  may  be  entered  in  our 
catalogue  and  become  available  to  all  the  blind. 

Miss  Lila  P.  Cole,  who  is  in  charge  of  the  music  de- 
partment in  the  girls'  school,  makes  the  following  re- 
port for  the  year :  — 

There  have  been  fifty-two  students  in  the  music  department 
of  the  girls'  school  the  past  year,  all  of  whom  have  studied  the 
pianoforte,  eight  the  violin,  two  the  violoncello,  two  the  double 
bass,  two  the  pipe  organ  and  six  have  had  private  instruction  in 
voice. 

Of  the  five  classes  in  harmony,  three  have  been  doing  first 
year  work,  consisting  mainly  of  the  study  of  intervals,  scales, 
triads  and  their  progressions,  and  the  harmonization  of  simple 
basses  illustrating  the  uses  of  triads. 

The  two  second  year  classes  have  worked  principally  in  ca- 
dences, the  harmonizing  of  melodies,  and  original  exercises. 
There  are  also  several  more  advanced  students  who  have  had 
private  instruction. 

The  ensemble  class  consisting  of  nine  girls  has  met  twice  each 
week  for  practice  on  the  stringed  instruments.  There  has  been 
a  marked  improvement,  particularly  in  tone  and  shading. 

By  degrees  we  have  built  up  the  chorus  class  so  that  now  it  is 
larger  and  more  evenly  balanced  than  it  has  been  for  several 
years.  We  hope  to  have  a  still  larger  membership,  however. 
This  class  assembles  three  times  a  week,  and  most  of  the  time 
is  spent  on  duets  and  trios. 

Monthly  recitals  given  by  the  music  students  before  the  school 
have  been  very  helpful. 

One  evening  each  week  is  devoted  to  "  Musical  Eeading." 
Articles  selected  from  books  and  magazines,  and  musical  items 
from  the  daily  papers  are  read  to  the  pupils. 


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Generall}'  speaking,  the  students  have  worked  earnestly  and 
carefiill}^,  and  the  results  have  been  very  satisfactory. 

It  is  the  rare  good  fortune  of  this  institution  to  be 
situated  in  the  musical  centre  of  America,  and  a  splen- 
did list  of  rehearsals  and  performances  of  the  Sym- 
phony Orchestra,  the  various  singing  clubs  and  societies 
and  of  grand  opera  in  the  season,  are  available  to  our 
pupils,  thanks  to  the  never  failing  interest  of  kind 
friends.  These  opportunities  are  of  inestimable  ad- 
vantage to  our  pupils  musically,  and  in  addition  to 
their  direct  advantage  they  afford  the  non-musical  a 
wholesome  means  of  mental  relaxation  and  pure  enjoy- 
ment after  the  long  days  of  close  application  to  literary 
studies,  and  they  tend  to  awaken  and  develop  the  finer 
side  of  their  natures. 

The  school  orchestra  has  made  steady  improvement 
during  the  year.  We  are  glad  to  reprint  the  following 
criticism  by  Prof.  Louis  C.  Elson,  from  the  Boston 
Daily  Advertiser  of  June  6,  1906 :  — 

The  Orchestra. 

There  was  much  music  on  the  programme,  and  the  female 
chorus  and  the  children's  orchestra  showed  that  there  is  good 
musical  training  in  all  the  grades  and  classes  of  the  institution. 
But  the  musical  marvel  of  the  occasion  was,  as  it  has  been  in  two 
previous  instances,  the  work  done  by  the  regular  orchestra  of  the 
school. 

There  are  few  blind  orchestras  in  the  world  who  dare  to  at- 
tempt the  symphonic  vein.  It  is  possible,  after  the  initiative 
taken  at  the  Perkins  Institution,  that  there  will  soon  be  more. 
There  has  been  great  advance  made  in  very  recent  times  in 


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musical  education  among  the  blind.  It  is  not  so  long  ago  that 
all  music  was  painfully  and  slowly  learned  by  rote  with  the  con- 
stant assistance  of  a  reader  who  called  out  the  notes,  harmonies 
and  modulations  from  the  ordinary  printed  page  of  music.  Now 
the  Braille  point  system,  applied  to  music,  allows  the  sightless 
ones  to  read  for  themselves,  greatly  to  the  advantage  of  their 
independence  and  rapid  progress. 

In  orchestral  work  there  is,  of  course,  the  handicap  of  a  lack 
of  conductorship  with  the  baton  and  gestures,  but  this  is  in  some 
degree  offset  by  the  aptitude  of  the  pupils  and  by  a  soft  tap- 
ping of  the  tempo  from  the  rear  of  the  orchestra,  inaudible  to 
the  audience  at  the  front.  The  present  writer  speaks  from  per- 
sonal knowledge  when  he  says  that  even  the  intricacies  of  a 
fugue,  or  the  most  complex  contrapuntal  passages,  are  imrav- 
elled  by  a  blind  pupil  almost  as  easily  as  if  he  were  able  to  read 
the  printed  notes  of  the  "Well-tempered  Clavichord." 

We  were  glad  to  note,  however,  that  there  had  been  improve- 
ment in  the  orchestra  in  the  few  matters  which  we  pointed  out 
as  defective  in  one  of  the  preceding  performances.  The  works 
given  were  the  first  movement  of  Haydn's  Symphony  in  D  major 
(B.  and  H.  No.  5)  and  the  march  from  Mendelssohn's  "  Athalie." 
The  first  was  naturally  the  chief  test  of  ability. 

There  was  in  this  a  bolder  bowing  of  the  string  band  than  we 
have  heard  before,  and  thanks  to  the  addition  of  more  contra- 
basses, the  work  did  not  sound  "  top-heavy,"  —  all  melody  and 
no  harmonic  foundation.  There  is  a  determined  advance  being 
made  in  contrabass  study  at  the  institution  which  is  already 
showing  its  results  in  the  sATiiphonic  work.  The  balance  is  dis- 
tinctly better  than  before. 

In  the  wood-wind,  too,  we  found  greater  breadth.  Unless  we 
are  mistaken,  there  are  new  additions  in  this  department.  The 
bassoon,  for  example,  is  of  far  more  importance  than  the  clari- 
net in  the  older  symphonies  (Haydn  loved  the  former,  and  did 


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not  use  the  latter),  and  it  was  with  pleasure  that  we  noted  that 
this  instrument  was  present  in  the  sjonphonic  movement,  al- 
though it  might  have  been  more  audible. 

There  is  still  something  to  achieve  in  the  orchestral  work  of 
this  blind  orchestra  (a  stronger  bass  and  wood-wind  especially), 
but  a  marvelous  beginning  and  a  notable  progress  have  been  made, 
so  that  we  can  emphatically  state  that  conductor  Gardiner  has 
accomplished  things  that  would  have  been  deemed  impossible 
a  few  years  ago,  and  the  orchestra  has  made  itself  a  credit  to 
the  institution  as  well  as  an  inspiration  to  the  music-teachers 
of  the  blind  everywhere. 


Beethoven,     . 

Boccherini,    . 

Chopin, 
Dittersdorf,    . 
Flotow,  . 
Godard, 
Gounod, 
Grieg,    . 

Haydn,  . 


Hoffmann,  H., 
Jungmann,  . 
Mendelssohn, 


Mozart, 


Eepertoire  of  the  Orchestra. 

Andante  con  moto  from  the  First  Symphony. 

Scherzo,  from  the  Fourth  Symphony. 

Minuet  No.  1,  for  strings. 

Minuet  No.  2,  for  strings. 

Funeral  March,  Op.  35. 

Symphony  in  C. 

Selection  from  "Martha." 

Berceuse  from  "  Jocelyn." 

Entr'acte  from  La  Colombe. 

Gavotte  from  the  Holberg  Suite. 

To  the  Spring,  Op.  43. 

Symphony  No.  2,  B.  and  H. 

Symphony  No.  5,  B.  and  H. 

Symphony  No.  11,  B.  and  H. 

Serenade,  Op.  65,  for  strings. 

Capriccietto. 

Capriccio  in  B  minor  for  pianoforte  and  orchestra. 

March  from  "Athalie,"  Op.  74. 

Notturno  from  Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 

Symphony  in  C. 

Symphony  in  E  flat. 


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Mozart,  .    Symphony  in  G  minor.     Minuet  only. 

Divertimento  in  D. 

Overture  to  the  "Magic  Flute." 
Reinecke,       .     Idylle,  Op.  93. 

Marchen-Vorspiel,  for  strings. 
Schubert,       .     Symphony  in  B  minor. 

Overture  in  D. 
Sharpe,  .     Pavane. 

Thomas,         .     Gavotte  "Mignon." 

Tuning  Depaetment. 

Probably  no  line  of  work  is  so  well  suited  to  sightless 
men  having  normal  intelligence  and  musical  ear  as  the 
tuning  of  pianofortes.  This  fact  has  long  been  recog- 
nized at  this  institution  and  special  stress  is  laid  on  the 
theory  of  sound  in  the  science  department  and  on  the 
study  of  theory  and  harmony  in  the  music  department, 
as  special  preparation  for  the  practical  work  of  the 
tuning  department.  Sixteen  pupils  have  taken  the 
work  in  this  department  and  most  have  made  good 
progress.  Two  of  our  graduate  tuners,  Wilbur  Dodge 
and  Lyman  K.  Harvey,  have  been  steadily  employed 
as  tuners  in  well-known  factories  in  the  city  ever  since 
leaving  the  institution  in  June. 

The  results  of  the  outside  work  of  the  department 
are  considerably  better  than  those  of  the  previous  year. 
The  receipts  are  considerably  more  and  the  expenses 
a  little  less,  for  the  year  just  closed,  than  were  the 
same  items  of  a  year  ago,  so  that  the  net  earnings  of 
this  department  have  increased  about  sixty  per  cent. 
This  showing  we  consider  very  creditable  to  the  de- 
partment and  Mr.  George  E.  Hart,  its  devoted  and  effi- 
cient manager. 


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Entertainment  on  Washington's  Birthday. 
In  no  way  is  the  boys'  department  of  the  Perkins 
Institution  better  able  to  give  jDleasure  than  through 
its  musical  work.  Recognizing  this  fact  these  pupils 
prepared  and  presented  a  fine  musical  performance  at 
three  o'clock  on  the  afternoon  of  Washington's  Birth- 
day. At  the  appointed  hour  a  good-sized  audience 
gathered  in  the  hall  of  the  institution  and  found  hearty 
enjoyment  in  the  following  program. 

Orchestra,  Overture  in  D,  in  the  Italian  style,     .         .    Schubert. 

Clarinet  Solo,  Ballade, Gade. 

Edward  Ray. 
Violin,  Violoncello,   Pianoforte,  Andante  con 

moto  from  Trio,  Op.  49,      ....      Mendelssohn. 
Alfred  Heroux,  Barnard  Levin,  Frank  Nelson. 

Song,  The  Sword  of  Ferrara, Bullard. 

Charles  Amadon. 
Reading,  The  Schoolmaster  Beaten,     ....     Dickens. 

Everett  Davison. 
String  Quintet  and  Flute,  Serenade  in  D,       ,    H.  Hojjmann. 
Organ  Solo,  Grand  Chorus  in  D,         .         .         .  Guilmant. 

Richard  Barnard. 
Orchestra,  Allegro  vivace  from  the  Fourth  Symphony,    Beethoven. 

The  work  of  the  orchestra  was  especially  worthy  of 
praise.  By  faithful  study  and  constant  practice  these 
young  musicians  have  steadily  advanced  from  small  and 
recent  beginnings  to  a  point  where  their  playing  gives 
genuine  pleasure,  instead  of  merely  arousing  curiosity, 
and  the  discriminating  "  well  done  "  of  the  critic  has 
succeeded  the  sentimental  ''  how  wonderful  "  of  the 
layman  as  the  tribute  to  their  efforts.     They  are  now 


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adjudged  according  to  musical  standards  and  well  do 
they  meet  the  test.  The  number  included  in  their  or- 
ganization has  now  reached  thirty  and,  although  vary- 
ing greatly  in  age  and  in  the  length  of  time  they  have 
studied,  they  have  worked  together  long  enough  to  gain 
much  in  interdependence  and  in  unity  and  smoothness 
of  tone. 

The  trio  for  violin,  violoncello  and  pianoforte  and 
the  quintet  with  flute  were  cleverly  executed,  and  were 
well  received,  while  the  solo  numbers  called  forth  un- 
stinted applause. 

Everett  Davison's  reading  from  Nicholas  Nickleby 
was  creditably  done  and  his  selection:  ''  A  visit  from 
Aunt  Doleful  "  delighted  his  audience. 

A  most  pleasing  and,  we  are  glad  to  believe,  well- 
merited  tribute  to  the  work  of  the  orchestra  and  of  the 
school  in  general  came  from  a  true  and  constant  friend 
of  the  school  for  many  years,  Mr.  F.  B.  Sanborn, 
who  was  an  old-time  associate  of  Dr.  Howe  and  has 
always  kept  in  close  touch  with  the  institution.  He 
spoke  with  every  evidence  of  the  utmost  feeling  and 
sincerity  when  he  said  that,  of  all  the  many  public  exer- 
cises and  festivals  of  the  school  which  he  had  attended 
during  the  past  fifty  years  no  previous  one  had  been  so 
true  an  exposition  of  the  high  educational  aims  and 
purposes  of  the  institution  as  this  musical  performance. 
It  is  exceedingly  pleasant  and  gratifying  to  receive 
such  commendation  from  one  who  speaks  with  full 
knowledge  of  the  facts  and  whose  words  therefore  carry 
added  weight. 

The  sum  of  money,  raised  for  the  kindergarten  de- 
partment by  these  pupils  represents  their  recognition 


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of  the  value  of  this  beneficent  training,  to  which  most 
of  them  may  trace  the  development  of  their  mental, 
moral  and  physical  powers,  now  just  coming  to  fruition. 
From  an  editorial  in  the  Boston  Herald  on  Monday, 
February  26,  1906,  we  quote :  — 

"  Delightfully  brief,  but  correspondingly  meaty,"  was  just  the 
expression  to  use  of  the  address  made  by  Director  Anagnos  of 
the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind  at  the  celebration  of  Wash- 
ington's birthday  last  Thursday  afternoon.  There  on  the  plat- 
form was  an  orchestra  of  thirty  or  more  blind  pupils  to  speak 
for  themselves  and  tell  their  own  story  in  a  more  concretely 
picturesque  way  than  it  could  be  done  by  Cicero  himself.  All 
that  was  wanted  in  addition  was  a  few  words  that  should  fur- 
nish a  telling  background  of  contrast  to  serve  to  set  in  a  more 
vivid  light  the  scene  actually  before  one's  eyes. 

It  is  a  curious  fact,  said  Director  Anagnos,  that  when,  some 
two  hundred  years  ago,  the  idea  first  dawned  on  the  mhid  of  a 
scientific  philanthropist  in  Paris  that  the  wretched  fate  of  the 
blind  might  be  greatly  mitigated  by  education,  the  most  invin- 
cible obstacle  he  encoimtered  lay  in  the  way  of  lighting  on  a 
single  blind  man  who  was  willing  to  be  thus  educated. 

What!  take  away  from  me  my  whole  stock  in  trade,  the  sole 
means  by  which  I  can  earn  a  decent  living,  and  then  turn  me 
adrift  on  the  world  to  compete  with  those  who  have  been  trained 
for  their  special  work  a  whole  lifetime?  Deprived  of  my  one 
natural  advantage,  my  one  mark  of  superiority  to  others,  where 
should  I  be?  As  things  are  now,  can  I  not  sit  in  quiet  all  day 
long  on  the  curbstone,  and,  with  a  placard  on  my  lap,  saying  "  I 
am  blind !  "  rake  in  more  sous  before  nightfall  than  lots  of  others 
can  earn  as  butchers,  bakers  and  candlestick  makers,  or  in  fifty 
like  avocations?  Educated,  indeed,  to  do  bunglingly  and  in  the 
dark  a  dozen  different  things  that  the  common  run  of  people  can 
do  handily  in  the  sunshine !    Not  if  I  know  it !    A  bird  in  the 


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hand  is  worth  a  flock  of  them  in  the  bush,  and  the  dingiest  cop- 
per sous  in  the  pocket  are  worth  more  to  a  man  of  sense  than 
whole  galaxies  of  shining  gold  coins  twinkling  in  the  far-away 
skies. 

To  Mr.  Anagnos  this  blank  refusal  of  the  blind  of  the  past  to 
accept  any  training  that  would  deprive  them  of  their  resource 
of  beggary  seemed  the  deepest  and  most  pathetic  revelation  of 
the  inevitable  result  wrought  by  loss  of  sight,  unless  counter- 
acted upon  by  the  will  and  wider  knowledge  of  those  outside  the 
poor  victims  themselves.  Blindness,  per  se,  destroys  all  sense 
of  inward  power,  all  purchase  on  the  outer  world,  all  courage 
that  comes  of  successful  trial  of  streng-th  with  obstacle,  and  de- 
livers the  mind  over  to  passive  despair.  Others,  not  they  them- 
selves, must  do  everything  for  the  poor  helpless  ones,  and  the 
inevitable  outcome  of  this  is  a  sense  of  utter  dependency  and 
beggary. 

Meanwhile,  whole  realms  of  unsuspected  powers  are  lying 
latent  in  their  minds,  if  only  the  stimulus  of  the  wisdom,  per- 
sistent kindness  and  superior  Imowledge  of  those  equipped  with 
all  their  senses  can  be  brought  to  bear  upon  them.  Thus  the 
marvellous  triumphs  that  have  been  wrought  in  making  the  blind 
independent,  self-respecting,  capable  of  self-support  and  of  tak- 
ing up  the  work  of  life,  —  not  to  speak  of  the  larger  world  of 
thought,  social  enjoyment,  beauty  and  commimion  with  the 
highest  minds  into  which  they  have  been  introduced. 

x'^n  hour  or  more  spent  in  thoughtful  contemplation  of  such 
an  exhibition  as  that  presented  last  week  in  the  hall  of  the  Per- 
kins Institution  for  the  Blind  inevitably  solemnizes,  gladdens, 
deepens  and  exalts  the  mind  of  every  visitor  capable  of  a  trace 
of  human  feeling.  Life  is  the  poorer,  shallower,  more  selfishly 
contracted  through  failure  to  participate  in  such  scenes.  In  the 
great  world  battle  between  good  and  evil,  light  and  darkness, 
sympathy  and  callous  oblivion  of  human  suffering,  no  spectacle 


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can  be  named  more  calculated  to  call  out  the  highest  elements 
of  one's  nature,  and  to  take  one  out,  for  an  hour  at  least,  from 
the  world  of  mere  selfish  struggle  and  fierce  competition  and  to 
introduce  him  into  the  world  of  glad  self-sacrifice  that  the  for- 
lorn and  sorely  stricken  of  earth  may  get  a  chance  to  enjoy  some- 
thing of  the  brightest,  cheeriest  and  most  exhilarating  the  world 
has  to  offer. 

Yet  such  institutions  are  always  needing  help  to  enlarge  their 
sphere  of  usefulness.  If  we  keep  away  from  them  and  fail  to 
become  familiar  with  what  they  are  achieving,  we  shall  forget 
their  very  existence.  But  if  we  visit  them  and  let  them  work 
upon  the  kindlier  and  tenderer  elements  in  our  breasts,  it  will 
be  impossible  to  resist  the  impulse  to  lend  a  helping  hand. 

Education  of  the  Blind  Deaf-Mutes. 

A  little  girl  is  stricken  deaf  and  blind  on  a  ranch  in 
far-away  Texas.  She  is  brought  to  Boston  and  put  into 
an  institution.  An  institution !  The  reader  will  imme- 
diately have  visions  of  great  buildings  with  towering 
walls  and  classic  porticos,  of  learned  professors,  elab- 
orate systems  and  costly  apparatus !  But  what  is  the 
reality?  The  poor,  stricken  little  girl  is  ushered  into 
the  cheery  parlor  of  a  modest  cottage,  and  a  low-voiced, 
sweet-faced  woman  gathers  her  in  her  arms !  She  has 
entered  the  institution ! 

A  dozen  years  pass  quickly.  The  largest  theatre  in 
New  England  is  filled  on  an  afternoon  in  June,  and 
thousands  sit  in  breathless  wonderment  as  a  beautiful 
young  woman  of  twenty,  but  with  sightless  eyes  and 
soundless  ears,  advances  with  perfect  confidence  and 
self-possession,  sits  down  at  a  sewing-machine,  operates 
it  perfectly,  and  then  through  her  teacher  intelligently 
explains   how  the  mysterious   force   of  electricity  is 


CORA    ADELIA    CROCKER.       ELIZABETH    ROBIN. 
THOMAS    STRINGER. 


NELLIE    WINITZKY. 


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transformed  into  the  stitches  of  the  finished  product. 
Sympathetic  women  weep  at  the  pathos  of  it.  Strong 
men  applaud  the  splendid  bravery  of  it.  And  yet  this 
is  but  the  outward  symbol.  Hear  this  young  woman's 
message:  "  My  school  days  are  over,  and  I'm  going 
home  to  help  in  the  house  and  in  the  field,  —  to  tend  the 
children  and  pick  cotton !  ' '  Mark  the  cheerful,  helpful 
spirit  and  the  courage  of  it  all !  This  is  the  triumphant 
issue  of  the  patient  time  of  waiting,  —  the  crown  of 
the  consecrated  years ! 

In  the  smoky  city  on  the  banks  of  the  Allegheny, 
where  the  fires  of  Vulcan  are  never  quenched,  and  the 
smoky  pall  is  never  lifted,  a  helpless  little  lump  of 
human  clay  is  found,  alive  to  be  sure,  and  breathing, 
but  sightless,  voiceless  and  devoid  of  the  sense  of  hear- 
ing, the  pitiful  ruin  of  the  temple  of  a  baby  soul,  but  ill 
furnished,  windowless,  and  as  yet  all  but  untenanted ! 
This  poor  bit  of  human  driftwood,  too,  is  gathered  in 
and  brought  to  an  institution. 

Again  the  years  pass  swiftly,  and  we  are  face  to  face 
with  a  startling  transformation.  We  see  a  bright, 
intelligent  boy,  on  the  verge  of  manhood,  with  well- 
trained  mind,  able  by  speech  and  writing  to  communi- 
cate with  his  fellow  men,  on  the  printed  page  to  scan 
the  storied  wisdom  of  the  ages,  and  from  this  rich 
harvest  field  to  gather  the  finest  of  the  wheat.  We  find 
a  young  man  deeply  interested  in  doing  helpful  things, 
possessing  mechanical  skill  that  would  put  many  seeing 
men  to  shame.  No  intricate  system  of  training  is  re- 
sponsible for  such  results  as  the  foregoing,  but  the 
rare  patience,  tact  and  splendid  devotion  of  three  or 
four  consecrated  women  have  done  these  things  for 


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Elizabeth  Eobin  and  Tliomas  Stringer,  and  in  greater 
or  less  degree  for  others  similarly  handicapped. 

Any  discussion  of  the  education  of  the  blind  deaf- 
mutes  naturally  leads  back  to  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Howe 
and  his  rescue  of  Laura  Bridgman,  and  while  we  honor 
Dr.  Howe  as  the  elder  brother  of  the  Greeks  in  their 
struggle  for  independence,  the  friend  of  the  Cretans, 
the  father  of  the  blind  in  America  and  the  sturdy  cham- 
pion of  every  worthy  cause,  yet  his  work  in  the  field 
of  the  deaf-blind  and  otherwise  defective  children  will 
ever  be  his  chiefest  glory. 

Elizabeth  Eobin. 

With  the  close  of  the  school-year  just  past  there 
came  to  Elizabeth  the  culmination  of  all  the  years  of 
her  happy  school-life,  —  years  in  which  she  had  worked 
faithfully  and  well,  and  from  a  helpless  child  bereft  of 
sight  and  hearing,  had  grown  to  be  an  intelligent,  re- 
sourceful, self-reliant  young  woman  with  trained  mind, 
an  interest  in  the  world  about  her  and  a  strong  and 
noble  purpose  for  the  future.  By  her  kindness  of  heart, 
sweetness  of  disposition  and  sprightliness  of  manner 
she  had  endeared  herself  to  all  in  her  school,  teachers, 
officers  and  pupils  alike. 

For  the  splendid  results  attained  in  the  training  of 
Elizabeth  Eobin,  Miss  Vina  C.  Badger,  her  special 
teacher  since  1896,  is  largely  responsible.  Miss  Badger 
has  kept  an  account  of  Elizabeth's  training,  and  at  the 
end  of  each  school-year  Miss  Anna  Gardner  Fish  has 
analyzed  this  material  and  written  an  interesting  story 
of  the  year's  work.  Of  Elizabeth's  closing  year  in 
school  Miss  Fish  has  prepared  a  concise  and  accurate 


ELIZABETH    ROBIN. 


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account,  and  has  also  written  a  review  of  the  entire 
school-life  of  this  remarkable  girl.  Both  are  given 
below. 

Elizabeth's  last  year  with  her  alma  mater,  the  Perkins  Institu- 
tion, has  been  a  most  delightful  one,  and  a  fitting  culmination 
to  the  long  course  so  faithfully  followed  by  this  brave  and  beauti- 
ful girl. 

It  has  witnessed  the  realization  of  many  of  the  fond  hopes, 
harbored  by  those  who  in  love  and  tenderness  have  watched  the 
development  of  Elizabeth's  character  and  could  not  fail  to  be 
gratified  by  the  unfolding  of  so  many  excellent  and  desirable 
traits. 

Her  class  studies  during  the  year  have  been  physics  and  Eng- 
lish literature  with  lessons  in  t}T)e'WTiting,  systematic  work  in 
manual  training  and  in  the  gymnasium.  She  has  bent  all  her 
energies  to  the  achievement  of  her  tasks,  has  conscientiously 
performed  her  duties  within  and  without  the  schoolroom  and  has 
responded  graciously  to  all  social  demands. 

The  subject  of  physics  has  been  a  very  interesting  one  to 
Elizabeth,  and  she  has  seemed  to  grasp  well  its  principles. 

Toward  the  end  of  the  school-year  it  was  decided  that  this 
class  should  be  represented  on  commencement  day,  giving  an 
exercise  upon  Energy;  a  few  of  its  transformations  illustrated. 
After  considering  the  subject  fully  and  carefully  and  discussing 
it  in  all  its  phases,  the  three  girls  were  required  to  write  papers 
upon  the  several  topics.  After  comprehensive  and  thoughtful 
work  along  these  general  lines,  each  girl  was  assigned  one  phase  of 
the  subject  and  was  asked  to  amplify  her  theme  in  that  direction. 
In  a  month's  time  Elizabeth's  part  in  the  exercise  had  received 
its  final  revision,  and  she  was  ready  for  the  appearance  of  the 
class  in  public.  Her  part  was  to  show  different  forms  of  energy 
as  applied  to  the  sewing-machine.  At  the  appointed  time  she 
went  forward  and  seated  herself,  with  charming  composure  and 


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with  entire  lack  of  awkwardness  or  embarrassment,  at  the  ma- 
chine which  had  been  placed  at  the  front  of  the  stage.  With  deft 
and  rapid  movements  she  took  the  bobbin  and  spool  of  thread 
from  the  drawer  and  threaded  the  machine.  She  next  drew  out 
a  towel  on  which  a  hem  had  been  basted  and  stitched  this  across 
the  end.  She  was  then  ready  to  give  a  scientific  explanation  of 
her  movements,  which  she  spelled  to  her  teacher  with  her  right 
hand  while  her  left  passed  lightly  over  the  parts  of  the  machine 
as  she  alluded  to  them.  Her  words,  which  were  repeated  by  her 
teacher  to  the  audience,  are  here  given  in  full. 

Different  forms  of  energy  may  be  applied  to  a  sewing'-maeliine. 
Muscular  energy  which  is  applied  to  the  treadle  causes  motion  in 
the  other  parts.  The  direction  of  motion  in  the  treadle  and  rod  is 
up  and  down;  then  round  and  round  in  the  wheels;  up  and  down 
in  the  needle-bar;  so  the  direction  of  motion  changes  in  different 
parts  of  the  machine.  Though  the  direction  changes,  the  form  of 
energy  shown  by  the  needle-bar  is  the  same  as  that  of  the  treadle. 
Most  of  the  kinetic  energy  is  transmitted  from  the  treadle  to  the 
needle,  but  a  part  is  transformed  into  heat  in  overcoming  friction  in 
the  parts  of  the  machine. 

Mechanical  motion  of  the  needle-bar  may  be  obtained  from  chemi- 
cal energy.  This  small  motor  is  placed  in  the  circuit  of  a  galvanic 
cell.  In  this  cell  one  zinc  and  two  carbon  plates  are  put  into  an  acid. 
The  particles  are  now  in  a  position  of  advantage  in  relation  to 
chemical  energy,  and  potential  energy  is  transfonued  into  heat  and 
electricity.  The  current  flows  through  the  wires  of  the  wheel-arma- 
ture and  through  the  coil  of  wire  of  the  field-magnet  and  magnetizes 
the  iron  core  of  each.  According  to  the  law  of  magnets,  unlike  poles 
attract  each  other  and  motion  of  the  wheel-armature  begins.  This 
motion  is  transferred  to  the  wheels  of  the  sewing-machine  by  a  belt. 
So  the  motion  of  the  needle-bar  is  due  to  chemical  energy  trans- 
formed into  other  forms  of  energy. 

This  exercise  offers  triumphant  proof  of  the  careful  mental 
training  which  Elizabeth  has  received  and  of  her  complete  re- 


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sponse  to  it.  In  this  full  credit  must  be  given  to  Elizabeth  her- 
self for  the  earnestness  of  purpose  with  which  she  has  worked 
and  for  her  close  application  and  well-sustained  interest  through 
which  she  has  acquired  a  good  practical  knowledge  of  the  famil- 
iar physical  laws  and  their  effects. 

In  English  literature  it  has  been  interesting  to  note  evidence 
of  her  mental  growth  as  shown  by  her  varying  interest  in  the 
different  works  studied  by  the  class.  Formerly  she  expressed 
pleasure  only  in  regard  to  narrative,  pure  and  simple,  but  it  has 
now  broadened  to  include  other  forms  of  literature,  although 
the  story,  with  its  interchange  of  conversation,  is  still  a  prime 
favorite  with  Elizabeth, 

She  has  been  able,  as  never  before,  to  consider  a  subject  ab- 
stractly, and  her  thoughtful  criticisms  on  some  points  have  been 
remarkably  apt.  In  her  study  of  Beowulf,  she  discussed  him  as 
the  ideal  man  of  the  Anglo-Saxons,  and  enlarged  the  topic  to 
a  general  and  appreciative  talk  on  ideals  which  gave  to  her 
teacher  a  gratifying  glimpse  of  Elizabeth's  own  mental  concep- 
tions along  that  line. 

It  was  interesting  to  note  that  Chaucer's  archaic  spelling  pre- 
sented no  difficulties  to  Elizabeth,  save  in  a  few  instances  of 
obsolete  words,  and  she  was  greatly  entertained  by  the  descrip- 
tions of  the  Canterbury  pilgrims,  finding  in  the  minute  details 
concerning  the  characters  ample  compensation  for  the  absence 
of  narrative. 

She  approached  Shakespeare's  works  with  some  misgivings, 
but  was  soon  engrossed  in  the  drama  of  King  Henry  V.  and  gain- 
ing the  keenest  pleasure  from  it.  The  play  of  King  Lear  awoke 
a  whole  gamut  of  emotions,  and  her  comments  upon  the  charac- 
ters and  events  offered  an  exceedingly  gratifying  revelation  of 
her  mental  attitude.  Feeling  the  injustice  of  King  Lear's  treat- 
ment of  Cordelia,  as  portrayed  in  the  first  scene,  Elizabeth's 
sympathies  went  out  to  Goneril  instead  of  the  father;  but  later 
her  opinion  of  Goneril  changed  and  she  said :  "  I  see  that  Lear 


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needs  sympathy."  Her  grasp  of  Edgar's  true  character  was  sur- 
prisingly sure  and  came  unaided,  while  Gloster's  misfortimes 
naturally  touched  her  deeply.  In  the  serious  talk  which  followed 
a  general  review  of  the  tragedy,  Elizabeth  said  reflectively : 
"  The  effects  seem  large  compared  with  the  cause  —  all  this." 
and  she  ran  her  fingers  across  the  edges  of  all  the  pages  of  the 
book  beyond  the  first  scene.  Discussion  of  punishment  as  the 
effect  of  evil  causes  led  to  a  reference  to  San  Francisco  and 
brought  to  light  Elizabeth's  conviction  that  the  terrible  disaster 
was  a  punishment  for  wrong-doing.  "  The  flood  came  to  punish 
men  for  their  sins,"  she  argued,  and  to  this  theory  she  clung, 
even  though  she  admitted  that  the  earthquake  and  fire  occurred 
as  the  result  of  natural  causes. 

The  effect  of  the  year's  training  in  literature  will  doubtless 
always  be  apparent  in  her  increased  love  for  reading,  in  which 
she  will  find  one  of  her  greatest  resources  through  her  future  life. 

Another  useful  and  pleasurable  occupation  will  be  afforded 
by  her  ability  to  sew  and  to  cut  and  make  entire  garments  with- 
out assistance.  During  the  past  year  she  has  made  several  arti- 
cles of  clothing,  including  a  plaited  skirt,  and  she  has  used  the 
sewing-machine  with  special  attachments  for  hemming  and  quilt- 
ing. She  has  completed  the  thorough  and  admirable  course  in 
sewing  which  has  been  carefully  and  skilfully  arranged  for  blind 
pupils  of  this  school,  and  by  this  means  she  is  well  equipped 
to  engage  in  any  ordinary  task  with  scissors,  needle  or  the  sewing- 
machine. 

Elizabeth  has  shown  herself  very  deft  in  the  use  of  the  type- 
writer,  and  has  done  excellent  work  upon  this  machine;  She 
has  been  able  to  take  care  of  it  herself,  and  at  one  time  she  was 
found  helping  another  girl  to  put  in  order  one  of  a  different 
make.  A  new  Eemington  t^q^ewriter,  which  was  a  recent  gift 
to  Elizabeth,  is  one  of  the  choicest  acquisitions  that  accompany 
her  to  her  Texas  home. 

The  daily  exercises  in  the  g^innasium  have  been  a  constant 


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pleasure  to  Elizabeth,  while  the  dancing-class  which  met  once 
a  week  furnished  her  with  real  recreation  and  helped  her  to 
acquire  greater  ease  of  motion.  The  beneficial  result  of  this 
systematic  training  is  readily  discernible  in  the  general  improve- 
ment in  her  gait.  She  walks  much  more  steadily,  and  in  a  long 
tramp  moves  beside  her  leader  with  apparent  comfort  and  en- 
joyment. 

Outdoor  life  appeals  strongly  to  Elizabeth,  but  most  of  all  is 
she  an  ardent  lover  of  her  kind,  finding  in  the  sociability  of  com- 
panionship her  deepest  and  most  abiding  joy.  She  is  a  thought- 
ful and  tactful  hostess  and  delights  in  planning  for  the  enter- 
tainment of  her  friends.  During  the  past  year  she  has  seemed 
to  realize  how  hard  it  may  be  to  bridge  the  intervening  spaces 
between  Texas  and  New  England,  and  has  tried  to  arrange  for  a 
farewell  visit  from  each  of  her  especially  intimate  girl  friends. 
These  plans  were  eminently  successful,  and  the  bonds  of  friend- 
ship were  cemented  anew  through  the  jollity  of  a  picnic  or  a 
tea-party  or  a  little  trip  by  electric  car  or  boat,  with  the  pleasant 
chats  which  these  permitted.  On  one  picnic  which  she  planned 
for  a  day  late  in  spring  she  included  two  teachers,  —  "  for  chap- 
erones,  because  we  all  like  them,"  she  explained.  She  has  al- 
ways known  exactly  how  much  money  she  could  expend  on  these 
festivities,  and  her  arrangements  have  conformed  strictly  to  the 
amount  in  hand.  Never  were  these  pleasant  outings  permitted 
to  interfere  with  her  duties,  but  they  served  as  an  agreeable 
offset  to  close  application  to  books,  or  needle,  or  typewriter.  On 
two  of  these  social  occasions  Elizabeth  was  glad  to  include  Nellie 
Winitzky,  the  latest  addition  to  the  little  group  of  deaf-blind 
students.  At  first  Nellie  did  not  understand  that  Elizabeth's 
deprivations  were  similar  to  her  own,  but,  when  she  learned  that, 
she  clung  to  her  older  companion  with  ever-increasing  affection 
which  Elizabeth  gladly  reciprocated,  combining  with  it  an  older 
sister's  air  of  responsibility  and  watchfulness. 

Toward  the  end  of  the  vear  Elizabeth  visited  Edith  Thomas 


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at  the  institution  in  which  the  latter  is  receiving  care  and  treat- 
ment, and  the  two  girls  had  a  happy  time  together.  They  talked 
ceaselessly  with  flying  fingers,  and  from  time  to  time  Elizabeth 
would  offer  to  her  teacher  a  suggestion  of  their  topic  by  saying, 
without  pausing  in  her  conversation  with  Edith :  "  We  are  talk- 
ing about  graduation,"  or  "  We  are  talking  about  the  girls." 
When  Elizabeth  came  away  she  betrayed  by  her  seriousness  her 
realization  of  the  fact  that  this  might  be  a  final  visit  with  her 
beloved  friend,  and  she  said  gravely :  "  It  is  the  last  time." 
There  was  an  affectionate  farewell  between  the  two  girls,  and 
then  Elizabeth  with  her  companion  went  down  the  hill,  leaving 
Edith  smiling  happily  upon  her  departing  guest. 

The  commencement  exercises  of  the  school,  in  which  Elizabeth 
took  so  important  a  part,  were  held  in  Boston  Theatre  on  the  5th 
of  June,  1906.  The  occasion  was  a  veritable  triumph  for  the 
young  girl  herself  and  for  the  friends  who  had  watched  the  suc- 
cessive steps  of  her  development  to  this  point,  and,  best  of  all, 
the  proud  moment  in  which  she  attained  her  diploma  as  a  visible 
sign  of  her  achievement  in  her  studies  was  shared  by  her  dear 
mother,  who  had  travelled  from  Texas  for  that  purpose  and  in 
order  to  take  Elizabeth  home  with  her  at  the  end  of  the  school- 
year.  The  beautiful  girl  presented  a  charming  appearance  in 
her  white  gown,  with  her  sweet,  thoughtful  countenance  aglow 
with  happiness  and  beaming  with  joy  over  the  lovely  flowers 
which  were  bestowed  upon  her  by  many  dear  friends.  She  was 
deeply  touched  by  the  few  personal  words  of  greeting  and  en- 
couragement with  which  President  Appleton  accompanied  his 
presentation  of  her  diploma,  and  by  the  congratulations  which 
were  showered  upon  her  from  all  sides  in  the  little  reception 
which  the  three  graduates  held  upon  the  stage  at  the  conclusion 
of  the  exercises. 

The  remainder  of  the  month,  between  commencement  day  and 
the  close  of  the  school-year,  passed  swiftly  and  pleasantly  in 


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many  occupations.  There  were  final  hours  to  be  spent  in  quiet 
study  in  the  classrooms;  there  were  last  visits  to  be  paid  to  the 
many  good  friends  who  had  extended  the  hospitality  of  their 
homes  to  Elizabeth  during  her  school-life  far  away  from  home; 
there  were  favored,  remembered  spots  to  be  shown  to  her  mother, 
so  that  she  might  share  in  all  that  had  contributed  to  her 
daughter's  happiness  during  these  joyous  years. 

One  sad  but  hallowed  pilgrimage  of  the  last  days  was  a  final 
visit  to  the  memorial  chapel  erected  in  Hingham  in  the  name  of 
Elizabeth's  loyal  and  loving  foster-mother,  Mrs.  A.  T.  Whiting. 
The  death  of  this  beloved  friend  during  the  previous  year  had 
been  the  deepest  sorrow  that  Elizabeth  had  ever  known,  but  she 
had  bravely  faced  the  inevitable  changes  brought  about  by  this 
severe  loss,  and  had  readjusted  herself  to  them  in  a  sweet  and 
womanly  way.  She  attended  the  dedication  of  the  chapel  in  May, 
and  once  more,  in  these  days  of  leave-taking,  she  revisited  the 
sacred  spot  in  her  mother's  company,  examining  the  carvings, 
passing  her  fingers  gently  over  the  chancel  decorations  and  receiv- 
ing with  renewed  interest  minute  descriptions  of  the  whole  in- 
terior. Among  the  most  treasured  memories  which  Elizabeth 
carries  to  her  western  home  are  those  of  the  happy  hours  spent 
in  the  benignant  presence  and  under  the  loving  care  of  this 
beautiful  woman,  to  whom  she  owes  more  than  she  can  ever 
realize. 

When  the  time  came  for  the  final  parting  at  the  school,  it  was 
a  revelation  of  the  love  and  esteem  in  which  Elizabeth  was  held 
by  her  schoolmates  to  see  how  they  crowded  around  her,  shower- 
ing upon  her  their  good  wishes  and  assurances  of  undying  affec- 
tion, while  Elizabeth  talked  blithely  with  each  in  turn,  forgetting 
none  and  betraying  the  warmth  of  her  friendship  for  all  her 
school  friends. 

There  was  one  touching  incident  of  the  last  day,  in  the  arrival 
of  a  schoolmate  who  had  been  absent  from  school  throughout  the 


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year  on  account  of  illness.  Her  mother,  finding  that  the  daughter 
was  fretting  herself  into  a  fever  because  she  could  not  say  good- 
bye to  Elizabeth,  had  literally  taken  her  from  her  sick-bed  and 
brought  her  from  Providence  to  Boston  in  order  that  she  might 
not  miss  the  opportunity  she  craved.  Elizabeth  was  greatly  sur- 
prised and  impressed  by  this  evidence  of  the  devotion  of  her 
friend. 

In  spite  of  her  good  spirits  and  the  gaiety  of  her  farewells, 
she  clung  fondly  and  yearningly  to  those  whose  care  and  pro- 
tection had  shielded  her  during  her  school-life  and  whose  wise 
counsels  are  to  find  their  fruition  in  Elizabeth's  later  years. 

This  is  what  her  present  education  means  to  Elizabeth:  She 
returns  to  her  home  to  take  an  elder  daughter's  place  among  its 
normal  members;  she  will  participate  in  its  pleasures  and  per- 
form her  share  of  the  duties  of  the  household;  she  will  take 
entire  care  of  herself  and  of  her  possessions,  and  will  make  her 
own  plans  for  the  best  utilization  of  her  time;  her  helpful  spirit 
will  lead  her  to  further  all  good  causes  and  to  lend  her  assist- 
ance ia  every  way  in  her  power  to  all  who  may  be  benefited 
through  her  aid;  she  will  enjoy  to  the  full  the  social  events 
which  may  come  in  her  way,  and,  if  some  interpreter  is  at  hand, 
she  will  gladly  undertake  the  cares  of  a  hostess  and  will  perform 
them  well;  with  the  aid  of  the  manual  alphabet,  she  will  be  an 
appreciative  attendant  upon  lectures  and  sermons;  possessed  of 
a  wide  range  of  general  information,  she  will  feel  nothing  alien 
to  her  interests,  and  will  give  intelligent  attention  to  public 
events  and  notable  occurrences  all  over  the  world;  she  will  keep 
up  her  close  friendships  through  correspondence,  and  will  main- 
tain her  acquaintance  with  literature  through  the  medium  of 
raised  print.  Surely  these  valuable  acquirements  indicate  that 
Elizabeth,  with  her  cheery,  sociable  disposition,  her  wealth  of 
interests  and  the  internal  resources  which  training  and  develop- 
ment have  brought  to  her,  will  lead  a  happy  and  useful  life  in 
the  environment  of  her  own  home. 


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Truthful,  loyal,  upright  and  strong-willed,  she  offers  abundant 
hope  for  her  further  growth  and  education  upon  the  founda- 
tions which  have  been  so  well  established  at  the  Perkins  Institu- 
tion for  the  Blind. 

Elizabeth  Eobin  —  A  Eeview. 

On  the  12th  day  of  July,  1881,  there  was  born  into  the 
family  of  Mr.  Oscar  Eobin  of  Throckmorton,  Texas,  a  healthy, 
blue-eyed  baby-girl,  who  grew  apace  and  formed  the  centre  of  a 
loving  circle  of  relatives  and  friends  as  only  a  first-born  may. 
This  place  had  been  coveted  for  a  much-desired  son,  and  the 
grandmother's  keen  disappointment  over  the  outcome  of  her 
hopes  found  expression  in  the  appellation  Willie,  which  was 
prefixed  to  the  child's  name,  Elizabeth  Eobin,  and  by  which  she 
was  known,  until,  at  the  age  of  twelve  years,  her  own  awakened 
sense  of  the  fitness  of  things  led  her  to  make  the  request  that  she 
be  called  Elizabeth.  In  this  name  her  later  history  has  been 
written,  and  as  Elizabeth  this  review  of  her  school-life  will  be 
made. 

Of  Swedish  ancestry  on  the  paternal  side,  Elizabeth  shared 
many  of  the  characteristics  of  that  race,  evident  in  her  fair  com- 
plexion, well-proportioned  frame  and  strong  physique.  She  was 
considered  a  precocious  baby,  and  had  already  begun  to  talk 
when,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  months,  she  was  attacked  by  some 
mysterious  malady,  called  by  one  physician  "  catarrhal  fever " 
and  by  another  "  neuralgia  of  the  head."  In  a  week's  time  the 
two  senses  of  sight  and  hearing  were  completely  gone,  and  al- 
though her  health  became  fully  restored  she  never  regained  the 
ability  to  see  and  hear.  Her  powers  of  locomotion  were  but  little 
embarrassed  by  the  loss  of  these  senses,  and  she  learned  to  run 
freely  about  the  house  and  grounds.  To  the  two  little  ones 
who  came  to  share  her  home  she  was  a  typical  elder  sister,  and 
it  was  beautiful  to  see  the  loving  care  which  she  bestowed  upon 
them. 


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As  she  sho'^ed  at  an  early  age  evidences  of  a  strong  person- 
ality, her  mother  very  wisely  saw  the  need  of  making  the  child 
amenable  to  authority  and  succeeded  in  establishing  some  degree 
of  restraint  over  her,  hedged  about  as  she  was  by  her  double 
infirmity. 

In  December,  1890,  aroused  by  an  accoimt  of  what  had  been 
accomplished  at  the  Perkins  Institution  in  behalf  of  its  deaf- 
blind  pupils,  Mrs.  Eobin,  with  her  unfortunate  little  daughter, 
undertook  the  long  and  tedious  journey  from  Texas  to  Boston, 
to  beg  for  her  little  one  the  help  which  it  was  in  the  power  of 
Dr.  Howe's  successor  to  give.  With  the  broad-minded,  warm- 
hearted philanthropy  which  has  always  characterized  the  man- 
agers of  this  school,  the  trustees  acceded  graciously  to  her  re- 
quest, and  Elizabeth  was  promptly  installed  as  a  pupil  of  the 
kindergarten  for  the  l)lind  under  the  wise  supervision  of  Mr. 
Anagnos,  its  eminent  director.  At  that  time  the  little  girl's 
face  wore  a  sad  and  unchildlike  expression,  pitiful  to  see.  Her 
manner  was  often  rude  and  repellent,  and  she  never  proffered 
or  received  willingly  any  caresses.  She  had  two  signs  by  which 
she  expressed  her  wants:  She  tapped  her  lips  when  she  wished 
something  to  eat,  and,  crossing  her  arms,  beat  lier  breast  with 
her  hands  to  signify  that  she  was  thirsty. 

No  immediate  attempt  to  instruct  her  Avas  made,  the  first 
purpose  being  to  win  the  child's  love  and  confidence  and  to  make 
her  feel  at  home  and  among  friends.  She  soon  learned  her  way 
about  the  house  and  playground,  and,  selecting  a  little  girl  of 
her  own  size  as  a  playmate,  she  followed  her  evervwhere  freely 
and  happily.  Mrs.  Eobin  gradually  withdrew  herself  with  so 
much  discretion  that  Elizabeth  did  not  appear  to  miss  her  at 
all.  Under  the  tutelage  of  her  special  teacher.  Miss  EflBe  J. 
Thayer,  Elizabeth's  instruction  was  begun  in  accordance  with 
the  methods  inculcated  by  the  great  pioneer  in  this  work.  Dr. 
Howe,  and  forever  afterward  established  as  the  first  step  in  the 
training  of  deaf-blind  students.     Fan,  hat  and  ring  were  the 


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objects  and  words  chosen  as  the  key  which  was  to  unlock  to 
the  little  girl  a  realm  of  illimitable  possibilities  stretching  far  in 
every  direction  and  embracing  all  spoken  and  written  thought 
and  all  human  fellowship. 

Elizabeth's  response  was  almost  immediate.  In  a  week's  time 
she  had  learned  to  spell  the  three  words  and  to  associate  them 
with  the  objects  which  they  represented,  and  at  the  end  of  two 
weeks  she  talked  to  herself  in  the  manual  alphabet.  The  begin- 
ning of  April,  1891,  found  her  with  a  vocabulary  of  125  words, 
using  sentences  and  some  polite  phrases.  The  regular  course  of 
kindergarten  work  was  begun  in  this  month  and  found  a  fer- 
vent disciple  in  the  little  girl.  She  began  fairly  to  anticipate 
her  lessons,  and  her  progress  was  rapid  and  assured.  It  was  a 
pleasure  to  see  the  sad  look  in  her  charming  countenance  give 
place  to  one  of  joy.  The  dear  cliild  grew  in  beauty  and  grace, 
and  her  mental  powers  kept  pace  with  her  physical  development. 
In  a  year  and  a  half  she  had  completed  the  full  kindergarten 
course  which  usually  occupies  two  years,  and  was  ready  to  begin 
primary  work.  In  that  brief  period  she  had  learned  to  execute 
all  the  handiwork  which  the  kindergarten  training  involves  and 
also  to  talk  with  her  fingers  and  to  speak  orally,  to  read  em- 
Taossed  books  and  to  write  with  a  pencil.  What  wonder  that  Mr. 
Anagnos  cried  exultingly :  "  What  little  girl  with  all  her  senses 
could  have  accomplished  more  than  this  in  the  short  space  of 
twenty-one  months ! " 

In  addition  to  this,  a  beautiful  nature  was  seen  to  be  expand- 
ing under  the  loving  influences  which  surrounded  her.  Al- 
though somewhat  chary  of  caresses,  she  showed  an  affectionate 
regard  for  those  about  her,  and  she  was  always  sunny  and  cheery 
in  disposition  and  gentle  and  ladylike  in  demeanor. 

She  showed  an  inherent  love  of  order,  and  this  has  always  been 
apparent  in  the  exquisite  care  which  she  bestows  upon  her  per- 
son and  possessions.  In  this  very  characteristic  was  recognized 
a  danger  to  be  guarded  against,  —  a  tendency  to  fall  into  routine 


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in  daily  work  and  to  move  forward  in  narrow  rnts ;  and  a  health- 
ful variety  in  occupations,  subjects  and  methods  of  study  has 
been  sought  by  her  teachers  in  order  to  obviate  this  difficulty. 
Out  of  the  same  inclination  arises  the  sense  of  helplessness 
which  visits  Elizabeth  whenever  she  is  confronted  by  a  new  and 
untried  path  on  the  road  to  education.  "  New  things  are  not 
easy  for  me,"  has  been  her  despairing  cry.  But  the  initial  step 
once  taken  she  has  gone  bravely  and  happily  on,  usually  putting 
forth  her  best  efforts  and  achieving  satisfactory  results. 

In  September,  1896,  Elizabeth  entered  the  fifth  grade  of  the 
parent  school  at  South  Boston,  where  she  has  pursued  her  studies 
quietly  and  systematically  to  the  time  of  her  graduation  in  June, 
1906.  During  these  ten  years  she  has  been  most  fortunate  in 
ha\dng  as  her  special  tutor  Miss  Vina  Calef  Badger,  who  has 
proved  to  be  a  wise  mentor  as  well  as  a  faithful  and  loving  com- 
panion, offering  all  necessary  aid  as  instructor  and  interpreter. 
She  has  sought  to  inculcate  in  Elizabeth  habits  of  thoughtful- 
ness,  concentration,  decision  and  independence,  and  before  the 
end  of  the  course  these  hopes  for  her  pupil's  development  were 
indeed  largely  realized. 

Throughout  her  school-life  Elizabeth  has  been  a  member  of  a 
class,  sharing  the  pleasures  and  responsibilities  of  her  mates, 
and  neither  expecting  nor  receiving  any  concessions  beyond  the 
presence  of  her  special  teacher,  who  communicated  to  her  by 
means  of  the  manual  alphabet  the  instruction  which  the  class 
teacher  was  giving  orally  to  the  other  members  of  the  class.  In 
this  way  she  has  been  brought  into  direct  contact  with  a  num- 
ber of  fine  and  high-minded  women  of  remarkable  probity  and 
earnestness  of  purpose,  and  she  has  responded  to  the  broadening 
influences  about  her  in  a  very  satisfactory  manner. 

Her  studies  have  included  reading,  arithmetic,  algebra  and 
geometry;  the  English  language  and  composition;  botany,  zo- 
ology, physiology  and  physics;  geography;  mythology;  ancient 
history,  English  history  and  United  States  history;  American 


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and  English  literature  and  Latin.  In  addition  to  these,  she  has 
had  lessons  in  typewriting  and  systematic  exercise  in  the  gym- 
nasium, including  gymnastic  games  and  dancing.  She  has  had 
lessons  in  crocheting  and  has  completed  the  two  years'  course 
in  wood-sloyd,  the  four  years'  course  in  knitting  and  the  seven 
years'  course  in  sewing,  which  includes  hand  and  machine  sew- 
ing, the  drafting  of  patterns  and  the  cutting  and  making  of 
ordinary  garments.  Plenty  of  outdoor  exercise  and  abundant 
opportunity  for  friendly  companionship  have  gratified  her  social 
tastes  and  contributed  in  making  Elizabeth  wholesome  and 
normal. 

Although  not  a  scholar  in  her  tastes,  Elizabeth  has  responded 
adequately  to  the  steady  demands  upon  her  mental  faculties. 
She  has  met  all  requirements  in  an  earnest  and  conscientious 
spirit,  which  has  conquered  all  obstacles  and  with  a  sweet  and 
cheerful  disposition  which  has  lifted  her  over  difficulties  where 
absorbing  interest  was  lacking.  When  she  has  failed  to  accom- 
plish a  task  within  a  specified  time  she  has  willingly  given  up 
her  leisure  hours  in  order  to  keep  up  to  the  class  standard. 

She  has  entered  fully  into  the  life  of  the  school  in  all  its 
phases,  and  her  friendships  extend  to  many  outside  of  the  insti- 
tution, who  have  hospitably  received  her  into  their  own  homes. 
Among  these  special  mention  must  be  made  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Albert  T.  Whiting  of  Boston.  The  friendship  and  hospitality 
of  these  devoted  people  date  back  to  the  time  when  Elizabeth, 
a  tiny  kindergarten  pupil,  first  drew  their  attention  to  her 
lovely  face,  sweet  disposition  and  charming  manner,  and  ap- 
pealed directly  to  their  warm  hearts.  From  that  moment  they 
have  been  true  foster-parents  to  the  sweet  girl,  and  their  home 
has  been  open  to  her  at  all  times  as  if  it  were  indeed  her  own. 
Elizabeth  owes  to  their  influence  and  helpfulness  a  debt  of 
gratitude  of  which  she  can  hardly  realize  the  magnitude,  and  she 
has  repaid  their  unfailing  kindness  and  consideration  with  a 
wealth  of  affection  for  these  beloved  friends  whose  goodness  to 


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her  has  added  so  much  to  the  pleasure  of  her  school-days.  The 
heaviest  loss  which  Elizabeth  has  ever  known  came  to  her  through 
the  death  of  Mrs.  Whiting  during  the  year  previous  to  the  young 
girl's  graduation;  but  this  great  sorrow,  well-nigh  overwhelming 
at  first,  brought  out  finally  all  that  was  truest  and  best  in  Eliza- 
beth, and  the  sad  experience  has  had  its  effect  in  the  deepening 
and  strengthening  of  her  nature,  making  her  more  refined  and 
womanly  through  suffering. 

The  purposes  of  Elizabeth's  education  have  not  tended  to  the 
mere  acquisition  of  so  many  actual  facts;  but,  rather,  the  en- 
deavor has  been  to  establish  a  broad  and  comprehensive  founda- 
tion of  general  knowledge,  as  a  basis  for  her  mental  and  moral 
growth,  to  lead  her  to  such  an  appreciation  of  the  world's  best 
thought  and  action  as  will  forever  enrich  her  life  and  encourage 
her  to  share  in  the  labors  and  achievements  of  mankind.  The 
results  of  this  fine  and  systematic  training  are  distinctly  visible 
in  Elizabeth's  spnmetrical  development.  She  abounds  in  health- 
ful vitality  and  energ}^;  her  interests  are  intelligent  and  world- 
wide; she  is  capable  of  entering  fully  into  the  life  of  those 
around  her,  and  she  will  find  hearty  enjoyment  in  doing  so. 
She  returns  to  her  own  home  to  share  in  its  joys  and  sorrows, 
its  cares  and  responsibilities.  She  will  never  feel  herself  alone 
or  apart  from  her  kind,  nor  will  time  ever  hang  heavy  with  her. 
Surely  she  is  fitted  to  become  a  useful  member  of  society  and 
to  lead  as  happy  and  busy  a  life  as  many  of  those  who  have  not 
had  her  double  affliction  to  hamper  their  development. 

The  following  statement,  prepared  by  Miss  Bennett, 
principal  of  the  Girls '  Department,  clearly  explains  the 
method  of  Elizabeth's  education,  and  cannot  fail  to  be 
of  interest :  — 

Elizabeth  had  so  little  natural  aptitude  for  study,  and  so 
little  interest  in  it.  that  during:  most  of  the  g-rammar  school 


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years  she  required  a  much  longer  time  to  do  the  assigned  work 
than  was  required  by  her  classmates.  The  power  of  attention 
was  developed  gradually,  then  a  fair  degree  of  memory  was 
acquired,  and  last  of  all  a  fair  amount  of  reasoning  power. 
Before  she  had  finished  the  high  school  course  her  mental  proc- 
esses were  so  Avell  established  that  she  required  no  more  time 
than  her  classmates  to  accomplish  the  required  amount  of  work. 

Her  special  teacher  accompanied  her  to  the  classes  in  the  liter- 
ary department,  to  communicate  to  her  by  means  of  the  manual 
alphabet  the  instruction  which  the  teacher  was  giving  orally  to 
the  other  members  of  the  class.  Elizabeth  was  responsible  di- 
rectly to  the  class  teacher  for  her  knowledge  of  the  subject- 
matter,  for  her  ability  to  reason  from  cause  to  effect,  and  for 
correct  expression  of  thought.  In  this  way  Elizabeth's  mind  re- 
ceived an  impress  and  was  stimulated  to  activity  from  a  variety 
of  sources. 

In  the  gymnasium  her  special  teacher  interpreted  to  her  the 
orders  for  floor  work,  which  Elizabeth  executed  with  the  class; 
but  for  apparatus  work  she  came,  in  her  turn,  into  the  hands  of 
the  class  teacher.  She  took  the  manual  training  courses  for  the 
most  part  directly  from  the  class  teachers;  while  her  duties  and 
responsibilities  in  the  school  family,  of  which  she  formed  an 
integral  part,  were  portioned  out  to  her  as  to  all  other  members 
of  the  family  by  the  matron. 

Elizabeth  participated  in  devotional  exercises  with  the  school, 
her  teacher  reading  to  her  by  means  of  the  manual  alphabet  the 
portion  of  scripture  which  was  being  read  aloud,  and  repeating 
to  her  the  words  of  the  hymn  which  was  being  sung,  and  Eliza- 
beth joined  Avith  the  school  in  repeating  the  Lord's  prayer.  She 
attended  church  and  Sunday  school  regularly  Avith  her  teacher 
as  interpreter.  She  went  to  lectures  and  public  readings;  a 
schoolmate  sometimes  acted  as  interpreter  but  more  often  it  Avas 
the  teacher. 

In  these  Avays  Elizabeth's  environment  has  been  kept  as  nor- 


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mal  as  possible,  in  order  that  her  own  experiences  might  teach 
her  to  judge  of  relative  values. 

In  carrying  out  such  a  curriculum  as  has  been  indicated  the 
quality  of  the  special  teacher  is  of  paramount  importance.  Miss 
Badger  so  guided  Elizabeth's  mind  that  her  mental  habits  are 
good  and  well  established;  and  she  transferred  the  class  teacher's 
instruction  so  skilfully  that  Elizabeth  reached  the  standard  set 
for  the  class  each  year ;  and  in  uprightness  of  thought  and  action 
Elizabeth  has  had  daily  example  in  her  association  with  Miss 
Badger. 

The  school  life  for  all,  pupils  and  officers,  has  been  deepened 
and  enriched  by  the  presence  of  Miss  Badger  and  Elizabeth 
Eobin. 

Thomas  Stringer. 

This  young  man,  about  whom  so  much  has  been  said 
and  written  in  the  past,  is  still  a  member  of  our  school, 
and  continues  to  be  a  credit  to  himself  and  to  the  insti- 
tution. The  past  school-year  was  a  successful  and  a 
hai^py  one  for  him  up  to  the  time  when  he  received  the 
crushing  news  of  the  death  of  his  good  friend  and 
guardian,  Mr.  Anagnos.  This  event  was  a  great  grief 
to  him,  the  wound  of  which  time  alone  can  heal. 

He  was  made  very  happy  recently  by  a  visit  from 
Mr.  William  Wade  of  Oakmont,  Pa.,  that  helpful,  de- 
voted friend  of  the  deaf -blind,  A  short  time  after  Mr. 
Wade 's  visit  Tom  received  a  new  typewriter.  The  gift 
was  promptly  utilized  in  writing  a  letter  of  acknowledg- 
ment by  the  delighted  recipient,  and  has  been  in  fre- 
quent use  since  then. 

The  following  account  of  Thomas  Stringer's  work 
for  the  year  1905-1906,  is  given  by  his  special  teacher. 
Miss  Annie  Carbee :  — 


THOMAS    STRINGER. 


Ill 

Tom  returned  to  South  Boston  in  September,  1905,  under 
very  sad  conditions.  Because  of  the  death  of  his  teacher,  which 
occurred  during  the  summer,  he  was  forced  to  begin  the  school- 
year  with  a  new  instructor.  This  change  was  very  hard  for 
Tom,  for  his  nature  is  such  that  he  dislikes  innovations  exceed- 
ingly. He  went  to  work,  however,  with  a  brave  spirit  and  with 
the  help  of  his  intimate  friends  to  become  acquainted  with  his 
new  teacher.  The  process  was  necessarily  slow,  because  of  her 
inability  to  talk  at  first,  and  Tom's  responses  to  all  questions 
were  in  monosyllables  only. 

All  this  was  changed,  however,  in  a  very,  short  time.  Soon 
he  talked  very  freely  about  his  home  in  Wrentham  and  his 
friends,  and  asked  questions  concerning  his  teacher's  home, 
thus  showing  his  desire  to  know  more  about  her.  He  was  much 
delighted  to  be  able  to  show  her  the  way  around  the  building, 
it  being  very  easy  for  him  to  do  so,  as  he  was  familiar  with  all 
parts  of  it.  It  was  certainly  gratifying  to  see  how  patient, 
thoughtful  and  willing  he  was  to  help  in  every  possible  way. 

He  is  naturally  very  gentle  and  has  a  sweet  disposition,  though 
a  very  strong  will.  He  is  not  beautiful,  but  he  has  such  a  good, 
strong  face,  and  such  a  pleasant  smile,  that  all  who  see  Tom  are 
at  once  attracted  to  him.  Tom  is  a  genuine  boy,  liking  to  be 
independent  of  his  teacher,  doing  just  as  other  boys  do  and  being 
with  them  as  much  as  possible.  He  does  not  care  to  have  her 
walk  with  him  or  lead  him  around,  for,  as  he  says,  "  I  Imow  the 
way." 

This  year  Tom  has  studied  English  composition,  grammar, 
geometry,  typewriting,  physics,  caning,  mattress-making,  and  has 
had  a  great  deal  of  sloyd  work. 

Much  time  was  devoted  to  grammar  and  English  composition, 
and  a  strenuous  effort  was  made  to  increase  his  vocabulary  and 
to  teach  him  to  use  longer  and  better  connected  sentences.  To 
a  certain  degree  this  has  been  accomplished,  and  improvement 


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in  this  direction  is  quite  noticeable  in  his  conversation  and 
letters. 

Tom  has  been  much  delighted  with  the  stud}^  of  geometry, 
and  says,  "  I  like  it  very  much.  It  makes  me  happy."  The  rea- 
son for  this  is  that  it  appeals  to  him  because  of  its  tangibility. 
He  can  feel  his  way  distinctly  and  know  perfectly  what  he  is 
doing.  In  construction  work  Tom  does  especially  well,  for  with 
him  nothing  is  satisfactory  unless  it  is  perfect.  In  this  work 
also  he  can  manage  perfectly  all  the  necessary  instruments  with 
splendid  results. 

In  typewriting  Tom  has  made  satisfactory  progress,  especially 
in  letter-writing  and  composition  work.  Naturally  this  kind  of 
writing  does  not  appeal  to  him  as  does  the  Braille,  for  he  says, 
"  I  cannot  read  it  after  it  is  written." 

In  caning  Tom  has  done  excellent  work,  and,  much  to  his 
delight,  he  has  finished  twenty-one  chairs  this  year,  thus  show- 
ing how  much  his  perseverance  has  helped  him.  He  has  en- 
joyed this  work  so  thoroughly  that  he  would  far  rather  miss  any 
other  class  than  this. 

There  is  another  line  of  work  which  Tom  has  taken  up  this 
year  for  the  first  time,  and  which  has  afforded  him  great  en- 
joyment, that  is,  mattress-making.  After  learning  upon  an  old 
mattress,  he  was  very  much  pleased  when  he  was  given  a  per- 
fectly new  tick  with  which  to  make  a  mattress,  and  when  fin- 
ished it  was  certainly  equal  to,  if  not  better  than,  those  made  by 
the  other  boys.  He  has  finished  six  mattresses  this  year,  work- 
ing only  fifty  minutes  a  day. 

In  the  gymnasium  Tom  has  done  practically  the  same  work  as 
last  year.  He  has  kept  up  with  the  other  boys  in  all  the  exer- 
cises, jumping,  climbing  ropes  and  ladders  and  vaulting.  This 
is  just  the  kind  of  work  that  is  necessary  to  develop  Tom  physi- 
cally. From  wrestling  with  the  boys,  it  is  easily  seen  that  he 
has  strength  equal  to  any.     If  a  new  exercise  is  given  he  can 


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grasp  the  idea  very  readily  if  only  he  can  feel  one  of  the  boys  to 
see  jnst  how  it  is  done. 

Tom  entered  the  class  in  physics  when  it  was  in  the  midst  of 
the  snl)ject  of  heat.  Just  at  that  time  the  class  was  studying 
the  principle  of  the  steam  engine.  Through  the  kindness  of  the 
teacher,  Tom  was  shown  each  part  separately  and  told  just  what 
was  its  purpose  and  how  it  worked.  Because  of  his  keen  sense 
of  touch  and  his  liking  for  mechanical  things,  he  very  quickly 
grasped  the  idea.  Other  branches  of  this  work  which  he  has 
taken  up  are  static  and  current  electricity,  magnetism  and  the 
practical  applications  of  electricity.  In  all  these  subjects  he  has 
shown  great  interest  and  made  great  progress,  especially  in  all 
the  practical  and  mechanical  parts. 

In  all  his  work  Tom's  memory  has  stood  him  in  good  stead, 
for  having  once  fixed  an  idea  in  his  mind  he  seldom,  if  ever, 
forgets  it.  Naturally  this  has  been  of  great  value  to  him  all 
these  years. 

The  greater  part  of  Tom's  spare  time  has  been  spent  with  his 
tools,  making  various  articles.  Much  time,  too,  has  been  given 
to  making  plans  for  his  vacations,  to  which  he  looks  forward  with 
the  greatest  pleasure.  Tom's  greatest  ambition,  this  year,  has 
been  to  make  a  metronome  out  of  an  old  clock,  and  for  this  pur- 
pose he  has  asked  all  his  friends,  whenever  they  came  to  see  him, 
if  they  had  an  old  clock,  —  "  one  with  a  pendulum,"  he  would 
add. 

Tom  has  also  taken  many  walks  and  visited  many  of  his 
friends.  Through  the  kindness  of  one  of  his  friends,  he  was 
enabled  to  pass  a  very  pleasant  and  enjoyable  as  well  as  instruc- 
tive day  at  the  automobile  show.  Tom  is  never  happier  than 
when  examining  some  mechanical  appliance  or  machine.  There 
is  one  little  incident  concerning  this  trip  which  is  of  interest  to 
note,  and  which  shows  how  keen  is  Tom's  sense  of  touch.  While 
examining  one  of  the  automobiles,  he  turned  suddenly  to  his 


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friend  and  said :  "  There  is  a  crack  in  the  glass  of  one  of  the 
lights."  His  friend  immediately  told  the  man  in  charge,  who  in 
his  turn  examined  it,  and  found  that  Tom  had  discovered  a  flaw 
which  no  one  knew  was  there.  All  who  were  watching  were  in- 
tensely interested  as  well  as  amazed  at  such  acuteness  of  touch. 

Among  the  many  pleasant  trips  Tom  has  taken  was  that  to  the 
Sloyd  Training  School,  on  North  Bennet  Street,  where  he  has 
spent  so  many  happy  years  with  his  tools.  While  there  he  saw 
many  new  models  in  which  he  was  greatly  interested,  and  of 
several  of  these  he  took  the  exact  measurements,  saying :  "  I  can 
make  one  like  that."  No  part  of  a  new  model  escapes  his  notice 
when  he  is  examining  it.  In  connection  with  wood- work  it  was 
interesting  to  see  how  easily  and  quickly  he  could  distinguish 
between  the  different  varieties  of  wood.  As  each  kind  was 
handed  to  him  he  would  immediately  smell  of  it,  then,  with- 
out any  hesitation,  he  would  tell  the  name  of  it,  not  even  mis- 
taking the  odor  of  whitewood  for  that  of  bass-wood. 

On  the  whole,  the  year  has  been  one  of  profit  and  progress  for 
Tom  in  many  ways.  He  has  developed  mentally  and  morally, 
as  well  as  physically.  Although  all  progress  must  necessarily  be 
slow,  because  of  his  limitations,  j'et  it  has  been  sure  and  steady. 
His  power  to  reason  has  been  strengthened,  especially  by  the  study 
of  geometry.  His  ability  to  use  better  grammar,  with  longer 
and  better-connected  sentences,  has  been  shown,  not  only  in  con- 
versation and  compositions  but  also  in  his  letter-writing. 

It  is  agreed  by  all  those  with  whom  Tom  has  come  in  contact 
that  his  influence  has  been  of  gi"eat  benefit  to  the  boys,  not  only 
because  of  his  persistence  in  accomplishing  whatever  he  attempts, 
but  also  because  of  his  kindness,  thoughtfulness  and  self-control. 
His  perseverance  in  all  things  is  certainly  an  example  for  them, 
and  might  well  put  to  shame  many  an  older  person.  Because 
of  these  traits  Tom  has  won  for  himself  many  lifelong  friends, 
who  take  great  interest  in  him,  and  are  continually  remembering 
him  in  some  wav  or  other. 


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His  thoughtfulness  and  originality  were  illustrated  at  Christ- 
mas time,  while  making  out  his  list  of  gifts,  each  of  which  was 
chosen  with  much  care  and  thought,  and  also  with  reference  to 
the  employment  of  the  person  to  whom  it  was  to  be  given.  To 
one  he  gave  a  box  containing  five  pens,  and  when  asked  why, 
said :  "  Because  she  writes  so  much."  Thus  it  was  with  every 
gift'  and  all  of  his  friends,  even  the  maids,  received  some  token 
of  his  remembrance. 

Tom  never  forgets  his  friends,  as  was  shown  when  he  took  a 
trip  to  the  Lowell  School,  from  which  he  gi'aduated,  after  being 
there  four  years.  He  saw  many  of  his  former  teachers,  and  as 
soon  as  he  had  shaken  hands  with  each  one,  when  asked  who  it 
was,  could  give  the  right  name  every  time.  This  was  thought 
quite  remarkable,  as  he  had  not  seen  them  for  four  years,  and 
all  were  delighted  to  think  they  were  not  forgotten. 

In  this  way  the  days  of  another  year  have  come  and  gone, 
with  their  enjoyments  and  hardships,  each  helping  to  strengthen 
and  broaden  Tom's  character.  We  can  look  back  upon  the  past 
with  pleasure  and  to  the  future  with  hope  and  confidence. 

Tom's  summer  vacation  was  again  spent  at  the  home 
of  Rev.  William  L.  Brown  in  Wrentham,  Mass.,  where 
he  was  under  the  care  of  Miss  Laura  A.  Brown,  his 
former  teacher,  who  has  prepared  the  following  ac- 
count of  Tom's  stay  in  Wrentham:  — 

The  vacation  period  was  spent  by  Tom,  as  usual,  in  Wrentham, 
with  the  exception  of  one  week  in  July,  during  which  he  visited 
one  of  the  teachers  from  the  kindergarten  at  her  home  in  New- 
ton Centre,  Mass.,  and  a  two-days'  trip  to  Providence,  E.  I., 
which  afforded  him  the  additional  pleasure  of  a  sail  down  the 
Providence  river.  Several  brief  rides  on  the  electric  cars  have 
furnished  the  spice  of  variety  to  his  quiet,  though  busy,  days. 

His  bench  and  tools  have  been  in  constant  use  throudiout  the 


summer,  and  many  completed  articles  give  evidence  of  his  skill, 
such  as  a  foot-stool,  picture  frame  and  towel  roller.  He  also 
caned  three  chairs  neatly  and  correctly,  Tom  was  always  ready 
to  respond  to  any  request  for  small  repairs  about  the  house  and 
barn,  but  more  often  he  discovered  the  need  of  these  for  himself, 
and  set  to  work  to  remedy  the  trouble  without  suggestion. 
Ceaselessly  busy  from  morning  until  night,  the  chief  difficulty 
for  Tom  was  that  the  days  did  not  contain  hours  enough  for  the 
accomplishment  of  all  his  plans,  although  he  arose  betimes,  fre- 
quently as  early  as  half-past  three  o'clock,  and  never  later  than 
six. 

Tom  had  a  new  arrangement  for  taking  exercise  this  year, 
which  he  called  a  "  walk  circle."  A  stout  string  was  attached 
to  a  post  driven  into  the  middle  of  a  level  portion  of  a  large  field, 
which  he  selected  for  the  purpose,  and,  holding  the  other  end 
of  the  string  in  his  hand,  Tom  would  walk  around  the  large 
circle,  which,  according  to  his  estimation,  measured  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  in  circumference.  In  order  to  reach  the  circle  he  had 
to  follow  a  long  barbed-wire  fence,  but  he  kej)t  at  a  safe  dis- 
tance from  it  by  using  a  cane.  The  time  chosen  for  this  exer- 
cise was  early  in  the  morning,  while  it  was  cool.  But  not  only 
was  the  air  cool,  but  the  grass  was  likely  to  be  wet  with  dew ;  so 
Tom  procured  some  rubber  cloth  to  wrap  around  his  legs,  and 
thus  protected  he  would  walk  for  an  hour  or  two  before  break- 
fast. Sometimes  his  pace  was  more  of  a  trot,  as  he  tried  to  see 
how  quickly  he  could  cover  a  mile.  One  morning  he  announced 
that  he  had  accomplished  it  in  eleven  minutes,  but  he  decided 
that  that  was  too  vigorous  exercise  for  warm  weather. 

The  playhouse  has  been  superseded  l^y  an  office  in  the  barn, 
which  was  fitted  up  with  a  chair  and  a  "  desk  shelf,"  as  Tom 
called  it.  This  was  a  box  attached  to  the  wall  by  hinges,  so  that 
the  bottom  of  the  box  formed  a  table  or  shelf  which  Tom  used 
when  reading  or  writing.  When  the  box  was  raised  on  its 
hinges  and  held  in  place  against  the  wall  by  a  bolt,  there  was 


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revealed  inside  a  complete  equipment  for  making  one's  toilet,  — 
basin,  a  box  for  soap  and  another  containing  a  comb  and  a 
drinking-cup.  These  were  secured  by  hooks  and  screws,  so  that 
they  were  always  ready  for  use. 

An  electric  bell,  connecting  the  office  with  the  shed,  was  very 
neatly  and  nicely  put  up  by  Tom,  and  proved  a  great  conven- 
ience as  well  as  an  added  dignity  to  the  office.  This  was  in 
daily  use  for  calling  to  Tom  the  different  members  of  the  family, 
each  having  a  certain  number  of  rings  as  a  special  call. 

Although  his  love  for  books  is  not  great,  he  faithfully  per- 
formed each  night  the  task  of  reading  for  a  specified  period  of 
time;  and  he  wrote  fifty  letters,  in  Braille  or  square-hand,  to 
his  friends  during  the  summer  vacation. 

The  sad  death  of  his  teacher  a  year  ago  was  followed  this  sum- 
mer by  the  loss  of  his  dear  and  good  friend,  Mr.  Anagnos.  Tom 
can  never  wholly  realize  the  full  meaning  of  what  Mr.  Anagnos 
has  done  for  him,  but  as  a  good,  kind  friend  Tom  misses  him 
sadly  and  mourns  him  sincerely,  treasuring  among  his  choicest 
possessions  the  letter  which  came  to  him  from  Koumania  early 
in  the  vacation,  and  which  was  one  of  the  last  that  Mr.  Anagnos 
wrote. 

Such  is  the  story  of  one  year's  progress  in  the  eman- 
cipation —  one  might  almost  say  the  creation  —  of  a 
human  sonl.  From  the  first  it  is  the  story  of  the  love 
and  tenderness  of  a  big-hearted  man  for  a  sightless, 
speechless  child,  in  whom  lie  recognized  the  possibilities 
of  awakening  a  sentient  mind  and  a  living  soul  with 
capacity  for  life  and  service.  That  these  possibilities 
have  been  amply  realized  no  one  will  deny  who  has  fol- 
lowed the  story  as  narrated  from  year  to  year  by  Tom's 
great  friend  and  guardian. 

It  is  not  too  much  to  say,  however,  that  this  splendid 
work  must  have  failed  long  ago  but  for  the  many  warm- 


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hearted  and  philanthropic  friends  who  have  contribnted 
liberally  from  year  to  year  to  the  canse  of  this  unfor- 
tunate boy. 

Among  Tom  Stringer's  many  friends  and  helpers 
there  is  one  consecrated  Christian  woman  to  whom  ref- 
erence has  been  made  many  times  before,  but  whose 
name  we  may  not  reveal.  As  stated  in  the  report  for 
1905,  there  was  a  deficit  of  $415.05  in  the  account  of 
Tom's  maintenance.  Again  this  devoted  lady  has 
stepped  into  the  breach  and  sent  us  her  cheque  for  the 
full  amount,  with  a  kind  and  solicitous  note,  and  again 
the  permanent  fund  was  saved  from  encroachment.  No 
formal  word  of  ours  can  adequately  reward  kindness 
such  as  this,  but  the  gratitude  of  this  stricken  boy  and 
of  those  who  are  carrying  on  the  work  of  his  guar- 
dianship go  out  to  this  nameless  friend  in  boundless 
measure. 

Prominent  among  Tom's  other  generous  friends  are 
''A.  B.,"  Miss  Elizabeth  H.  Bartol,  Mrs.  J.  Conklin 
Brown  of  Berkeley,  Cal.,  Dr.  B.  H.  Buxton  of  New  York, 
the  Children's  Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa.,  Miss 
Mary  E.  Eaton,  Miss  Sarah  M.  Fay,  Miss  Caroline  L. 
W.  French,  "  H.  D.  B.,"  Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews,  Miss 
Eleanor  G.  May,  trustee  of  the  Lydia  Maria  Child  fund, 
Mrs.  E.  Rollins  Morse,  Miss  Ellen  F.  Moseley,  Mrs. 
John  W.  T.  Nichols  of  New  York,  Mr.  John  Parkinson, 
Miss  Agnes  Frances  Bobbins,  Miss  Clara  T.  Robbins, 
Miss  Mary  D.  Sohier. 

We  wish  to  give  expression  to  our  sincere  gratitude 
to  all  who  by  their  generous  contributions  have  made 
it  possible  for  this  stricken  boy  to  achieve  mental  and 
spiritual  freedom. 


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Cora  Adelia  Crocker. 

Wlien  Cora  was  admitted  to  the  institution  in  1901 
she  was  by  nature  capricious,  wilful,  intolerant  of  au- 
thority and  disinclined  to  study.  She  had  a  decided 
aversion  to  learning  the  manual  alphabet,  and  for  a 
while  resisted  every  attempt  to  teach  her.  Gradually, 
however,  she  became  more  amenable  to  discipline,  her 
violent  temper  was  brought  more  or  less  under  control, 
and  she  responded  in  some  measure  to  efforts  at  her 
instruction. 

Patiently  but  firmly  her  devoted  teachers  have  kept 
at  their  task,  but  so  far  their  success  has  not  been  com- 
mensurate with  the  efforts  put  forth.  Looking  back 
over  the  time,  there  has  been  a  little  gain  from  year  to 
year,  but  there  have  been  numerous  outbursts  of  the 
old  temper,  many  lapses  in  conduct  and  failures  to 
apply  herself  to  her  tasks,  and  the  outlook  for  the 
future  is  not  hopeful. 

Miss  Abbie  G.  Pottle,  who  has  been  Cora's  teacher 
for  two  years,  furnishes  the  following  account  of  her 
progress  for  the  year :  — 

It  was  with  a  very  evident  sense  of  pleasure  and  relief  that 
Cora  returned  once  more  to  school  duties  after  the  summer  so- 
journ in  Pittsfield,  which  this  year  had  been  unavoidably  pro- 
longed beyond  the  usual  limit.  Much  of  this  feeling  was 
doubtless  due  to  the  anticipated  enjoyment  of  the  companion- 
ship of  her  many  girl  friends,  for  the  joys  and  privileges  to  be 
derived  from  study  are  matters  of  but  secondary  importance  to 
her. 

Cora  was  glad  to  find  that  she  was  to  continue  this  year  the 
reading  of  Gods  and  Heroes.     These  old  Greek  myths  have  a 


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strange  fascination  for  her,  and  her  interest  in  the  wonderful 
victories  and  hairbreadth  escapes  of  the  heroes  never  lessens. 
In  marked  contrast  to  this  eager  enjoyment  was  the  apathy, 
developing  into  strong  dislike,  with  which  she  began  reading 
Grandfather's  Chair,  later  in  the  year.  It  was  not  so  much  the 
fact  that  the  story  was  couched  in  complex  language  that  re- 
quired careful  study,  as  that  it  was  lacking  in  thrilling  situa- 
tions and  adventures.  During  leisure  hours  she  has  read  Nurn- 
hurg  Stove,  Captain  January,  a  volume  of  the  Star  Reader  and 
the  story  of  Dickens'  Little  Nell.  She  seemed  deeply  touched 
by  this  narrative,  and  referred  many  times  to  Nell's  lovable  dis- 
position and  sad  life. 

Cora's  mind  is  ill  fitted  to  cope  with  problems  in  mathematics, 
and  it  is  always  with  a  feeling  of  dread  that  she  enters  the 
classroom  for  her  hour  of  number-work.  Her  lack  of  confidence 
is  more  evident  here  than  an}'^vhere  else,  and  the  simplest  prob- 
lem when  presented  for  her  solution  seems  to  assume  gigantic 
proportions.  In  order  that  her  mental  faculties  may  be  trained 
to  logical  methods  of  reasoning,  much  time  has  been  spent  upon 
problems,  many  of  which  involved  the  use  of  the  simpler  weights 
and  measures.  In  addition  to  this,  three  bours  a  week  have  been 
devoted  to  mechanical  work  in  fractions,  mixed  numbers  and 
hard  examples  in  multiplication  and  division. 

A  new  study,  that  of  biology,  has  claimed  Cora's  attention 
this  year,  and  helped  to  bring  her  into  closer  touch  with  nature. 
The  days  on  which  she  visited  the  museum,  to  handle  and  study 
the  animals  there,  were  red-letter  ones  to  her;  but  when  the 
spring  came,  bringing  with  it  the  mystery  of  swelling  bud  and 
opening  flower,  her  interest  waned.  Botany  held  no  attractions 
for  her.  She  enjoyed  gatheriag  the  flowers  for  use  in  the  class- 
room, but  the  pleasure  for  Cora  ended  there. 

Letter-writing  is  such  an  agreeable  pastime  to  Cora  that  she 
gives  her  attention  to  the  quantity  rather  than  the  quality  of  her 
work.     Therefore  the  greater  part  of  the  time  given  to  writing 


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this  year  was  devoted  to  correcting  the  faults  in  letter  formation, 
which  had  appeared  in  her  hasty  and  careless  correspondence 
during  the  summer. 

As  a  member  of  the  household,  Cora  has  performed  her  duties 
with  painstaking  care;  but  it  is  in  the  department  of  manual 
training  that  she  evinces  the  heartiest  enjoyment  in  her  work. 
There,  with  nimble  fingers,  well  fitted  for  the  difficult  tasks,  and 
with  marvellous  patience,  she  pushes  the  needle  in  and  out, 
neatly  forming  the  stitches  and  fashioning  the  material  into 
useful  articles.  With  equal  skill  she  knits  sweaters  and  slippers 
in  intricate  patterns,  as  well  as  many  other  articles  which  her 
teachers  assign  to  her.  Last  spring,  in  her  leisure  time,  she 
•dressed  a  large  doll  completely,  even  to  the  making  and  trim- 
ming of  the  dainty  white  hat.  She  took  great  pride  in  her 
achievement,  which  was  the  admiration  of  all  her  friends,  and 
the  doll  was  the  centre  of  attraction  until  it  was  sent  to  its 
destination  in  Kentucky. 

Cora's  erect  carriage  and  strong  physique  make  the  actual 
work  of  the  gymnasium  mere  child's  play  to  her;  but  the  con- 
centration of  thought  and  the  coordination  of  mind  and  body 
which  they  necessitate  are  valuable  factors  in  her  training. 

Though  a  woman  in  years,  Cora  is  still  but  a  child  in  thought, 
in  action,  in  endeavor ;  but,  taking  courage  from  the  slow  yet 
steady  progress  of  the  past,  we  look  forward  to  the  years  when 
she  shall  have  learned  that  the  most  important  lesson  to  be 
learned  in  life  is  self-mastery. 

Nellie  Winitzky. 
No  one  of  our  blind-deaf  pupils  is  a  greater  favorite 
or  more  quickly  attracts  the  attention  of  visitors  than 
Nellie  Winitzky,  with  her  bright,  intelligent  face  and 
her  frank,  winning  manner.  Inclined  to  be  frisky  and 
playful  at  times,  yet  she  is  studious  and  faithful  on  the 


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whole,  and  it  is  an  inspiration  to  work  with  her.  Below 
we  give  a  short  account  of  her  work  during  the  past 
year,  from  the  statement  of  her  teacher,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Hoxie :  — 

Nellie  Winitzky  was  born  May  28,  1892,  in  the  town  of  East 
Franklin,  Mass.,  whence  the  family  soon  afterward  moved  to 
Springfield.  In  September,  1898,  the  little  girl  became  a  pupil 
in  the  kindergarten  department  of  the  Hooker  School,  and  earned 
her  promotion  to  a  higher  grade  at  the  end  of  the  school-year. 
During  the  following  summer  she  was  attacked  by  spinal  menin- 
gitis, induced  by  a  sunstroke,  and  the  terrible  disease  left  her 
a  victim  to  "  major  chorea,"  with  both  hearing  and  eyesight  very 
much  impaired. 

In  November,  1900,  jSTellie  was  admitted  to  the  Clarke  School 
for  the  Deaf  in  Northampton,  where  she  remained  as  a  pupil 
until  June,  1902.  While  there  she  learned  to  answer  easy  ques- 
tions, but,  owing  to  her  defective  vision,  she  read  lips  very 
shghtly  and  haltingly,  and,  for  the  same  reason,  it  was  so  diffi- 
cult to  teach  her  that  the  attempt  was  abandoned  after  a  year 
and  a  half. 

Nellie  entered  our  school  in  September,  1905,  as  a  special 
deaf-blind  pupil,  with  a  private  teacher.  She  seemed  physically 
far  from  strong,  but  showed  a  cheerful  and  willing  spirit,  and 
her  instruction  was  inaugurated  without  delay.  The  first  three 
months  of  the  school  year  were  devoted  to  language  work,  in- 
cluding the  use  of  the  manual  alphabet,  writing  with  a  pencil 
and  reading  books  in  embossed  print,  and  to  lessons  in  sloyd  and 
knitting. 

The  little  girl  has  retained  her  ability  to  speak,  but  she  could 
only  read  the  lips  if  the  speaker  were  within  her  range  of  vision, 
and  this  was  so  limited  that  familiarity  with  the  manual  alpha- 
bet was  of  prime  importance  in  her  instruction.  Nellie  grasped 
the  idea  of  this  mode  of  communication  durina:  the  first  lesson. 


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and  asked  eagerly:  "Can  yon  make  Springfield?"  She  soon 
acquired  sufficient  skill  in  its  use  to  be  able  to  converse  with  her 
schoolmates  and  to  enjoy  stories  which  were  read  to  her  by  spell- 
ing them  into  her  hand.  Among  other  tales,  that  of  the  Seven 
Little  Sisters  gave  her  great  pleasure. 

Her  work  in  reading  began,  as  with  any  new  pupil,  with  easy 
pages  from  the  Cyr  Primer,  the  Arnold  Primer  and  Turner  s 
First  Reader,  and  extended  to  the  study  of  the  little  stories  as  a 
whole.  Sometimes  the  task  of  copying  from  the  embossed  print 
formed  a  part  of  the  lesson  in  writing,  while  at  other  times 
dictation  was  used  in  connection  with  this  work.  The  thought 
of  being  able  to  send  letters  of  her  own  writing  to  the  members 
of  her  family  at  home  was  a  great  incentive  to  Nellie  in  learn- 
ing to  write,  and  the  letters  were  neatly  and  legibly  formed. 
She  reached  a  point  where  she  could  combine  the  letters  of  the 
alphabet  into  words  and  the  words  into  sentences. 

In  January  jSTellie  began  work  with  numbers,  and  the  results, 
both  in  quantity  and  quality,  were  very  satisfactory.  Her  inter- 
est was  the  keenest  when  there  were  problems  to  be  solved,  and 
she  would  often  say :  "  This  might  be  a  truly  story ! "  She 
completed  the  first  year's  course  in  number-work  without 
difficulty. 

The  lessons  in  knitting  and  wood  sloyd  have  been  of  great 
value  in  helping  to  correct  physical  defects  in  Kellie.  Both  have 
aided  her  in  overcoming  the  convulsive  grasp  of  her  hands  and 
fingers,  while  the  work  in  sloyd  did  much  to  give  her  better  bal- 
ance upon  her  feet.  Sewing,  which  was  added  to  her  course  in 
January,  proved  to  be  a  very  beneficial  means  of  manual  train- 
ing for  the  little  girl. 

Physical  exercises  in  the  gymnasium  have  been  of  the  utmost 
value  in  Nellie's  development.  She  has  taken  all  the  work  upon 
the  floor  with  her  class,  and  has  done  many  of  the  exercises  upon 
the  apparatus.  Through  these  agencies  a  marked  improvement 
in  her  manner  of  walking  and  keeping  her  Ijalance  became  per- 


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ceptible  before  the  close  of  the  year.  The  regularitj^  of  the  life 
at  school,  with  a  little  extra  attention  to  her  rest  and  diet,  has 
also  done  much  toward  improving  jSTellie's  physical  condition. 

Her  interest  in  Elizabeth  Robin  manifested  itself  in  a  curious 
way.  After  watching  the  older  girl  intently  for  a  while,  Nellie 
struck  her.  Elizabeth  laughed  and  made  some  advances  toward 
the  little  girl,  whereupon  Nellie  exclaimed  in  a  puzzled  way : 
"  She  can  laughed."  It  seemed  as  though  she  regarded  Elizabeth 
as  a  large  doll  or  image,  evidently  recognizing  a  difference 
between  her  and  the  other  girls.  She  soon  came  to  understand 
that  Elizabeth  could  not  see  or  hear,  and  a  pleasant  friendship 
grew  up  between  them.  Elizabeth's  gentle  and  ladylike  manner, 
her  kind  heart  and  sweet,  sensible  words  were  of  much  help  to 
Nellie  during  her  first  year  at  school. 

Changes  in  the  Force  of  Teachers  and  Officers. 

Toward  the  close  of  the  spring  term  Miss  Julia  A. 
Boylan,  a  sightless  teacher  in  the  literary  department 
of  the  hoys'  school,  met  with  a  fall,  fracturing  her  hip. 
Miss  Boylan  is  now  with  friends  in  Providence,  R.  I. 
Her  recovery  has  heen  as  rapid  as  might  he  exjjected, 
but  she  does  not  expect  to  return  before  the  new  year. 
During  her  absence  her  place  has  been  taken  by  Miss 
Annie  Louise  McKissock,  of  Lowell,  Mass.  Miss 
McKissock  is  a  graduate  of  the  Lowell  Normal  School, 
and  is  succeeding  admirably  as  a  teacher. 

Mr.  Eay  Waldron  Pettengill,  teacher  in  the  boys' 
department,  resigned  at  the  close  of  the  school  year  to 
spend  some  years  in  study  abroad.  Mr.  Richard  A. 
Burn,  a  graduate  of  Boston  University,  has  been  se- 
lected to  till  the  vacancy.  Mr.  Burn  is  a  young  man  of 
excellent  character,  firmness  and  decision  of  manner 
and  is  tlioroughly  interested  in  his  work. 


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Mr.  Arlington  I.  Clow,  teacher  of  German  and  his- 
tory in  the  boys'  department,  severed  his  connection 
with  the  institution  in  June  to  enter  public  school  work. 

Mr.  Ernest  C.  Witham  of  Westbrook,  Me.,  a  graduate 
of  Tufts  College  and  a  teacher  of  several  years  of  suc- 
cessful experience  in  public  school  work,  has  been  ap- 
pointed teacher  of  science  in  the  boys'  department,  to 
fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  promotion  of  Mr.  Harvey 
to  the  principalship. 

Mr.  Edward  K.  Harvey,  who  becomes  head  master 
of  the  boys'  department,  has  had  four  years  of  success- 
ful experience  in  the  institution,  first  as  teacher  of 
geography  and  later  of  science.  Mr.  Harvey  is  a  grad- 
uate of  Dalhousie  University,  a  teacher  of  ability  and  a 
young  man  of  character  and  high  ideals. 

Miss  Vina  Calef  Badger,  for  ten  years  special  teacher 
to  Elizabeth  Robin,  terminated  her  connection  with  our 
school  at  Elizabeth's  graduation,  and  she  is  now  study- 
ing at  Eadcliffe  College.  Her  work  with  Elizabeth  was 
uniformly  excellent.  As  a  teacher,  as  general  adviser 
and  as  a  friend  she  has  rendered  most  valuable  service. 
The  normal  quality  of  Elizabeth's  mind  and  heart  is 
due  directly  to  Miss  Badger's  conscientious  work  with 
her. 

The  girls'  department  loses  the  services  of  Miss 
Helen  M.  Kelton,  teacher  of  music,  who  resigned  her 
position  at  the  end  of  the  school-year.  Her  position 
has  been  taken  by  Miss  Ruth  Davies  of  Vergennes,  Vt. 
Miss  Davies  is  well  fitted  for  the  work  by  character, 
training  and  experience  and  is  succeeding  admirably 
in  the  work. 

Mrs.  L.  R.  Smith,  who  for  some  years  has  presided 


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as  housekeeper  in  Oliver  Cottage,  retired  from  the  ser- 
vice of  the  institution  at  the  end  of  the  year.  Her  posi- 
tion was  filled  by  the  appointment  of  Miss  Annie  F. 
Smith  of  Pepperell,  Mass.,  a  lady  of  character  and 
experience, 

Mr.  Eugene  C.  Howard,  for  many  years  superintend- 
ent of  the  workshop  for  the  adult  blind,  who  has  been 
in  failing  health  for  several  years,  was  incapacitated 
by  an  attack  of  muscular  rheumatism,  accompanied  by 
nervous  break-down,  in  the  spring  of  the  present  year. 
Mr.  Howard's  service  to  Perkins  Institution  and  to  the 
cause  of  the  blind  deserves  more  than  a  perfunctory 
mention.  He  came  to  the  work  nearly  twenty  years  ago, 
and  during  that  time  the  extent  of  the  work  has  steadily 
grown ;  the  annual  deficit  has  given  place  to  an  annual 
surplus,  and  the  amount  annually  paid  to  the  blind  in 
wages  has  about  doubled.  A  single  incident  illustrates 
the  manner  of  man  Mr.  Howard  is.  About  three  years 
ago  he  had  a  slight  shock,  whereby  he  gradually  lost 
the  use  of  his  right  hand.  He  promptly  set  about  learn- 
ing to  write  with  his  left,  and  succeeded  in  doing  so. 
In  this  spirit  he  stuck  to  his  post  until  compelled  to 
give  it  up  the  past  spring.  Mr.  Howard  is  now  on  leave 
of  absence,  seeking  rest  and  recovery.  Mr.  Eldridge 
D.  Peasley  of  Wakefield,  Mass.,  has  been  appointed 
manager    of    the    workshop    during    Mr.    Howard's 

absence. 

Ellen  B.  Webster. 

On  Monday,  xA^pril  23,  1906,  Miss  Ellen  B.  Webster, 
for  more  than  thirty  years  bookkeeper  at  the  institu- 
tion, entered  into  rest,  after  a  long  period  of  failing 
health.    Miss  Webster  began  her  work  under  Dr.  Howe 


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and  continued  under  Mr.  Anagnos  until  four  years  ago, 
when  she  was  obliged  to  resign  on  account  of  ill  health. 

During  the  years  of  her  connection  with  the  institu- 
tion Miss  Webster's  service  was  of  a  high  order,  and 
was  a  real  element  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  institution. 

Miss  Webster  was  an  active  member  of  St.  John's 
M.  E.  Church.  She  is  survived  by  two  sisters,  Mrs. 
Sims,  now  living  in  California,  and  Miss  Fanny  Web- 
ster of  Boston.. 

Conclusion. 

There  have  been  no  sweeping  innovations  during 
the  year,  but  a  number  of  minor  changes  have  been 
effected  in  the  boys'  department,  much  to  the  advan- 
tage of  the  institution,  we  believe. 

The  sloyd  room,  formerly  on  the  third  floor,  has  been 
removed  to  the  ground  floor,  where  it  is  much  more 
accessible  and  where  there  is  room  for  additional 
benches,  which  have  been  installed. 

The  removal  of  the  sloyd  work  to  the  ground  floor 
has  made  possible  the  enlargement  of  the  mattress 
shop,  —  a  change  the  pressing  need  of  which  has  been 
apparent  for  some  time.  The  shop  now  occupies  all  the 
space  formerly  occupied  by  both  the  mattress  and  sloyd 
shops.  Several  new  mattress  benches,  new  hair  bins 
and  other  conveniences  have  been  added,  and  we  now 
have  a  model  shop  for  the  purpose.  All  the  new 
benches,  tables,  bins  and  other  appliances  installed  were 
made  on  the  premises  by  Mr.  Julian  H.  Mabey,  the 
skilled  and  energetic  instructor  in  charge  of  this  work. 

Attention  has  already  been  called  to  the  revision  of 
the  course  of  study  and  the  changes  in  the  force  of 
teachers  and  officers. 


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In  conclusion,  tlie  past  year  has  been  a  year  of  prog- 
ress. There  has  been  much  work  well  done.  In  looking 
forward  to  another  year,  we  must  be  of  good  courage ! 
It  is  a  glorious  work  that  calls  us.  The  future  of  many 
young  souls  is  in  our  keeping,  and  we  must  be  firm  but 
patient,  and  have  a  care  for  every  spoken  word  and 
every  act,  for  what  we  are  they  will  become.  As  teach- 
ers and  officers  we  must  see  to  it  that  true,  useful  and 
beautiful  lessons  are  taught  our  young  wards,  such 
lessons  that  when  they  go  out  into  the  world  they  will 
fight  a  good  fight  and  be  loyal.  So  shall  the  honor  and 
prestige  of  Perkins  Institution  be  secure.  Moreover, 
we  must  not  forget  that  justice  and  fairness  are  of 
more  importance  than  the  interests  of  any  individual 
or  any  corporation,  and  that  the  real  interests  of  the 
unfortunate  are  considerations  beside  which  the  pres- 
tige of  men  or  of  institutions  counts  as  the  small  dust 
of  the  balance.  We  must  keep  the  honor  of  Perkins 
unsullied,  but  her  prestige  must  rest  solely  on  her  help- 
fulness to  her  wards,  unsullied  by  special  pleading  or 
self-seeking,  and  she  shall  stand  an  Everest  among  the 
charitable  works  of  the  earth. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

ALMORIN  0.  CASWELL. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


Among  the  pleasant  duties  incident  to  the  close  of  the  year 
is  that  of  expressing  our  heartfelt  thanks  and  grateful  ac- 
knowledgments to  the  following  artists,  litterateurs,  societies, 
proprietors,  managers,  editors,  and  publishers,  for  concerts 
and  various  musical  entertainments,  for  operas,  oratorios, 
lectures,  readings,  and  for  an  excellent  supply  of  periodicals 
and  weekly  papers,  books,  and  specimens  of  various  kinds. 

As  we  have  said  in  previous  reports,  these  favors  are  not 
only  a  source  of  pleasure  and  happiness  to  our  pupils,  but 
also  a  valuable  means  of  aesthetic  culture,  of  social  inter- 
course, and  of  mental  stimulus  and  improvement.  So  far  as 
we  know,  there  is  no  community  in  the  world  which  does  half 
so  much  for  the  gratification  and  improvement  of  its  unfortu- 
nate members  as  that  of  Boston  does  for  our  pupils. 

I.  —  AcTcnowledgments  for  Concerts,  Recitals  and  Lectures. 

To  Major  Henry  Lee  Higginson,  through  Mr.  Fred  E. 
Comee,  for  thirty  tickets  for  the  course  of  symphony  concerts 
in  Sanders  Theatre,  Cambridge. 

To  Mr.  Hiram  G.  Tucker,  for  an  average  of  more  than  fifty 
tickets  to  each  of  the  three  series  of  Sunday  Chamber  Concerts 
in  Chickering  Hall;  and  to  Mr.  Tucker  and  Mr.  George  H. 
Weale,  secretary,  for  seventy-six  tickets  to  each  of  two  concerts 
by  the  Boston  Singing  Club. 

To  Mr.  Jacques  Hoffmann,  for  thirty-two  tickets  for  the 
course  of  chamber  concerts  by  the  Hoffmann  Quartet. 


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To  Mr.  EiCHARD  ISTewman,  for  an  average  of  seventeen  tickets 
to  each  of  a  series  of  recitals  and  concerts  in  Steinert  Hall. 

To  the  Cecilia  Society,  through  its  secretary,  Mr.  William 
Kittredge,  for  eighteen  tickets  to  each  of  its  three  concerts. 

To  Prof.  Carl  Faelten,  for  six  tickets  to  each  of  three  re- 
citals at  the  Faelten  Pianoforte  School. 

To  the  Choral  Art  Society,  through  Mr.  Charles  G.  Saun- 
ders, for  twenty-five  tickets  to  one  of  its  concerts. 

To  the  Music  Department  of  Boston,  for  an  average  of 
forty-five  tickets  to  each  of  three  municipal  concerts. 

To  Mrs.  Jessie  Downer  Eaton,  for  twenty-five  tickets  to  a 
recital  by  the  Eaton-Hadley  Trio. 

To  Mr.  Henry  M.  Dunham,  for  twenty-four  tickets  to  his 
organ  recital  in  Jordan  Hall. 

To  Mrs.  SiGRiD  LuNDE  Souther,  for  twenty  tickets  to  her 
pianoforte  recital  in  Steinert  Hall. 

To  Messrs.  Steinert  and  Sons  Company,  for  twenty-seven 
tickets  to  a  recital  by  Mr.  Kudolf  Ganz  in  Steinert  Hall. 

To  Messrs.  C.  W.  Thompson  and  Company,  for  ten  tickets 
to  a  pianoforte  recital  by  Mr.  Wesley  Weyman  in  Steinert  Hall. 

To  Mme.  Gladys  Perkins  Fogg,  for  five  tickets  to  her  series 
of  three  song  recitals. 

To  Mrs.  Wallace  Goodrich,  for  three  tickets  to  a  lecture  on 
"  Wild  Birds  and  their  Songs  "  by  Mr.  F.  Schuyler  Matthews. 

To  Mrs.  J.  H.  MoRisoN,  for  two  tickets  to  the  concert  for  the 
benefit  of  Mr.  Wilhelm  Gericke. 

To  a  friend,  for  five  tickets  to  a  recital  by  Miss  Christine  La 
Barraque. 

To  Dr.  F.  W.  Stuart,  for  ninety-six  tickets  to  an  entertain- 
ment by  the  Orpheus  Club. 

To  Mr.  M.  C.  Hill,  for  a  general  invitation  to  a  concert  by 
the  Eoyal  Italian  Band. 

To  the  Phillips  Brooks  Glee  Club,  for  six  tickets  to  their 
entertainment  at  the  Church  of  the  Redeemer,  South  Boston. 


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II.  —  Adcnowledgments  for  Lectures,  Recitals  and  Concerts 
given  in  our  Hall. 

To  Mrs.  Charles  Gr.  Trumbull,  for  a  lecture  on  "  Edgar 
Allan  Poe." 

To  Prof.  Arlo  Bates,  for  a  lecture  on  "  The  Art  of  Con- 
versation," 

To  Dr.  E,  A.  Crockett,  for  a  lecture  on  "  The  Labrador." 

To  Prof.  Louis  C.  Elson,  for  a  lecture  on  "  Songs  and  Legends 
of  the  Sea." 

To  Mr.  F.  Morse  Wemple,  for  a  song  recital. 

To  Miss  Elizabeth  Newell,  for  a  lecture  on  "A  Trip  to 
California." 

To  Mr.  William  Strong,  for  a  pianoforte  recital. 

To  Mr.  H.  E.  Steeves  and  friends,  for  a  concert. 

III.  —  Adcnowledgments  for  Boolcs,  Specimens,  etc. 

For  various  books,  specimens,  etc.,  we  are  indebted  to  the 
following  friends :  — 

To  Messrs.  Ginn  and  Company,  Miss  Maria  F.  Eanney, 
Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Stover,  Miss  Fannt  E.  Webster,  and  the 
Xavier  Free  Publication  Society  for  the  Blind,  New 
York  City. 

IV.  —  Aclcnoiuledgments  for  Periodicals  and  Newspapers. 
The  editors  and  publishers  of  the  following  reviews,  maga- 
zines and  semi-monthly  and  weekly  papers  continue  to  be  very 
kind  and  liberal  in  sending  us  their  publications  gratuitously, 
which  are  always  cordially  welcomed  and  perused  with  inter- 
est:  — 

The  N.  E.  Journal  of  Education,          .          .          .  Boston,  Mass. 

The  Atlantic, "             " 

Youth's  Companion,  .          .          .          .          .          .  "             " 

Our  Dumb  Animals,  .          .          .          •          .          .  "             " 


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The  Christian  Register, 

The  Missionary  Herald, 

The  Well-Spring, 

Woman's  Journal, 

St.  Nicholas,     . 

Collier's  Weekly, 

American  Annals  of  the  Deaf, 

The  Etude, 

The  Mentor,      . 

Daily  Advocate, 


Boston,  Mass, 


Neio  York,  N.  Y, 

li  li  n 

Washmgton,  D.  C 
Pli  il  adelpli  ia ,  Pa . 
.  Inst,  for  Deaf-Mutes,  Malone,  N.  Y, 
Inst,  for  Deaf-Mutes,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
The  Silent  Worker,  .  Inst,  for  the  Deaf-Mutes,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
The  California  News, 

last,  for  Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind,  Berkeley,  Cal. 
The  Ohio  Chronicle,  .  Inst,  for  the  Deaf-Miites,  Colnmhus,  0. 
The  Michigan  Mirror,         .  School  for  the  Deaf,  Flint,  Mich, 

The  Tablet,       •  West  Va.  School  for  Deaf-Mutes  and  Blind. 

The  Washingtonian,  .          .    School  for  the  Deaf,  etc.,  Vancouver. 
The  Colorado  Index,  .    Colorado  School  for  Deaf  and  Blind. 

The  Sunday-School  Weekly  (embossed),     .        Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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LIST   OF  PUPILS. 


Addelson,  Bessie. 
Allen,  Mary  K. 
Anderson,  Elizabeth  D. 
Babbitt,  Frances  E. 
Bailey,  Minnie. 
Berger,  Bertha  E. 
Brayman,  Edith  I. 
Burke,  ISTorah. 
Burns,  Nellie. 
Clarke,  Helen  F. 
Crocker,  Cora  A. 
Crockett,  Marion  S. 
Crossman,  Mary  M. 
Curran,  Mary  I. 
Dart,  M.  Fernette. 
Deveau,  Evelyn  M. 
Dodd,  E.  Elizabeth. 
Dolan,  Ellen  F. 
Dubreuil,  Maria. 
Durant,  Eose  M. 
Elmer,  Edith  M. 
Elwell,  Gertrude. 
Finnegan,  Alice. 
Fisher,  Annie  J. 
Flardo,  Eena. 
Forbush,  Vinnie  F. 
Gavin,  Ellen  A. 


Gilman,  Lura. 
Colder,  Gertrude. 
Goldrick,  Sophie  E. 
Goullaud,  E.  Edna. 
Hamlet,  Ethel. 
Harvey,  Ida  M. 
Hayden,  Euth  E. 
Healey,  Mary  J. 
Hendrickson,  Clarissa  D. 
Hilgenberg,  Johanna. 
Hinckley,  Gussie  P. 
Houghton,  Elizabeth  M. 
Ingham,  Beatrice  E. 
Jones,  Louise. 
Jones,  Maud  E. 
Keegan,  Margaret  M. 
Kelly,  Catherine  A. 
Kennedy,  Annie  M. 
Kennedy,  Nellie  A. 
Knap,  Mary  G. 
Landregan,  Annie. 
Langdon,  Margarita. 
Lawler,  Helen  H. 
Lawrence,  Anna. 
Lemeir,  Edith  M. 
Lewis,  Jessie. 
McCabe,  Jennie  L. 


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McClintock,  Mary. 
McDuffie,  Lottie  A. 
McKenzie,  Ethel. 
McKenzie,  Margaret. 
McVay,  Catherine. 
Merrick,  Margaret. 
Miller,  A.  Marion. 
Miller,  Gladys  L. 
Montgomery,  Ethel  A. 
Morris,  Mary  E. 
Muldoon,  Sophia  J. 
Murphy,  Frances  A. 
Noonan,  M.  Loretta. 
Norton,  Agnes  E. 
Ovens,  Emily  A. 
Parcher,  F.  Mabel. 
Perella,  Julia. 
Puffer,  Mildred  E. 
Eiley,  Lily  F. 
Eyan,  Margaret. 
Sheffield,  Emma  J. 
Skinner,  Maggie. 
Smith,  Nellie  J. 
Spring,  Genevra  S. 
Stearns,  G-ladys  L. 
Stewart,  Margaret  C. 
Tate,  Grace  M. 
Traynor,  Eose. 
Velandre,  Corinna. 
Viles,  Alison  P. 
Walker,  Isabella  M. 
Walsh,  Annie. 
Watts,  Kate. 
Wilde,  Agnes. 


Winitzky,  Nellie. 
Aberg,  George  H. 
Adler,  Morris. 
Anderson,  Adolf  A, 
Bardsley,  William  E. 
Barnard,  Eichard  J.  C. 
Bates,  Harold  W. 
Bixby,  Charles  A. 
Blood,  Howard  W, 
Boutin,  Joseph. 
Butters,  Albert  W. 
Cameron,  Chester  V. 
Carragher,  William  A. 
Casey,  Frank  A. 
Corliss,  William  A. 
Cotton,  Chesley  L. 
Crandall,  Albert  M. 
Crandall,  Daniel  L. 
Cummings,  Edwin. 
Cunningham,  James  H. 
Curran,  Edward. 
Curran,  John. 
Davis,  Aubrey  J. 
Davison,  Everett  H. 
Deane,  William. 
Deming,  Harold  B. 
Diamond,  Francis. 
Downs,  Chester  K. 
Ellis,  John  W. 
Elms,  Arthur  W. 
Fanning,  Eobert. 
Farley,  Charles  E. 
Gibson,  Leon  S. 
Gordon,  Allen  G. 


135 


Gosselin,  Arthur. 
Gosselin,  Napoleon. 
Govereau,  Edward. 
Goyette,  Arthur. 
Graham,  William. 
Hagopian,  Kril^or  D. 
Hamlett,  Clarence  S. 
Heath,  Aldaee  C. 
Heroux,  Alfred  N". 
Hickey,  Bernard. 
Holbrook,  William  F. 
lerardi,  Francesco. 
Jean,  Ludge. 
Jordan,  John  W. 
Kettlewell,  Gabriel. 
Kirshen,  Morris. 
LaPierre,  William.' 
Levin,  Barnard. 
Lucier,  George. 
Lund,  Olaf  H. 
Mahoney,  J.  Matthew. 
Marshall,  Joseph. 
McDonough,  William. 
McQueeney,  William. 
Morang,  James  A. 


Muldoon,  Henry  M. 
Muldoon,  Eobert  D. 
Nelson,  Francis  C. 
Nelson,  Ealph. 
Osborne,  Patrick. 
Rand,  Henry. 
Pay,  Edward  E. 
Eyan,  M.  James. 
Sacco,  Nicola. 
Safford,  Eobert  F. 
Sticher,  Frank  W. 
Stover,  Alfred. 
Stringer,  Thomas. 
Stuart,  Edwin. 
Tyner,  Edward  T. 
Vaughn,  William  M. 
Velandre,  Daniel. 
Viggers,  Frederick. 
Walsh,  Frederick  V. 
Walsh,  William. 
West,  Paul  L. 
Wetherell,  John, 
Whit6,  Thomas  E. 
Wolpe,  Aaron  D. 


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ANALYSIS  OF  MAINTENA:N^CE  ACCOUNT. 


Meats,  fish  and  vegetables,    . 
Butter  and  milk,      .... 
Bread,  flour,  meal,  etc., . 
Fruits,  fresh  and  dried,  . 
Sugar,  tea  and  coftee. 

Groceries, 

Gas  and  oil,     ..... 

Coal  and  wood. 

Sundry  articles  of  consumption,    . 

Wages,  domestic  service, 

Salaries,  superintendence  and  instruction. 

Medicines  and  medical  sundries,    . 

Furniture  and  bedding,  . 

Expense  of  stable,  .... 

Musical  instruments  and  supplies, 

Manual  training  supjDlies, 

Stationery,  printing,  etc., 

Construction  repairs. 

Taxes  and  insurance, 

Sundries, 


$5,235 

45 

3,892 

42 

1,078 

18 

646 

51 

762 

95 

1,216 

68 

587 

15 

4,423 

52 

1,056 

47 

9,135 

15 

33,029 

71 

85 

96 

1,394  94 

192 

98 

4,762 

16 

262 

07 

1,259 

67 

2,327 

31 

2,172 

06 

528 

37 

$74,049  71 

140 


WORK   DEPAKTMEN^T. 


Statement  for  the  Year  ending  August  31,  1906. 
Cash  on  hand  Au^st  31,  1905,     .        .        .  $1,667  08 

Cash  receipts  for  the  year  ending  August  31, 
1906,      


Cash  paid  for  salaries  and  wages. 
Cash  paid  for  rent,  stock  and  sundries. 


Cash  on  hand  Augxist  31,  1906,     . 

Stock  on  hand  and  bills  receivable  August  31,  1906, 

Total  assets  August  31,  1906, 

Cash  on  hand  August  31,  1905,     . 

Stock  on  hand  and  bills   receivable   August 

31,  1905, 

Total  assets  August  31,  1905, 

(iain  for  the  year, .        .         $252  71 


24,567  01 

$26,234  09 

§10,847  40 

13,619  68 

24,467  08 

$1,767  01 

06,   . 

8,133  20 

$9,900  21 

fl,667  08 

7,980  42 

9,647  50 

141 


The  following  account  exhibits  the  state  of  property  as  en- 
tered upon  the  books  of  the  institution,  September  1,  1906 :  — 


Building  205  207  Congress  street, 
House,  11  Oxford  street, 
House,  402  Fifth  street, 
Houses,  412,  414,  416  Fifth  street, 
Houses,  424,  426,  428  Fifth  street. 
Houses,  430  440  Fifth  street  and  103-105 
H  street,    ...... 

Building,  442  Fifth  street  to  111  H  street, 
House,  537  Fourth  street, 
Houses,  541,  543  Fourth  street. 
House,  542  Fourth  street. 
House,  555  Fourth  street, 
Houses,  557,  559  Fourth  street, 
Houses,  583,  585,  587,  589  Fourth  street, 
Houses,  591,  593.  595  Fourth  street,    . 
Houses,  99-101  H  street,      . 
House,  527  Broadway, 

Real  Estate  used  by  the  Institution. 
Real  estate.  Broadway  and  Fourth  street, 
House,  418  Fifth  street, 
House,  422  Fifth  street, 

Unimproved  land.  South  Boston, 
Mortgage  notes, 

Stocks  and  Bonds. 

150  shaf'es  Fitchburg  R.R.,  preferred, 

25  shares  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford R.R.,  common,  .  .         .         . 

$20,000,  Chesapeake  &  Ohio  R.R.,  1st  con- 
solidated, 5s,     . 

$25,000,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 
R.R.,  debenture,  4s,  . 

$10,000,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 
R.R.  (Lake  Shore),  3^s,    . 

$14,000,  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.R 
(Denver  Extension),  4s 

$10,000,  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
R.R.,  4s,    . 

$40,000,  New  York,  Ontario  &  Western 
RR.,4s, 

$25,000,  Long  Island  R.R.,  refunding,  4s, 

$35,000,  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern 
R.R.,  debenture,  4s,  . 

Amounts  carried  forward, 


Book  Value. 

$75,800  00 

8,500  00 

4,300  00 

9,300  00 

16,300  00 

47,200  00 

21,300  00 

3,900  00 

7,800  00 

7,800  00 

2,000  00 

14,900  00 

18,700  00 

15,400  00 

3,000  00 

7,700  00 


$345,000  00 
3,100  00 
3,700  00 


$21,500  00 

4,900  00 

20,000  00 

25,000  00 

9,500  00 

14,000  00 

10,000  00 

40,000  00 
25,000  00 

35,000  00 


$262,900  00 


351,800  00 

5,196  00 

72,600  00 


$204,900  00  I      $692,396  00 


142 


Amou7its  brought  forward,    . 

$50,000,  American  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Company,  4s, 

$35,000,  Illinois  Steel  Company,  5s,     . 

Book  Value. 

$204,900  00 

48,500  00 
35,000  00 

1692,396  00 

288,400  00 

23,500  38 

17,9iJ0  00 

1,500  00 

2,275  00 

8,133  20 

27,530  00 
14,000  00 

40,725  00 
115  00 
450  00 

Cash, 

Household  furniture.  South  Boston,    . 
Provisions  and  supplies.  South  Boston, 
Coal,  South  Boston,      .         .                  .         . 

Work  D&partment. 
Stock  and  bills  receivable,  .... 

Music  Deiiartment. 
Sixty-seven  pianofortes,       .... 
One  three-manual  pipe  organ,     . 
Four  reed  organs,         ..... 
Eighty-three  orchestral  instruments,  . 
Musical  library,    ...... 

112,350  00 

9,000  00 

100  00 

2,680  00 

3,400  00 

MiscelUineous . 
School  furniture  and  apparatus, . 
Lil)rary  of  books  in  common  print. 
Library  of  books  in  embossed  print,   . 
Special  library, 

'$7,625  00 

24,400  00 

8,700  00 

Boys'  shop,  ....... 

Stable  and  tools, 

11,116,924  58 

The  foregoing  property  represents  the  following  funds  and 
balances,  and  is  answerable  for  the  same :  — 


INSTITUTION   FUNDS. 

General  fund  of  the  institution,  . 

$120,877  44 

Stephen  Fairbanks  fund,     . 

10,000  00 

Harris  fund, 

80,000  00 

Richard  Perkins  fund, . 

20,000  00 

Stoddard  Capen  fund,  . 

13,770  00 

In  memoriam  Mortimer  C.  Ferr 

is,   .                1,000  00 

Legacies  :  — 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Bailey, 

3,000  00 

Mrs.  Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker, 

2,500  00 

Calvin  W.  Barker, .        .        .        . 

1,859  32 

Amount  carried  fortoard. 

$253,006  76 

143 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Miss  Lucy  A.  Barker,  . 

Miss  Mary  Bartol,  . 

Thompson  Baxter, . 

Robert  C.  Billings, 

Robert  C.  Billings  (deaf,  dumb 

blind), 

Susan  A.  Blaisdell, 

George  W.  Boyd,    . 

J.  Putnam  Bradlee, 

T.  O.  H.  P.  Burnham,  . 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Colburn, 

I.  W.  Danforth, 

John  N.  Dix,    .... 

Albert  Glover, .... 

Joseph  B.  Glover,  . 

Joseph  B.  Glover  (deaf,  dumb 

blind), 

Charles  H.  Hayden, 

Mrs.  Margaret  A.  Holden,  . 

Benjamin  Humphrey, 

Mrs.  Susan  B.  Lyman, . 

The   Maria   Spear   Legacy   for 

Blind, 

Stephen  W.  Marston,    . 

Edward  D.  Peters, 

Henry  L.  Pierce,     . 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  P.  Putnam, 

Mrs.  Charlotte  B.  Richardson, 

Mrs.  Matilda  B.  Richardson, 

Miss  Mary  L.  Ruggles, 

Samuel  E.  Sawyer, 

Joseph  Seholfield,  . 

Mary  P.  Swift, 

Alfred  T.  Turner,  . 

George  B.  Upton,   . 

Mrs.  Ann  White  Vose, 

Joseph  K.  "Wait, 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  P.  Weld, 

Thomas  Wyman,     . 

Charles  L.  Young,  . 


and 


and 


the 


Cash, 

Buildings,  unimproved  real  estate  and  personal  property 
in  use  of  the  institution,  South  Boston, 


$253,006  76 

5,953  21 
300  00 
322  50 

25,000  00 

4,000  00 
5,832  66 
5,000  00 
100,000  00 
5,000  00 
5,000  00 
2,500  00 
10,000  00 
1,000  00 
5,000  00 

5,000  00 
12,000  00 

3,708  32 
25,000  00 

4,809  78 

15,000  00 

5,000  00 

500  00 

20,000  00 
1,000  00 

40,507  00 
300  00 
3,000  00 
2,174  77 
2,500  00 
1,391  00 
1,000  00 

10,000  00 

12,994  00 
3,000  GO 
2,000  00 

20,000  00 
5,000  00 


$623,800  00 
23,600  38 

469,624  20 
$1,116,924  68 


144 

The  following  account  exhibits  the  state  of  property  as  en- 
tered upon  the  books  of  the  institution,  September  1,  1906 :  — 

PRINTING   DEPARTMENT. 

Stocks  and  Bonds.  Book  Value. 

100  shares  Fitchburg  R.R.,  preferred,        .         .  $14,000  00 

75  shares  Boston  &  Providence  R.R.,       .        .  22,500  00 

209  shares  Boston  &  Albany  R.R.,      .        .         .  52,000  00 

70  shares  Old  Colony  R.R.,       ....  14,000  00 

100  shares  West  End  Street  Railway,  common,  9,800  00 

15  shares  Suffolk  Real  Estate  Trust,         .         .  15,000  00 

1  share  Boston  Ground  Rent  Trust,        .        .  900  00 

$10,000,    St.   Paul,    Minneapolis    &    Manitoba 

R.R.,  4s 9,000  00 

.$10,000,   Northern   Pacific   &   Great  Northern 

R.R.  (C,  B.  &Q.),  joint  4s,  .         .         .         .  10,000  00 
82,000,   Chicago,   Burlington   &  Quincy    R  R. 

(Illinois  division),  3is, 1,800  00 

$15,000,  Western  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, 5s, 15,000  00 

$15,000,  American  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, 4s, 14,500  00 

$178,500  00 

Stock  and  machinery, $3,500  00 

Books, 16,800  00 

Electrotype  and  stereotype  plates,     .        .         .  28,255  00 

48,555  00 

Cash, 3,959  51 

$281,014  51 


The  foregoing  property  represents  the  following  funds  and 
balances  and  is  answerable  for  the  same :  — 


PRINTING   FUND. 

Capital, $108,500  00 

Legacy,  Joseph  H.  Center,      .  .  1,000  00 

Additional  funds 69,000  00 

$178,500  00 

Cash 3,959  51 

Personal  property  in  use  of  the  printing  department,       .        .       48,655  00 


$231,014  51 


145 


INSTITUTION   ENDOWMENT   FUND. 

List  of  Contributors 
From  August  31,  1905,  to  Septemler  1,  1906. 


Agassiz,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C,      .         .         .         .         . 

Gary,  Miss  Emma  F., 

Clapp,  Mrs.  Eobert  P., 

Curtis,  Miss  Isabella  P., 

Gushing,  Miss  Sarah  B., 

Ellis,  George  H., 

Gray,  Mrs.  Maria  L.,       .         .         .         ;         ,         . 

H.  S.  H., 

H.  W.  P., 

Maharajah  of  Baroda  (to  be  used  for  treats  for  the 

pupils), 

Morse,  Mrs.  Leopold, 

Mrs.  S., 

Pratt,  Mrs.   Elliott  W.,  in  memory  of  Elliott  W. 

Pratt, 

Pratt,  R.  M., 

Thursday  Morning  Fortnightly  Club  of  Dorchester 

(for  the  music  department),  .  .  .  . 
Tompkins,  Mrs.  Orlando,  .  .  .  .  . 
Tucker,  H.  G.  (two-thirds  of  receipts  from  concerts 

given  in  Chickering  Hall  in  behalf  of  the  music 

department  of  Perkins  Institution),  . 
White,  C.  J., 


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00 

20 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

75 

00 

5 

00 

15 

00 

5 

00 

200 

00 

100 

00 

100 

00 

100 

00 

50 

00 

40 

00 

50 

00 

4,300 

00 

35 

00 

$5,020  00 


146 


SUBSCRIPTIONS  FOR  THOMAS  STRI:N^GER. 

From  September  1,  1905,  to  August  31,  1906. 


A.  B., 

Bancroft,  Miss  Elizabeth  Hope,        ... 
Bristol!,  Mrs.  Eosa  Olds,  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
Brown,  Mrs.  J.  Conklin,  Berkeley,  Cal., 
BrA'ant,  Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews,    ... 
Buxton,  Dr.  B.  H.,  New  York, 
Children  of  the  First  Grade  of  Winthrop  School 

Brookline,  through  Miss  Anna  M.  Taylor, 
Children's  Aid  Society  of  Washington,  Pa., 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  M., 

H.  D.  B., 


Hill,  Mrs.  Lew  C, 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Mary  J.,  ....  . 
Matthews,  Mrs.  Annie  B.,  .  .  .  . 
May,  Miss  Eleanor  G.,  trustee  of  Lydia  Maria  Child 

fund, 

Moore,  Mrs.  George  W.,  Brookline,  . 

Morse,  Mrs.  E.  Rollins, 

Moseley,  Miss  Ellen  F., 

Parkinson,  Mr.  John,       ..... 

Seabury,  the  Misses,  New  Bedford,  . 

Sohier,  Miss  Marj'  D., 


$10  00 

1  00 

2  00 
10  00 

5  00 
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LIST   OF  EMBOSSED  BOOKS 

Pbinted   at   the    Perkins    Institution    and   Massachusetts    School  for 
THE  Blind,  Boston,   1906. 


No. 

Price 

Title  of  Book. 

of 

per 

Vols. 

Set. 

JUVENILE  BOOKS. 

Alcott,  L.  M.     Little  Women, 

3 

$9  75 

Andersen,  Hans.     Stories  and  Tales,    . 

3  25 

Arabian  Nights,  six  selections  by  Samuel  Eliot,     . 

3  25 

Arnold,  S.  L.     Arnold  Primer,     .... 

50 

Baldwin,  James.     Story  of  Siegfried,  . 

3  25 

Burnett,  F.  H.     Little  Lord  Fauntleroy, 

3  25 

Carroll,  Lewis.     Alice's  Adventures  in  Wonderland, 

1  75 

Child's  Book,  first  to  seventh,      .... 

3  50 

Children's  Fairy  Book,  arranged  by  M.  Anagnos,  . 

2  75 

Chittenden,  L.  E.     Sleeping  Sentinel,  . 

50 

CooUdge,  Susan.     What  Katy  Did, 

2  75 

Cyr,  E.  M.     Interstate  Primer  and  First  Reader,  . 

50 

Eclectic  Primer,         ...... 

50 

Ewing,  J.  H.     Story  of  a  Short  Life,    . 

2  25 

Greene,  Homer.     Blind  Brother, 

2  25 

Pickett's  Gap, 

2  25 

Harte,  Bret.     Queen  of  the  Pirate  Isle, 

50 

Kingsley,  Charles.     Greek  Heroes, 

2  75 

Water  Babies, 

2  75 

Little  Ones'  Story  Book,    ..... 

1 

50 

Percy,  Bishop  Thomas.    Boy's  Percy.     Ed.  by  Sidney 

Lanier, ........ 

3  25 

Poulsson,  Emilie.     Bible  Stories  in  Bible  Language, 

3  25 

In  the  Child's  World,  Part  I., 

50 

In  the  Child's  World,  Part  II., 

60 

In  the  Child's  World,  Part  III., 

1  75 

Stories  for  Little  Readers, 

50 

Through  the  Farmyard  Gate, 

60 

Richards,  L.  E.     Captain  January  and  other  stories. 

3  25 

Ruskin,  John.     King  of  the  Golden  River,   . 

50 

Sewell,  Anna.     Black  Beauty,     .... 

3  25 

N.B.  —  All  the  books  are  printed  in  the  Boston  line  type. 


149 


No. 

Price 

Title  of  Book. 

of 

per 

Vols. 

Set. 

Spyri,  Johanna.     Heidi,  translated  by  Mrs.  Brooks, 

2 

$5  50 

Standard  Braille  Primer,  revised,         .... 

60 

Thompson,  Ernest  Seton.  Wild  Animals  I  Have  Known, 

2  75 

Turner's  First  Reader,        ...... 

50 

Twelve  Popular  Tales,  selected  by  H.  C.  Lodge, 

2  25 

Wiggin,  K.  D.     Christmas  Dinner, 

50 

Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook  Farm, 

3  25 

Story  of  Patsy, 

60 

Youth's  Library,  arranged  by  M.  Anagnos,  . 

8 

12  00 

Script  and  point  alphabet  sheets,  per  hundred. 

- 

5  00 

GENERAL  LITERATURE. 

American  Prose,         ....... 

2 

6  50 

Anagnos,  J.  R.     Longfellow's  Birthday, 

1 

35 

Burt,  M.  E.     Odysseus,  the  Hero  of  Ithaca, 

1 

2  75 

Carlyle,  Thomas.     Essays  on  Burns,  Goethe  and  Scott, 

1 

3  25 

Cervantes  Saavedra,  Miguel  de.     Don  Quixote,     . 

3 

8  25 

Cooke,  R.  T.     Deacon's  Week,    ..... 

1 

35 

Cooper,  J.  F.     Pilot,           ...... 

1 

3  25 

Defoe,  Daniel.     History  of  the  Great  Plague  in  London, 

2 

4  50 

Dickens,  Charles.    Christmas  Carol,  with  extracts  from 

Pickwick  Papers, 

1 

3  25 

David  Copperfield, 

5 

16  25 

Old  Curiosity  Shop, 

3 

12  75 

Don't;  or,  Directions  for  Conduct  and  Speech, 

1 

60 

Eliot,  George.     Adam  Bede, 

3 

9  75 

Janet's  Repentance,    . 

1 

3  25 

Silas  Marner, 

1 

3  75 

Emerson,  R.  W.     Essays,  .... 

1 

3  25 

Extracts  from  British  and  American  Literature, 

2 

5  50 

Francillon,  R.  E.     Gods  and  Heroes,  . 

1 

3  25 

Goldsmith,  OUver.     Vicar  of  Wakefield, 

1 

3  25 

Hawthorne,  Nathaniel.     Scarlet  Letter, 

2 

5  50 

Tanglewood  Tales, 

2 

4  50 

Twice  Told  Tales, 

1 

3  25 

Irving,  Washington.     Alhambra, 

2 

5  50 

Sketch  Book,     . 

2 

6  50 

Johnson,  Samuel.     Rasselas,  Prince  of  Abyssinia, 

1 

2  75 

Kingsley,  Charles.     Hypatia, 

3 

9  75 

Lubbock,  Sir  John.     Beauties  of  Nature, 

1 

2  75 

Lytton,  Edward  Bulwer.     Last  Days  of  Pompeii, 

3 

9  75 

Macaulay,  T.  B.     Essays  on  Milton  and  Hastings, 

1 

3  25 

Martineau,  Harriet.     Peasant  and  the  Prince, 

1 

3  25 

150 


No. 

Price 

Title  of  Book. 

of 

per 

Vols. 

Set. 

Most  Celebrated  Diamonds,  translated  by  J.  R.  Anagnos, 

1 

10  60 

Ruskin,  John,     Selections  by  Edwin  Ginn,  . 

1 

2  75 

Sesame  and  Lilies, 

1 

2  75 

Saint  Pierre,  J.  H.  B.  de.     Paul  and  Virginia, 

1 

2  75 

Scott,  Sir  Walter.     Quentin  Durward, 

2 

6  50 

Talisman,     .... 

2 

6  50 

Thackeray,  W.  M,     Henry  Esmond,    . 

3 

9  75 

POETRY. 

Anagnos,  J.  R.     Stray  Chords,    .... 

2  25 

Bryant,  W.  C.     Poems,      ..... 

3  25 

Byron,  Lord.     Hebrew  Melodies  and  Childe  Harold, 

3  25 

Poems  selected  by  Matthew  Arnold, 

3  25 

Holmes,  0.  W.     Poems,     ..... 

3  25 

Homer.     Iliad,  translated  by  Alexander  Pope, 

9  75 

Longfellow,  H.  W.     Evangeline, 

2  25 

Evangeline,  and  other  poems, 

3  25 

Hiawatha,  .... 

2  75 

Lowell,  J.  R.     Poems,        ..... 

3  25 

Milton,  John.     Paradise  Lost,     .... 

5  50 

Paradise  Regained,  and  other  poems, 

3  25 

Pope,  Alexander.     Essay  on  Man,  and  other  poems, 

2  75 

Scott,  Sir  Walter.    Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel,  and  othei 

poems,           ....... 

3  25 

Shakespeare,  William.     Hamlet, 

2  25 

Julius  Csesar, 

2  25 

King  Henry  Fifth,  . 

2  25 

Merchant  of  Venice, 

2  25 

Romeo  and  JuHet,  . 

2  25 

Tennyson,  Alfred.     Idylls  of  the  King, 

2  75 

In  Memoriam,  and  other  poems. 

3  25 

Whittier,  J.  G.     Poems,     ..... 

6  50 

Wordsworth,  William.     Poems,  .... 

3  25 

BIOGRAPHY. 

Biographical  Sketches  arranged  by  M.  Anagnos,    . 

3  25 

EHot,  George.     Biograpliical  Sketch,  . 

35 

Howe,  S.  G.     Memoir,        ..... 

3  25 

HISTORY. 

Constitution  of  the  United  States, 

1 

50 

Dickens,  Charles.     Child's  History  of  England,     . 

2 

6  50 

151 


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of 

per 

Vols. 

Set. 

Duruy,  Victor.     General  History  of  the  World,     . 

4 

$13  00 

Fiske,  John.     War  of  Independence,    .... 

1 

2  75 

Washington  and  his  Country, 

3 

9  75 

Freeman,  E.  A.     History  of  Europe,    .... 

1 

2  75 

Green,  J.  R.     Short  History  of  the  EngUsh  People, 

6 

19  50 

Higginson,  T.  W.    Young  Folks'  History  of  the  United 

States,           ........ 

1 

3  75 

Schmitz,  Leonhard.     History  of  Greece, 

1 

3  25 

History  of  Rome, 

1 

2  75 

RELIGION. 

Book  of  Common  Prayer,  ...... 

1 

3  25 

Book  of  Psalms,         .... 

1 

2  75 

Combe,  George.     Constitution  of  Man, 

1 

4  25 

Hymn  Book,     ..... 

1 

2  25 

New  Testament,         .... 

3 

8  25 

Paley,  Wilham.     Natural  Theology,    . 

1 

4  25 

Swedenborg,  Emanuel.     Selections/    . 

1 

- 

TEXT  BOOKS. 

Buckley,  A.  B.     Life  and  Her  Children,  a  reader  of 

natural  history,      ....... 

1 

3  25 

Caesar.     Commentaries  on  the  Gallic  War,    . 

1 

3  25 

Cicero.    Orations,       ......: 

1 

3  25 

Collar  and  Daniell.    Beginner's  Latin  Book, 

2 

5  50 

Latin-English  Vocabulary,     . 

1 

1  75 

Cutter,  Calvin.    Anatomy,  Physiology  and  Hygiene, 

1 

3  25 

English-Greek  Vocabulary  (Braille),     .... 

1 

1  00 

Eysenbach,  William.    German-Enghsh  Vocabulary, 

1 

2  25 

German  Grammar,     . 

2 

5  50 

Geometrical  Diagrams,       ...... 

1 

1  25 

Gleason,  C.  D.    Handbook  of  Crochet, 

1 

50 

Handbook  of  Knitting, 

1 

50 

Goodwin,  W.  W.    Greek  Grammar  (Braille), 

2 

5  50 

Guyot,  A.  H.    Geography,            ..... 

1 

3  25 

Harper  and  Wallace.    Vocabulary  to  Xenophon's  Ana- 

basis (Braille),        ....... 

3 

8  25 

Homer.    Iliad,  Books  1-3  (Braille).    R.  P.  Keep, 

1 

2  25 

Howe,  S.  G.    Cyclopisdia,  ...... 

8 

34  00 

Huxley,  T.  H.    Introductory  Science  Primer, 

1 

2  25 

Latin-English  Lexicon,  Vol.  I.,    . 

1 

3  25 

Latin  Selections,        .... 

1 

2  25 

Printed  by  donor  for  free  distribution. 


152 


No. 

Price 

Title  of  Book. 

of 

per 

Vols. 

Set. 

Riehl,  W.  H.    Der  Fluch  der  Schonheit, 

1 

$1  75 

Scribner,  Charles.    Geographical  Reader, 

1 

2  75 

Se5anour,  J.  0.    Vocabulary  to  Keep's  Iliad  of  Homer 

(Braille),        .          .          .^ 

2 

5  50 

Townsend,  Mabel.    Elementary  Arithmetic, 

1 

50 

Walsh,  John  H.    Problems  and  Exercises,    . 

1 

50 

Wentworth,  G.  A.    Grammar-school  Arithmetic,  . 

1 

3  25 

White,  J.  W.    Beginner's  Greek  Book  (Braille),    . 

4 

11  00 

XenoDhon.    Anabasis  (Braille),  ..... 

2 

4  50 

MUSIC. 

Pianoforte. 

Bach,  J.  S.    Fifteen  Two-voiced  Inventions.    (Peters),. 

60 

Fifteen  Three-voiced  Inventions.    (Peters), 

60 

French  Suite,  No.  6.    (Peters), 

35 

Gavotte  in  G  minor,          .... 

06 

Prelude  and  Fugue,  Book  1,  No.  5,    . 

20 

Book  2,  No.  6,    . 

20 

No.  7,    . 

25 

Six  Little  Preludes, ..... 

20 

Bach-Saint-Saens.    Gavotte  in  B  minor. 

12 

Bach,  C.  P.  E.    Solfeggietto, 

06 

Bargiel,  W.    Album  Leaf, 

06 

Idylle,  Op.  32,  No.  1,       . 

12 

Barih.    Dance  Caprice, 

12 

Baumfelder.    Good  Humor, 

. 

06 

Beethoven.    Farewell  to  the  Pianoforte, 

06 

FurElise, 

06 

Sonata,  Op.  2,  No.  1, 

50 

No.  3, 

85 

Op.  10,  No.  2,      . 

. 

25 

Op.  24,  for  viohn  anc 

pianoforte 

(1st  movement), 

35 

Op.  49,  No.  1,      . 

. 

30 

Op.  110,      . 

1  20 

Sonatina  (F  major). 

. 

12 

(G  major). 

06 

Six  Little  Variations  (G), 

25 

Six  Variations  on  a  theme  by  Paisiello, 

25 

Nine  Variations  on  a  theme  by  Paisiello,   . 

25 

Behr,  Frangois.    Bolero,     ...... 

06 

Evening  Prayer,        .... 

06 

153 


No. 

Price 

Title  of  Book. 

of 

per 

Vols. 

Set. 

Behr,  Francois.    On  the  Lake,    ..... 

$0  06 

Silent  Happiness, 

06 

Behr,  Franz.    Minuet,  Op.  503,  .... 

06 

Spring  Chimes,  Op.  503, 

06 

The  Bird's  Message,  Op.  503, . 

06 

Think  of  Me,  Op.  575,   . 

06 

Berens.    School  of  Velocity,  Op.  61,     . 

2  40 

Bertini.    Octave  Study,  Op.  29,            . 

06 

Study  in  A, 

06 

Blakeslee.    May  Party  Dance,  Op.  9,  . 

12 

Crystal  Fountain  Waltz,  Op.  25, 

06 

Brahms,  Scherzo,  Op.  4,     . 

35 

Brauer,  Fr.    Twelve  Studies,  Op.  15.    (Litolff),     . 

25 

Burgmiiller.    fitudes.  Op.  100  (new  edition), 

60 

Chopin.    :6tude.  Op.  10,  No.  1,    . 

12 

No.  2, 

12 

No.  3, 

20 

No.  4, 

20 

No.  5, 

12 

No.  7, 

12 

No.  8, 

20 

No.  12, 

12 

Fantasia  Impromptu,  Op.  66, 

12 

Impromptu,  Op.  36,      . 

20 

Polonaise,  Op.  40,  No.  1, 

12 

Prelude,  Op.  28,  No.  4, 

06 

No.  6, 

06 

No.  7, 

06 

No.  11, 

06 

No.  13, 

12 

No.  15, 

12 

No.  21, 

12 

Waltz.  Op.  34,  No.  3  (KuUak), 

12 

Op.  64,  No.  1  (Kullak),       . 

12 

Op.  64,  No.  2  (Kullak), 

12 

Chwatal,  F.    The  Merry  Postillion,  Op.  228, 

06 

Sonatina  in  F,  Op.  245,  . 

12 

Cramer-Biilow.    Fifty  Selected  Studies,  Books  1  a 

nd2,  . 

1  70 

Czerny.    Fifty  Etudes  from  Op.  821,   . 

90 

Six  Octave  Studies, 

20 

Dennee.    Scherzino,  Op.  15,        .          .         . 

12 

De  Wilm.    Canzonetta,       .... 

12 

154 


Title  of  Book. 


No. 

of 

Vols. 


Price 
per 

Set. 


Durand.    Pastorale,  . 
Chaconne, 
Dussek.    La  Matinee  Rondo, 
Duvernoy.    Studies,  Op.  176, 
Egghard.    Tender  Flower, 
Fontaine.    Swing  Song, 
Foote,  A.    Sarabande,  Op.  6,  No.  3, 
Gade.    Capriccio,  Op.  19,  No.  2, 
In  the  Woods,  Op.  41,     . 
Godard,  B.    2d  Valse,  Op.  56,     . 
Goldner.    Gavotte  Mignonne, 
Grieg.    Air  (from  Holberg  Suite), 
Albumblatt,  Op.  12, 
Album  Leaf,  Op.  28,  No.  1, 
Album  Leaf,  Op.  28,  No.  3, 
Erotic,  Op.  43,  No.  5, 
Gavotte  (from  Holberg  Suite), 
In  the  Home  (In  der  Heimath), 
Lonely  Wanderer  (Einsamer  Wanderer), 
Lyric  Pieces,  Op.  12, 
Papillon,  Op.  43,     . 
Prelude  (from  Holberg  Suite), 
Rigaudon  (from  Holberg  Suite), 
Sarabande  (from  Holberg  Suite), 
To  the  Spring,  Op.  43,     . 
Voglein,  Op.  43,      . 
Gurlitt.    Hunting  Song, 

Morning  Prayer,  Op.  101,  No.  2, 

Studies,  Op.  50,    . 

The  Festive  Dance, 

The  Hunt,  .... 

Haberbier.    A  Flower  of  Spring, 

Handel.     AUemande,  Courante,  Minuetto  No.  1,  Min- 

uetto  No.  2,  Preludio.     Above  numbers  are 

from  "Twelve  Easy  Pieces," 

Air  a  la  Bourree, 

Haydn.    Minuet  Giocoso,  . 

Heller,  St.    Etudes,  Op.  45,  Book  1, 

Book  2, 
Op.  46, 
Op.  47, 
Promenades  d'un  Sohtaire,  Op.  78,  No.  1, 


155 


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Price 

Title  of  Book. 

of 

per 

Vols. 

Set. 

Heller,  St.    Tarantelle  (Napoli), 

$0  12 

Wanderstunden,  Op.  80,  No.  6, 

20 

Henselt.    If  I  were  a  Bird, 

15 

Hiller,  P.    The  Lonely  Rose,  Op.  66,   . 

06 

Little  Rider,  Op.  66, 

06 

Hofmann,  H.    Along  the  Brook, 

12 

At  Evening, 

06 

Gestandnis,  Op.  52, 

20 

Gavotte  from  "Donna  Diana," 

12 

Gondolliera, 

06 

In  the  Month  of  May,  . 

12 

Minnelied,  .... 

06 

On  the  Rivulet,    . 

12 

The  Nightingale  Sings, 

12 

Zur  Laute, 

12 

Hummel.    Sonata,  Op.  13,           ... 

90 

Variations,  Op.  57,     . 

35 

Jadassohn,  S.    Scherzo,  Op.  35,  . 

12 

Jensen,  A.    Berceuse  in  A,           .          .          . 

12 

Barcarole,  Op.  33,     . 

12 

Canzonetta,  Op.  42, 

12 

Cassandra,       .... 

12 

Erster  Walzer  und  Zweiter  Walzer,  Op 

).33, 

06 

Irrhchter,  Op.  17,     . 

12 

Polonaise,  Op.  33,     . 

12 

Reigen,  Op.  33, 

12 

Reiterhed,  Op.  33,    . 

12 

The  Mill,  Op.  17,       . 

06 

Trompeterstiicklein,  Op.  33, 

06 

Widmung,  Op.  33,    . 

06 

Jungmann.    Will  o'  the  Wisp,  Op.  217, 

06 

Kirchner.    Album  Leaf,  Op.  7,    . 

06 

Valse  Impromptu, 

06 

Kohler.    Coming  from  School,     . 

06 

Krause.    Trill  Studies,  Op.  2,  Book  2, . 

35 

Kuhlau.    Sonatina,  Op.  20,  No.  1, 

20 

No.  3, 

35 

Op.  55,  No.  1, 

20 

No.  2, 

12 

No.  3, 

20 

KuUak,  Th.    From  Flower  to  Flower  (octave  study). 

12 

Im  Gruenen,  Op.  105, 

12 

156 


No. 

Price 

Title  of  Book. 

of 

per 

Vols. 

Set. 

Kullak,  Th.     Scherzo, 

$0  06 

The  Little  Huntsman,     . 

06 

Youthful  Days,  Op.  62  (12  numbers), 

50 

Landon.    Pianoforte  Method,      .... 

4  50 

Lange.    In  Rank  and  File,          .... 

12 

Playfulness,           ..... 

12 

Dressed  for  the  Ball,      .... 

12 

Meadow  Dance,     ..... 

12 

Valse  Champetre,           .... 

12 

Happy  Meeting,    ..... 

06 

Lavallee.    Caprice  (The  Butterfly), 

12 

Lichner.    Waltz,  Op.  270, 

06 

Morning  Song,  Op.  174, 

06 

Liszt.    La  Regata  Veneziana,      .... 

12 

Loeschhorn.    Arabeske  No.  1,     . 

12 

Arabeske  No.  3,     . 

12 

fitudes.  Op.  65,  Book  1, 

30 

Book  2, 

25 

Op.  66,  Book  1, 

35 

Hungarian,   ..... 

12 

Lysberg.    The  Thrashers,  Op.  71, 

12 

Mason,  Wm.    Touch  and  Technic,  Vol.  1,     . 

2  25 

Mathews,  W.  S.  B.    Standard  Graded  Course  of  Studies 

Vol.1, 

85 

Mendelssohn.    Christmas  Gift,  Op.  72, 

25 

Prelude  in  E  minor, 

06 

Rondo  Capriccioso,  Op.  14,    . 

60 

Scherzo,  Op.  16,  No.  2, 

12 

Song  Without  Words,  Op.  19,  No.  4, 

06 

Op.  30,  No.  7, 

12 

No.  9, 

06 

Op.  38,  No.  14, 

12 

No.  18, 

12 

Op.  53,  No.  22, 

12 

No.  23, 

20 

Op.  62,  No.  28, 

12 

Op.  67,  No.  34, 

20 

Op.  102,  No.  45, 

12 

No.  47, 

12 

No.  48, 

12 

Merkel.     Friihlingsbotschaft,  Op.  27, . 

12 

Impromptu,  Op.  18,     . 

12 

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Merkel.     In  the  Beautiful  Month  of  May, 
Jolly  Huntsman, 
Pleasures  of  May,  Op.  81, 
Spring  Song, 
The  Hunter's  Call, 
Moszkowski.     Waltz  in  A  flat,    . 
Mozart.     Sonata  No.  2  in  F  (A.  P.  Schmidt), 
Sonata  No.  8  in  C  (A.  P.  Schmidt), 
Nicode,  J.  L.     Barcarolle,  Op.  13, 
Orth,  L.  E.    Mother  Goose  Songs  Without  Words 
Parker,  H.  W.     Etude  Melodieuse,  Op.  19,  . 
Nocturne,  Op.  19, 
Romanza,  Op.  19, 
Scherzino,  Op.  19, 
Porter,  F.  A.     "In  the  Springtime,"  Book  1, 
"In  the  Springtime,"  Book  2, 
Raff,  J.     Am  Loreley-Fels,  Op.  134, 
Rigaudon,  Op.  204, 
The  Echo,  Op.  75, 
Ravina.     Arabeske,  . 
Reinecke.     Gondoliera, 
Minuetto, 
Sonatina,  Op.  47, 
Thirty  Pianoforte  Pieces  for  Young  People 
Op'  107  (Litolff),  . 
Reinhold.     Impromptu,  Op.  28, 

Suite  Mignonne,  Op.  45, 
Rheinberger.     Ballade,  Op.  7,     . 

Impromptu,  Op.  183, 
Prelude,  Op.  183, 
Roeske.     Capitol  March,    . 
Dover  Galop, 
Electric  Polka,    . 
Happy  Thoughts  Polka, 
The  Hub  Waltz, . 
Rosenhain.     Andante  and  Rondo, 
Rummel.     Little  March,     . 
Little  Waltz,     . 
Ryder.     Little  Artist  Rondo, 

Little  Artist  Mazurka,  . 
Saran.  Phantasie  Stiick,  Op.  2, 
Scharwenka,  P.     Tanz  Vergniigen,  Op.  68, 


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06 
06 
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25 
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00 
12 
12 
12 
12 
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25 
12 
06 
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60 
20 
25 
12 
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06 
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20 
06 
06 
06 
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Scharwenka,  X.     First  Valse  CaiDrice,  Op.  13, 

$0  25 

PoUsh  Dance,  Op.  29, 

12 

Valse  Caprice,  Op.  31, 

30 

Schubert.     Impromptu,  Op.  90,  No.  2, 

20 

Impromptu,  Op.  142, 

12 

Waltzes,  Op.  9a, 

30 

Schumann.     Album  for  Young  Pianists, 

1  50 

Cradle  Song, 

06 

Curious  Story,  Op.  15,     . 

06 

Evening  Music,  Op.  99,    . 

12 

Novellette,  in  F,     . 

25 

Playing  tag.  Op.  15, 

06 

Valse  Noble,  Op.  9, 

06 

Schmoll.     (The  following  pieces  are  from  Of 

).  50) 

:  — 

Kathinka, 

12 

Pastorale,. 

06 

Polonaise, 

06 

Return  of  the  Gondolier,     . 

06 

Rose  JIazurka,  . 

06 

Saltarella, 

06 

Scherzetto, 

06 

Song  of  the  Miller  Maid, 

06 

Spring  Thoughts, 

06 

The  Hunter's  Horn,    . 

06 

The  Shepherd's  Repose, 

06 

Schytte.     Bird-trills  in  the  Wood, 

20 

Hide  and  Seek,  . 

06 

Playing  Ball,      . 

06 

Youth  and  Joy, 

06 

Strong,  T.     Danse  des  Sabots,    . 

12 

Thirty-five  Easy  Pieces  (N.  E.  Conservatory 

Ed.), 

60 

Thoma.     Polish  Dance, 

12 

Twenty-three  Select  Pieces  (First  Grade), 

85 

Urbach.     Prize  Piano  School,      . 

4  50 

Weber.     In\'itation  to  the  Dance, 

30 

Rondo  Brillante, 

30 

Wollenhaupt.     Etude  in  A  fiat. 

12 

Organ. 

Allen,  N.  H.     Themes  with  varied  basses,    . 

35 

Bach.     Choral  Variations,  No.  4,          .          .          .          . 

06 

No.  5,          .          .          .          . 

12 

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Bach.     Choral  Variations,  No.  7,          .          .          .          . 

$0  12 

Prelude  and  Fugue,  No.  3, 

12 

Costa.     Triumphal  March, 

20 

Dubois.     Processional, 

12 

Guilmant.     Allegretto  in  B  minor, 

25 

Handel.     Fifth  Concerto,   . 

30 

HolHns.     Intermezzo, 

20 

Kullak.     Pastorale,  . 

1 

20 

Merkel.     Trio,  Op.  39,  No.  1,       . 

06 

No.  2,       . 

12 

No.  3,       . 

06 

No.  4, 

06 

Rheinberger.     Pastorale  Sonata, 

40 

Scharwenka,  X.     Gavotte  in  D, 

12 

Thayer.     Andante  and  Variations, 

20 

Variations  on  Russian  National  Hymn, 

25 

Volckmar.     Adagio  in  A  flat, 

20 

Vocal. 

Songs  for  Solo  Voice. 

Songs  marked  thus  (*)  are  for  low  voices,  all  others  are  for  soprano 

or  tenor. 

Beach,  Mrs.     June,    ....... 

20 

Beethoven.     Nature's  Adoration,* 

12 

Brahms.     Cradle  Song,*     .... 

12 

BuUard.     Beam  from  Yonder  Star,*    . 

12 

Chadwick.     I  said  to  the  Wind  of  the  South,* 

20 

0  let  Night  Speak  of  Me,* 

12 

Sweetheart   thy   Lips   are    Touched 

with 

Flame,*       .... 

12 

Cowen.     To  a  Flower, 

12 

Franz.     Dearest  Friend,*  . 

12 

From  Grief  I  cannot  Measure 

* 

12 

In  Autumn,* 

12 

Marie,* 

12 

Now  Welcome  My  Wood,* 

20 

Oh !  why  so  soon,* 

06 

The  Mourner,* 

06 

Grieg.     A  Swan,* 

12 

Departed,*    . 

06 

Strolling  Minstrel's  Song,* 

12 

Handel.    Arm,  Arm,  Ye  Brave,* 

20 

But  Who  May  Abide,* 

30 

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Hiindel.    Every  Valley  shall  be  exalted, 

$0  25 

Hear  Me  Ye  Winds  and  Waves,* 

12 

He  was  despised,* 

20 

Honor  and  Arms,* 

20 

Shall  I  in  Mamre's  Fertile  Plain,* 

12 

The  People  that  walked  in  Darkness,* 

25 

Haydn.    With  joy  the  impatient  Husbandman,* 

25 

Mackenzie.    Spring  Song,* 

20 

Mendelssohn.    Afar,*          .... 

12 

If  with  all  your  Hearts, 

12 

It  is  enough,* 

20 

0  God  have  Mercy,*     . 

20 

Moir.    Best  of  All, 

12 

Ries.    The  dear  Blue  Eyes  of  Springtime,     . 

20 

Rotoli,    My  Bride  shall  be  my  Flag,* 

20 

The  Djdng  Flower, 

20 

Rj'der,  C.     Love's  Summons, 

06 

Schubert.    Songs  in  the  original  keys,  Augener  &  C 

O.Ed 

By  the  Sea,       .... 

12 

Faith  in  Spring, 

12 

Hark,  hark!  the  Lark  (high  voice). 

20 

Hark,  hark!  the  Lark  (low  voice), 

1 

06 

Hedge  Roses,    .... 

12 

Her  Portrait,    . 

12 

Huntsman's  Even  Song,     . 

06 

Impatience, 

20 

Morning  Greeting, 

20 

My  Sweet  Repose,     . 

12 

Resting  Place,  . 

20 

Serenade, 

12 

The  Counterfeit, 

12 

To  be  sung  on  the  Waters, 

20 

Wanderer's  Night  Song, 

12 

Wandering, 

12 

Withered  Flowers, 

20 

Who  is  Sylvia? . 

12 

Schumann.    Ah,  Sweet,  when  in  thine  Eyes, 

06 

Beside  the  Rhine's  Sacred  Waters, 

12 

I'll  not  complain,     . 

12 

Intermezzo,    .... 

12 

Moonlight,      .... 

12 

My  Soul  will  I  Steep  with  Longing, 

06 

0  Simny  Beam,       .... 

12 

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Schumann.    The  Rose  and  the  Lily,    .... 

SO  06 

Thy  Lovely  Face,    .... 

12 

When  May  shed  Lovehness  around,  . 

06 

Where'er  my  Tears  have  Fallen, 

06 

Woman's  Life  and  Love,  Nos.  1-8,    . 

60 

Storace.    My  Native  Land  I  bade  Adieu,*    . 

12 

Tschaikowsky.    Ye  Who  have  yearned  alone,* 

12 

Wagner.    Prize  Song  from  "Die  Meistersinger,"    . 

25 

Whelpley.    The  Nightingale  has  a  Lyre  of  Gold,  . 

1 

12 

Duets. 

Smart,  Henry.    The  Fairy  Haunted  Spring, 

1 

12 

Part  Songs  for  Male  Voices. 

Abt.    Night  Song, 

12 

The  Parting  Day, 

12 

Bank,  C.    Evening  Song,    ..... 

06 

Becker.    Vocal  March,        ..... 

25 

Boieldieu.    Praise  of  the  Soldier, 

12 

Chwatal,  F.  X.    Lovely  Night,    .... 

06 

Cramer.    How  Can  I  Leave  Thee, 

06 

Gounod,  Ch.    The  Chase,   ..... 

20 

Hatton,  J.  L.    Tar's  Song, ..... 

20 

Bugle  Song,          .... 

20 

Sailor's  Song,       .... 

12 

Knowles.    Our  Flag, ...... 

12 

Kreutzer.    Serenade,           ..... 

12 

Kiicken.    0  Wert  Thou  in  the  Cauld  Blast, 

12 

The  Banners  Wave,     .... 

20 

The  Rhine, 

12 

Macfarren,  G.  A.    Now  the  Sun  has  Mounted  High, 

12 

Mendelssohn.    The  Huntsman's  Farewell,     . 

12 

Farewell,     ..... 

06 

The  Cheerful  Wanderer, 

12 

Parting  Song,       .... 

12 

Rhine  Wine  Song, 

12 

Serenade,     ..... 

12 

Pflueger,  Carl.     The  Bugler.     Song  for  medium  voice 

with  male  chorus,  ...... 

20 

Weber.    Bright  Sword  of  Liberty, 

06 

Champagne  Song,          .... 

12 

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Weber.     A  Nation's  Day  is  Breaking, 

0  How  Lovely  the  Face  of  the  Deep, 
Werner.    Two  Roses,          ...... 

1 

1 

1 

$0  06 
06 
06 

Part  Songs  for  Female  Voices. 
Gumbert.    Maidens'  Spring  Song  (trio), 
Hiller.    Dame  Cuckoo  (trio),       ..... 
Mendelssohn.    Hearts  Feel  that  Love  Thee  (trio), 

0  Vales  with  SunMght  Smiling  (trio), 
Wagner,  R.    Spinning-wheel  Chorus  (trio),  . 
Wiegand.    A  IMeadow  Song,         ..... 

1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

12 
12 
12 
12 
12 
20 

Mixed  Voices. 
Hatton,  J.  L.    Let  All  with  Merry  Voices  Sing,      . 
Mendelssohn.    On  the  Sea,          ..... 
Smart,  Henry.    Wake  to  the  Hunting, 

1 
1 
1 

06 
12 
20 

Chorals,  Anthems,  Hymns. 
Bach,  J.  S.    Sixteen  German  Chorals  edited  by  John  S. 
Dwight,         ........ 

Gounod.    Praise  be  to  the  Father  (anthem), 
Hymns.    Collection  of  Forty-five  Hymn  Tunes,     . 

Selected  Hymns.    Words  and  music, 
Weber.    God  of  the  Fatherless  (anthem),     . 

1 

1 
1 
1 

1 

60 
12 
60 
60 
12 

Vocal  Exercises. 
Concone.    Fiftj^  exercises,  Op.  9,          .... 
Panofka.    Vocal  A,  B,  C,   . 
Scala.    Twenty-five  Concise  Vocal  Elxercises, 

1 
1 
1 

60 
50 
60 

Music  for  Children. 
Children's  Souvenir  Song  Book,  arranged  by  William  L. 
Tomlins,         ........ 

Roeske,  C.  C.    Collection  of  Songs,  Duets,  and  Trios,     . 

3 

1 

3  00 
60 

Orchestra. 
Bach.     Adagio  (Quintet  for  Strings  and  Clarinet), 
Beethoven.     Andante  con  moto,  from  Symphony  No.  1, 
Menuetto  from  Septet,  Op.  20, 
Scherzo  from  Septet,  Op.  20,    . 
Scherzo  from  Symphony  Xo.  4, 
Bendix.     Cradle  Song,        ...... 

30 
70 
25 
25 
70 
20 

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Boccheriui. 


Eichberg. 
Eilenberg 
Fahrbach 
Godard. 
Gregh,  L. 

Grieg,  E. 


Haydn. 


Minuet  in  A, ' 
Minuet  No.  2  in  A, ' 
Andante, 
.     The  Mill  in  the  Forest, 
.     Mazurka,  In  the  Forest, 
Berceuse,   . 
Joyous  Serenade, 
Passacalle, 

Anitra's  Tanz  from  Peer  Gynt  Suite, ' 
Gavotte  from  Holberg  Suite,  ^ 
Rigaudon  from  Holberg  Suite,  ^  . 
Symphon}^  Xo.  5,  First  Movement, 
Symphony  No.  8,  Finale, 
Symphony  No.  11,  First  Movement, 
Symphony  No.  11,  Allegretto, 
Symphony  No.  11,  Minuet,  . 
Symphony  No.  11,  Finale,    . 
Symphony  No.  13,  Largo,     . 
Hofmann,  H.    Serenade,  Op.  65,  First  Movement  (Flute 
and  Strings),  .... 

Hofmann,  R.     No.  1  from  Suite,  Op.  60, ' 
Jungmann.     Will  o'  the  Wisp  (Quintet  for  Strings  and 
Harp),  ....... 

Mascagni.     Intermezzo  from  "Cavalleria  Rusticana," 
Mendelssohn.     Festival  March,   .... 

Priests'  March  from  "Athalie,"      . 
Andante  from  E-flat  Symphony, 
Andante  from  the  8th  Quartette, 
Divertimento    No.   2,   D  major   (First 
Movement),    .... 

Finale  from  the  E-flat  Sym}Dhony, 
Magic  Flute  Overture, 
Menuetto  from  the  Jupiter  Symphony, 
Menuetto  from  the  E-flat  Symphony 
(composed  1788),  . 
Pastoral,  ^  .  .  . 
Marchen  Vorspiel, '  . 
Aus  Tausend  und  eine  Nacht,  ^ 
Frieden  der  Nacht, ' . 
Ballet  Music, ' 
(The  above  numbers  from  Zwolf  Tonbilder.) 
Schubert,  F.     Marche  Militaire, 


Mozart,  W.  A. 


Reinecke. 


12 
20 
12 
35 
30 
30 
40 
50 
25 
25 
25 
80 
90 
80 
70 
40 
80 
60 

50 
20 


20 
40 
50 
50 
20 

40 
70 
90 
40 

35 
20 
25 
12 
12 
30 

45 


1  For  string  orchestra. 


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Schubert,  F.     Moment  Musical,            .... 

1 

$0  35 

Symphony,  B  minor,  First  Movement,     . 

1 

1  25 

Schumann,  R.     Traumerei,         ..... 

1 

30 

Strauss.     Light  and  Shade  Wahzes,    .... 

1 

60 

Thomas.     Gavotte  Mignon,         ..... 

1 

30 

Wagner.     Vorspiel  from  Lohengrin,     .... 

1 

20 

Waldteufel.     Invitation  a  la  Gavotte, . 

1 

50 

Violin. 

t 

Accolay.    Concerto,           ...... 

1 

12 

Bach.     Concerto  for  Two  Violins,         .... 

1 

40 

Cutter,  B.     Six  Easy  Viohn  Pieces,  Op.  40, 

1 

20 

Dancla,  C.     First  .Air  Varie,  Op.  89,    .... 

1 

06 

De  Beriot.     Fantasie  Ballet,  Op.  100, 

1 

25 

Method  for  the  VioHn,  Part  L,  2d  and  3d 

Positions,     ...... 

1 

60 

Eichberg,  J.     Complete  Method  for  the  Violin, 

2 

2  50 

Godard,  B.     Canzonetta,    ...... 

1 

06 

Berceuse  from  "Jocelyn," 

1 

06 

Hau-ser.     Longing  (Le  Desir),     ..... 

1 

12 

Leclair.     Sarabanda,           ...... 

1 

06 

Mendelssohn.     Concerto,  Op.  64  (Andante), 

] 

40 

Mlynarski.     Mazur,   ....... 

1 

20 

Schradieck.     Technical  Studies,  Book  1,       . 

1 

85 

Sitt.     Elegie,  Op.  73, •        . 

1 

12 

Preludium,  Op.  73,  . 

1 

12 

Tarantelle,  Op.  73, 

1 

12 

FriiUngslied,  Op.  73, 

1 

12 

Wieniawski.     Chanson  Polonaise,  Op.  12,     . 

1 

20 

Violoncello. 

Bruch.     Kol  Nidrei,            ...... 

1 

25 

Romberg.     Concertino,       ...... 

1 

25 

Schumann.     Stuck  im  Volkston,           .... 

1 

12 

String  Quartet. 

Haydn.     Quartet  No.  12  (Adagio),  Peters  Edition, 

1 

25 

Clarinet. 

Klose.     Conservatory  Method  for  the  Clarinet, 

2 

3  50 

165 


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Price 

Title  of  Book.                                                          of 

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Cornet. 

Arban.     Fantasie  Brillante,         ..... 

1 

$0   12 

Method  for  the  Cornet  and  Saxhorn, 

3 

6  75 

French  Horn  and  Pianoforte. 

Beethoven.     Sonata,  Op.  17  (First  Movement),     . 

1 

30 

Military  BanI). 

Bach,  Charles.    Twelfth  Andante  and  Waltz, 

30 

Balfe.    Fantasia  from  "Satanella," 

50 

Balfe-Claus.    Selection,  "Bohemian  Girl,"    . 

1  25 

Balfe-Wiegand.    Selection,  "Puritan's  Daughter," 

60 

Beyer,  E.    Fantasia  from  "Le  Val  d'Amour."    Arr., 

35 

Bizet.    Selection  from  "Carmen."    Arr.  by  Beyer, 

70 

Toreador's  song  from  "Carmen," 

80 

Catlin,  E.  N.    Overture,  "Welcome," 

70 

Donizetti.    Nocturne  from  "Don  Pasquale,"  ' 

1 

Ringleben.    Polka  Mazurka, '      .          .          .          . 

M 

30 

Sponholtz.    Peace  of  Mind, '        .          .          .          . 

1 

Donizetti.    Sextette  and  Finale  from  "Lucia," 

85 

Flotow.    Selection  from  "Martha," 

SO 

Fantasia  from  "Stradella."    Arr.  by  Heinicke 

50 

Gilmore,  P.  S.    22d  Regiment  March, 

35 

Gounod-Heinicke.    Selection  from  "Faust," 

60 

HaMvy-Heinicke.    Selection  from  "The  Jewess," 

60 

Heinicke.    Grand  National  Melody  Potpourri, 

60 

Military  Prize  Quickstep,    . 

50 

Hungarian  Quickstep.    Arr., 

50 

Reminiscences  of  Verdi, 

90 

Herman,  A.    Overture,  "L'Espoir  de  PAlsace."    Arr.  b} 

Claus,             ....... 

90 

Laurendeau.    Overture,  "LiUiput," 

70 

Lavallee,  C.    Overture,  "The  Bridal  Rose," 

85 

Mendelssohn.    Priests'  War  March  from  "Athalie," 

35 

Meyerbeer-Heinicke.    Selection  from  "Les  Huguenots," 

70 

Meyerbeer-Meyrelles.    Coronation  March  from  "Le  Pro- 

phete,"           .          .        ■ 

40 

Mozart.    Overture,  "The  Magic  Flute," 

60 

Prendiville,  H.    Little  Rose  Waltz,      . 

30 

Rollinson,  T.  H.    The  Color  Guard  March,    . 

30 

Day  Dreams,  .... 

60 

Schubert-Vaughan.    Arr.  of  Serenade, 

35 

1  Sextette  for  brass  instruments. 


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Title  of  Book. 

of 

per 

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Set. 

Sousa.    Semper  Fidelis  March,    ..... 

$0  35 

Suppe.    Banditenstreiche  overture,      .... 

50 

Suppe-Wiegand.    Overture,  "Morning,  Noon  and  Xight 

in  Vienna,"   ........ 

85 

Troop-Heinicke.    Arr.  of  Second  Andante  and  Waltz,    . 

30 

Verdi.    Scene  and  Aria  from"  Ernani."   Arr.  byClaus,   . 

60 

Selection  from  "Ernani."    Arr,  by  Heinicke, 

90 

Viviani.      The    Silver   Trumpets    (Grand    Processional 

March),          ........ 

70 

Wagner.    Selection  from  "The  Flying  Dutchman," 

85 

Weber-Heinicke.    Selection  from  "Der  Freischiitz," 

60 

Miscellaneous. 

Braille's  Musical  Notation,  Key  to,      .... 

60 

Bridge,  J.  F.    Counterpoint,        ..... 

2  25 

Double  Counterpoint,     .... 

2  75 

Fillmore,  John  C.    Lessons  in  Musical  History, 

2  25 

Musical  Characters  used  by  the  Seeing, 

40 

Norris,  Homer  A.    Practical  Harmon}-, 

2 

4  50 

RoUinson,   T.   H.     Popular  Collection  for  Cornet  and 

Piano,  ......... 

60 

Streatfeild,  R.  A.    The  Opera, 

2  75 

Webster,  M.  P.    Preparation  for  Harmony, 

50 

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1.  The  Hemisphere,         .....  size,  42  by  52  inches. 

2.  United  States,  Mexico  and  Canada, 

3.  North  America, 

4.  South  America, 

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MICHAEL    ANAGNOS. 


FOREWORD. 


BT  THE  ACTING  DIRECTOR. 


In  the  following  pages  will  be  found  a  memoir  of 
Mr.  Anagnos,  written  by  his  lifelong  friend,  Mr.  F.  B. 
Sanborn,  who,  by  similarity  of  character,  gifts  and 
culture,  was  naturally  in  full  sympathy  with  the  lofty 
ideals  and  simplicity  of  life  that  characterized  our 
great  leader,  and  appreciated  fully  and  valued  suffi- 
ciently the  nobility  of  character  that  he  displayed  and 
the  wisdom  and  soundness  of  the  principles,  ethical, 
political  and  educational,  that  he  professed  and  lived, 
—  for  with  Michael  Anagnos  profession  and  living 
were  one.  There  will  also  be  found  in  these  pages 
various  tributes  and  resolutions  of  institutions,  asso- 
ciations and  individuals;  an  account  of  the  recent  me- 
morial exercise,  with  the  addresses  there  delivered; 
and  extracts  from  the  public  prints. 

Because  we  must  not  let  go  unrecorded  the  story  so 
eloquent  in  praise  of  the  man  who  all  his  life  long 
shrank  from  the  laudation  called  forth  by  the  quality 
of  his  deeds,  and  displayed  a  degree  of  modesty  and 
self-effacement  that  is  beyond  all  praise,  these  docu- 
ments are  brought  together  and  given  to  the  public,  in 
the  earnest  hope  that  the  published  story  of  our  late 
leader's  strong,  rugged,  splendid  life  will  help  to  put 


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and  keep  him  in  his  rightful  place  in  the  hearts  of  the 
sightless  and  their  real  friends  wherever  the  story 
shall  be  known ;  and  in  the  firm  belief  that  to  students 
and  seekers  after  truth  and  inspiration  in  the  special 
field  of  the  education  of  the  blind,  this  record  will  be 
of  use  in  future  years. 

Of  Michael  Anagnos  the  man  history  will  record  that 
he  lived  simply  and  nobly.  Of  Anagnos  the  adminis- 
trator and  educator  of  the  blind,  the  judgment  of 
those  who  know  will  be  that  he  thought  clearly,  rea- 
soned soundly,  fought  fairly,  and  wrought  largely  and 
well. 


Our  sincere  thanks  are  extended  to  all  who  assisted 
by  taking  part  in  the  memorial  exercises  for  Mr. 
Anagnos,  October  24,  1906;  to  Mr.  Edward  H.  Clem- 
ent of  the  Transcript  for  valuable  assistance;  to  Mr. 
Charles  M.  Litchfield  for  the  loan  of  the  crayon  por- 
trait of  our  late  director,  displayed  on  that  occasion; 
and  to  the  press  of  Boston  for  the  sympathetic  qual- 
ity and  generous  quantity  of  notice  given  the  atfair. 

Grateful  acknowledgment  is  also  due  Mr.  F.  B.  San- 
born and  Hon.  John  Parmenides,  Greek  Consul  at  Bos- 
ton, for  assistance  in  correcting  the  ])roof  of  the  Greek 
matter  herein,  as  well  as  for  many  other  courtesies. 


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[trl|afl  Aua9tt0B. 


BY    F.    B.    SANBORN", 


Michael  Anagiiostopoiilos,  (by  which  name  he  has  ever 
been  known  among  his  Greek  compatriots,  though  his  Ameri- 
can friends  shortened  it,  with  his  consent,  to  Anagnos),  was 
born  November  7,  1837  at  Papingo,  a  small  village  in  the 
mountain-land  of  Epirus.  His  father  was  a  hard-working 
peasant,  and  his  village  was  one  of  those  wliere  the  soldiers 
and  tax-gatherers  of  the  Turkish  sultan  were  never  seen.  It 
governed  itself  by  its  own  village  officials,  and  sent  its  tribute 
for  the  sultan  by  their  hands  to  the  publicans  of  Constanti- 
nople. His  grandmother,  whom  he  visited  last  in  1890,  told 
him  that  she  had  alwavs  lived  in  that  region,  and  had  never 
seen  a  Tnrk  in  Papingo.  A  school,  such  as  it  was,  existed 
in  the  village,  and  there  Michael  began  his  education.  Hav- 
ing carried  it  as  far  as  the  mountain  facilities  permitted,  he 
found  means  to  enter  the  high  school  at  Janina,  and  there 
was  fitted  to  enter  the  ISTational  University  in  Athens,  wliicli 
lie  did  in  his  nineteenth  year.  This  University  is  organized 
on  the  ordinary  German  plan,  and  then  corresponded  in 
grade  to  a  second-class  German  University.  His  first  ambi- 
tion was  to  become  master  of  Greek,  Latin,  French  and 
philosophy;  he  employed  four  years  profitably  in  those 
courses,  and  became  proficient  in  all.     He  then  devoted  some 


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attention  to  law,  but  "not  with  the  intention  of  practising 
law;  his  purpose  at  leaving  the  University  being  to  make 
journalism  and  political  science  his  profession.  In  1861, 
when  not  yet  four  and  twenty,  he  joined  the  staff  of  the 
Ethnophylax,  one  of  the  first  dailies  in  Athens,  and  was  soon 
made  editor-in-chief. 

Like  his  friend  Dr.  Howe,  whom  as  yet  Anagnos  knew 
only  by  fame,  as  a  Philhellene  of  the  Greek  Revolution, 
young  Anagnos  favored  political  liberty,  and  took  an  active 
part,  as  journalist,  in  the  opposition  to  King  Otho  and  his 
unprogressive  and  arbitrary  government.  He  even  went  to 
the  extent  of  introducing,  through  Gen.  Garibaldi  and  one  of 
his  sons,  lodges  of  Tree  Masonry  as  an  element  in  the  coming 
dethronement  of  the  Bavarian  monarch.  This  event  came 
to  pass  in  1862,  and  young  Anagnos  was  actively  engaged  in 
procuring  it.  Soon  after,  King  George  of  the  royal  line  of 
Denmark,  the  present  constitutional  sovereign  of  Greece,  be- 
came king,  and  the  Ethnophylax  favored  the  freedom  and 
annexation  of  Crete,  w^hich  rose  in  revolt  against  the  Turks 
in  1866.  Upon  this  question  Anagnos  differed  with  his  asso- 
ciate editors,  and  resigned  his  position  in  the  newspaper, 
though  still  continuing  to  w-rite  articles  and  make  addresses 
in  defence  of  Cretan  independence.  At  the  same  time,  though 
without  knowledge  of  each  other,  Dr.  Howe,  in  America, 
w^as  agitating  and  raising  money  in  aid  of  Cretan  freedom. 
He  had  joined  in  an  effort  forty  years  before,  during  the 
Greek  Revolution,  to  expel  the  Turkish  power  from  Crete, 
and  the  first  volume  of  his  biography,  lately  published  by 
his  daughter,  Mrs.  Richards,  gives  portions  of  his  daily 
journal  while  on  the  coast  of  Crete,  engaged  in  this  expedi- 
tion, which  failed. 


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lu  1867  Dr.  Howe  sailed  for  Europe,  with  the  double  mis- 
sion of  carrying  relief  to  the  Cretan  refugees  in  Athens,  and 
of  examining  schools  for  the  deaf  and  asylums  for  the  insane, 
—  having  become  in*  1865  chairman  of  the  Massachusetts 
Board  of  State  Charities,  and  taken  up  officially  the  "question 
of  the  best  care  of  those  two  classes  of  the  dependents.  He 
had  long  had  the  care  of  the  education  of  the  blind  in  !N^ew 
England,  and  their  instruction  and  employment  in  self-sup- 
porting industries.  Reaching  Athens  early  in  the  year,  his 
first  wish  was  to  find  a  Greek  secretary  who  could  act  with 
him  in  the  organization  of  relief.  He  was  fortunate  enough 
to  be  directed  to  young  Anagnostopoulos,  whom  he  soon  em- 
ployed, and  whom  he  left  in  charge  of  the  Committee's 
affairs  at  Athens,  while  Dr.  Howe  himself  visited  schools,  hos- 
pitals and  prisons  in  western  and  southern  Europe.  After- 
wards, when  returning  to  Boston,  Dr.  Howe  induced  his 
Athenian  secretary  to  accompany  him,  and  continue  in  the 
work  of  the  Cretan  Committee  in  N^ew  England  during 
1868.  There  was  as  yet  no  thought  of  his  engaging  in  the 
instruction  of  the  blind. 

But  so  well  had  the  student  from  Epirus  learned  his  les- 
son at  school  and  university,  that  Dr.  Howe  found  him  well 
qualified  to  teach  the  few  blind  pupils  who  in  1868  carried 
their  education  so  far  as  to  study  Greek  and  Latin;  and  he 
gave  him  that  task,  as  well  as  that  of  private  tutor  in  his 
own  family.  A  year  or  two  later  he  promoted  his  tutor's 
wish  to  become  Greek  professor  in  some  western  American 
college,  and  wrote  the  letter  of  recommendation  quoted  by 
Mr.  Sanbom  in  the  address  at  our  October  memorial  meet- 
ing. But  the  superior  qualifications  of  Anagnos  as  a  teacher, 
and  the  affection  he  had  inspired  in  the  Howe  family,  did 


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not  allow  Dr.  Howe  to  part  with  him,  when  the  time  for 
separation  came.  He  gave  the  young  Greek  a  permanent 
position  in  the  Perkins  Institution,  and  late  in  the  year  1870 
gave  him  his  daughter  Julia  in  marriage.  This  fixed  his 
residence  in  Boston,  and  already  began  to  qualify  him  as 
Dr.  Howe's  assistant  and  possible  successor. 

The  increasing  years  and  infirm  health  of  Dr.  Howe  re- 
quired, after  1870,  that  he  should  have  an  able,  loyal  and 
organizing  assistant,  and  such  Mr.  Anagnos  now  proved  him- 
self to  be.  In  the  frequent  absences  of  the  Director  he  had 
to  assume  the  general  charge  of  affairs ;  and  he  went  on, 
step  by  step,  to  make  himself  familiar  wuth  every  part  of  the 
important  establishment  with  which  he  found  himself  con- 
nected. His  researches,  and  his  experience  among  the  fami- 
lies of  the  blind  children  coming  under  his  charge,  led  him  to 
see  what  was  needed  to  supplement  the  excellent  system  long 
established  at  South  Boston ;  to  observe  the  natural  connec- 
tion between  the  teaching  for  industrial  uses,  of  the  blind 
and  the  deaf ;  and  to  interest  him  in  that  small,  but  attrac- 
tive class  of  children  who  are  unfortunately  both  blind  and 
deaf.  He  became  familiar  with  the  remarkable  case  of  Laura 
Bridgman,  whom  he  well  knew,  and  thus  prepared  himself 
for  the  success  he  has  since  had  in  the  education  of  Helen 
Keller,  Thomas  Stringer,  Elizabeth  Robin,  and  others  of  the 
blind-deaf.  Finally,  upon  the  serious  illness  of  Dr.  Howe 
in  1875,  he  became  acting  Director,  and  was  in  full  charge 
of  the  Institution  at  the  death  of  its  real  founder  in  Janu- 
ary, 1876.  Consequently,  he  was  the  only  candidate  seri- 
ously considered  for  the  post  of  Director,  although  there  was 
some  question  in  the  minds  of  some  trustees,  how  a  native  of 
Turkey  and  a  subject  of  the  Kingdom  of  Greece  would  sue- 


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ceed  in  the  whole  management  of  a  Bostonian  institution,  so 
peculiarly  dependent  on  the  liberality  of  the  good  people  of 
Massachusetts,  and  particularly  of  Boston. 

The  result  of  his  administration  soon  solved  that  question. 
Every  branch  of  the  Institution  had  already  begun  to  feel 
the  youthful  energy  and  the  mature  wisdom  of  the  new 
Director.  He  first  turned  his  love  of  improvement,  beyond 
the  mere  routine  of  school  duties  and  workshop  management, 
to  the  department  of  printing,  which  had  long  been  excellent, 
but  had  not  quite  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  population 
and  the  needs  of  the  blind  community.  He  early  submitted 
to  the  trustees  a  project  for  increasing  the  printing  fund  to 
the  large  total  of  $100,000,  and  for  printing  with  its  income 
a  larger  number  and  greater  variety  of  books  in  the  raised 
letters.  One  of  the  first  books  thus  provided  for,  in  1876, 
was  Mrs.  Howe's  Memoir  of  her  husband,  and  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  great  Memorial  meeting  in  honor  of  Dr.  Howe 
at  the  Music  Hall  in  February,  18Y6.  Before  1882  the  fund 
had  reached  the  proposed  limit,  and  for  twenty-five  years 
has  been  adding  largely  to  the  reading  facilities  both  of  the 
Institution  pupils  and  the  adult  blind  in  all  parts  of  jSTew 
England. 

He  had  already  in  1880  conceived  the  plan  of  a  kinder- 
garten for  the  blind  children  too  young  to  be  received  in  the 
ordinary  schools  for  the  blind ;  and  in  this  he  was  assisted 
and  inspired  by  Mrs.  Anagnos,  who  had  consecrated  herself 
to  the  work  of  her  father  and  her  husband.  With  her  aid 
he  organized  a  fair  to  begin  a  fund  for  such  a  kindergarten, 
first  contributing  himself.  The  fair  yielded  $2,000.  In 
1883-4  $25,000  had  been  raised  and  an  estate  was  bought. 

The  payment  for  the  land  was  $30,000,  and  it  was  needful 


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to  raise  $50,000  more  to  erect  the  first  buildings  and  dis- 
charge a  small  debt  on  the  land.  During  1887,  this  had  been 
done  and  the  first  building  was  occupied.  Mr.  Anagnos  then 
undertook  to  raise  an  endowment  fund  for  the  kindergarten 
of  $100,000,  and  in  a  few  years  this  also  was  accomplished. 
The  conduct  of  Mr.  Anagnos  was  most  unselfish  through  the 
whole  affair  of  the  kindergarten  foundation.  He  undertook 
its  management  without  additional  compensation,  paid  his 
own  expenses,  and  with  his  careful  financial  management 
saw  the  kindergarten  completed  in  its  present  form,  with  a 
property  in  real  and  personal  estate  approaching  $250,000. 
During  the  same  period  (1882-1906)  the  main  institu- 
tion was  improved  and  extended  in  all  its  departments,  and 
now  possesses  a  library,  both  general  and  musical,  which  is  at 
least  the  equal  of  any  special  library  of  the  sort  in  the  world ; 
an  outfit  for  musical  instruction  superior  to  that  possessed 
by  most  schools ;  and  general  facilities  for  all  the  purposes 
of  the  Perkins  Institution  double  those  which  existed  in  1876, 
when  he  became  actual  Director.  In  the  meantime  he  had 
also  encouraged  and  carried  on  the  special  instruction  of  sev- 
eral deaf-blind  pupils  so  successfully  as  to  attract  the  atten- 
tion of  the  world  scarcely  less,  and  in  some  respects  even  more, 
than  Dr.  Howe  had  done  in  the  education  of  Laura  Bridg- 
man,  Oliver  Caswell  and  others,  in  the  first  half  of  the  19th 
century.  While  he  was  assisting  Dr.  Howe  in  the  relief  of 
the  destitute  Cretan  families  in  1867,  the  American  friends 
of  Dr.  Howe,  —  the  late  Gardiner  Hubbard,  Miss  Harriet 
Rogers,  Governors  Bullock,  Claflin  and  Talbot,  the  late  John 
Clarke  of  Xorthampton,  and  others,  —  had  secured  the  charter 
and  endo\\anent  of  a  Massachusetts  school  for  the  deaf,  where 
the  oral  method  was  to  be  followed  and  the  sign  language  dis- 


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carded.  Soon  after,  a  Boston  public  school  for  the  deaf 
children  of  this  city  and  vicinity  was  established,  largely 
through  the  efforts  of  the  late  Mr.  Washburn  of  East  Boston, 
in  which  the  oral  method  was  also  exclusively  used.  Miss 
Sarah  Fuller  was  appointed  and  still  remains  at  the  head 
of  this  Horace  Mann  School;  and  she  was  able  to  be  of 
signal  service  to  the  Perkins  Institution  in  teaching  articula- 
tion to  its  deaf-blind  pupils.  While  associated  with  his 
father-in-law,  Dr.  Howe,  Mr.  Anagnos  became  familiar  with 
the  whole  history  and  method  of  instructing  the  deaf-blind, 
and  was  himself  an  ardent  advocate  of  the  articulating  method 
for  the  deaf  in  general. 

In  none  of  the  great  deeds  of  his  life  did  that  tenderness 
of  heart  and  sympathy  for  his  fellow  men  that  were  ever  the 
chief  motive  forces  of  his  character,  appear  more  conspicu- 
ously than  in  his  work  for  the  deaf-blind.  Moreover,  while 
the  direct  results  of  this  work  are  not  large  from  the  stand- 
point of  the  census-taker,  yet,  measured  in  terms  of  hap- 
piness, intense  and  lasting,  conferred  upon  the  stricken 
individual,  and  of  the  gratitude  of  the  beneficiary,  ferA^ent 
and  never  ceasing,  —  in  proportion  to  the  completeness  of 
the  emancipation,  this  work  deserves  to  rank  with  the  greatest 
of  his  achievements. 

The  story  of  Thomas  Stringer  is  familiar  wherever  the 
spirit  of  the  good  Samaritan  is  honored  and  the  Samaritan's 
deeds  are  told. 

About  sixteen  years  ago  in  a  hospital  in  the  city  of  Pitts- 
burg a  pitiful  case  was  brought  to  light.  A  little  boy,  deaf 
and  blind,  was  sent  tliere  for  treatment.  Ilis  parents  were 
too  poor  to  pay  for  his  maintenance  in  any  institution,  and  a 
number  of  appeals  were  sent  to  institutions  and  individuals 


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in  his  behalf,  but  without  avaiL  Finally  the  case  was  brought 
to  the  attention  of  Mr.  Anagnos.  In  the  helpless,  almost  inani- 
mate little  lump  of  clay  that  was  brought  to  his  doors  from 
the  smoky  city  where  the  rivers  meet,  he  saw  the  form  and 
likeness  of  a  human  soul,  and  immediately  took  measures  to 
bring  about  its  development  and  unfolding.  So  the  little 
stranger  entered  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind  at  Jamaica 
Plain  in  1891,  a  special  teacher  was  provided  for  him,  and 
the  education  of  Thomas  Stringer  had  begun.  The  sightless, 
voiceless,  seemingly  hopeless  little  waif  of  1891  has  now 
developed  into  the  intelligent,  sturdy,  fine  appearing  young 
man  of  1906,  who,  in  his  benefactor's  own  words, 

is  strong  and  hale,  and  who  thinks  acutely,  reasons  rationally, 
judges  accurately,  acts  promptly  and  works  diligently.  He  loves 
truth  and  uprightness  and  loathes  mendacity  and  deceitfulness. 
He  appears  to  be  absolutely  unselfish  and  is  very  grateful  to 
his  benefactors.  His  is  a  loyal  and  self-poised  soul  —  affection- 
ate, tender  and  brave.  He  enjoys  the  tranquillity  of  innocence 
and  the  blessings  of  the  pure  in  heart.  He  is  honorable,  faith- 
ful, straightforward  and  trustworthy  in  all  his  relations.  He  is 
not  only  happy  and  contented  with  his  environment,  but  seems 
to  dwell  perpetually  in  the  sunlight  of  entire  confidence  in  the 
probity  and  kindness  of  his  fellow  men. 

The  above  is  a  just  picture  of  the  results  thus  far  attained 
in  the  case  of  Thomas  Stringer,  and  in  the  closing  sentence 
the  writer  unwittingly  gave  utterance  to  his  own  highest 
praise,  for  if  this  deaf-blind  boy  "  dwells  continually  in  the 
sunlight  of  entire  confidence  in  the  probity  and  kindness  of 
his  fellow  men  "  it  is  because  for  fifteen  years  he  has  known 
naught  lint  perfect  probity  and  absolute  kindness  on  the  part 


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of  the  man,  who,  amid  the  multifarious  cares  involved  in  the 
conduct  of  a  great  institution,  yet  found  time  to  take  this 
stricken  waif  into  his  heart  and  love  him !  —  who  found  time 
to  be  father,  guardian  and  friend!  and  year  after  year,  by 
voice  and  pen  to  plead  his  cause  with  a  generous  public,  and 
so  provide  for  the  child's  future  security  when  his  guardian 
should  have  passed  from  the  scene. 

Last  June  a  vast  audience  of  friends  and  interested  per- 
sons witnessed  the  graduation  from  the  Perkins  Institution 
of  Elizabeth  Robin,  deaf  and  blind ;  and  as  the  young  woman 
made  her  appearance  all  hearts  were  won  by  her  sweet,  in- 
telligent face  and  engaging  manner,  and  many  marvelled  as 
she  deftly  and  skilfully  operated  a  sewing-machine,  and  ex- 
plained the  transformations  of  energy  therein  involved,  by 
the  aid  of  her  teacher.  But  the  significance  of  this  achieve- 
ment is  not  fully  clear  until  two  further  facts  are  under- 
stood. First,  we  should  have  seen  the  baby  girl,  bereft  of 
sight  and  hearing,  apparently  blighted,  for  life,  and  con- 
demned to  an  almost  animal  existence  of  isolation  from  her 
kind,  and  should  now  realize  that  the  helpless,  stricken  child 
has  become  this  sweet,  wholesome,  bright-faced  woman  of 
twenty-two.  Then  we  should  observe  the  sane,  cheerful, 
helpful  spirit  that  animates  Elizabeth  Robin ;  and  understand 
that,  trained  in  the  atmosphere  inspired  by  Michael  Anagnos 
and  his  faithful  helpers,  she  has  remained  true  to  the  father 
and  mother  living  the  workaday  life  of  a  plantation  in  far- 
away Texas.  She  fully  appreciates  the  dignity  and  the  worth 
of  labor ;  she  is  filled  with  gratitude '  and  loyalty  to  the  school 
that  has  trained  her,  and  her  ambition  is  to  give  daily  ex- 
pression to  her  love  of  home  and  parents,  to  her  sense  of  the 
dignity  of  toil,  and  her  loyalty  to  the  Perkins  Institution, 


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while  she  makes  herself  a  real  helj^er  and  a  centre  of  cheer 
and  sunshine  in  her  southern  home.  Tlie  ascent  from  what 
she  w^as  to  what  she  is,  and  the  spirit  in  which  she  now  bears 
herself,  constitute  the  glory  of  this  achievement;  and  the 
achievement  belongs  under  Providence  to  the  brave,  modest 
man  who  is  gone. 

Said  Edith  Thomas,  another  deaf-blind  girl :  —  "  All  that 
I  am  and  can  do  and  enjoj  I  owe  to  the  school,  and  through 
it  to  Mr.  AnagTios."  The  instruction  of  these  and  other 
blind-deaf  children,  (of  whom  the  latest  to  graduate  was 
Miss  Eobin,  in  the  summer  of  1906),  occupied  the  attention 
and  demanded  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Anagnos  for  more  than 
twenty  years.  But  during  that  period  he  was  no  less  atten- 
tive to  the  other  duties  of  his  position.  In  1900  he  went 
abroad  to  attend  the  International  Congress  (at  Paris)  of 
the  teachers  and  friends  of  the  blind,  and  took  an  active  part 
in  its  discussions,  besides  visiting  some  of  the  European 
schools  for  the  blind.  He  was  commissioned  by  the  United 
States  to  be  one  of  the  national  representatives  at  Paris. 
Before  the  sessions  opened  he  visited  his  native  Epirus,  and 
on  his  arrival  in  Athens  he  deposited  in  the  National  Bank 
there  a  large  sum  ($25,000)  the  income  from  which  has 
since  been  applied  to  the  support  of  schools  at  Janina  and 
elsewhere.  By  his  last  will  he  bequeathed  other  sums  for  a 
similar  purpose,  —  to  carry  out  which  his  executors  are  now 
making  arrangements.  He  then  travelled  leisurely  through 
Greece,  Macedonia,  Servia,  Roumania,  Hungary,  Austria 
and  Bavaria,  visiting  relatives  and  friends,  and  taking  many 
observations  in  schools  and  industries,  which  made  him  the 
best  American  authority  on  the  question  of  proper  industries 
for  the  blind,  and  the  best  method  of  making  the  adult  blind 


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self-supporting.  After  his  return  lie  organized  a  system  upon 
safe  grounds,  and  with  excellent  results,  for  giving  employ- 
ment to  graduates  of  the  Institution  and  others,  and  dispos- 
ing of  the  products  of  their  industry.  Experience  for  many 
years  had  convinced  him  that  something  could  usefully  be 
done  in  this  way ;  but,  in  common  with  Dr.  Howe,  Mr. 
Huntoon,  Mr.  Wait,  and  most  teachers  of  long  experience, 
he  recognized  the  strict  limits  in  which  self-support  for  the 
blind  can  be  successful,  except  on  the  basis  of  charity.  He 
would  have  agreed  mth  the  veteran  Wait,  who  has  lately 
published  a  valuable  essay  on  this  subject,  after  having  in- 
structed and  eared  for  the  blind  nearly  half  a  century ;  in 
the  course  of  which  he  says :  — 

Earning  a  living,  and  earning  the  going  rate  of  wages,  are 
equivalent  terms  in  the  labor  market;  and  the  more  clearly  a 
business  man  sees  that  the  blind  can  at  best  produce  only  a  part 
of  the  product  necessary  to  secure  normal  wages,  the  more  cer- 
tain will  he  be  not  to  employ  that  kind  of  labor. 

It  is  only  by  specializing  strictly,  and  educating  carefully 
for  special  forms  of  labor,  that  the  blind  can  compete  with 
seeing  persons.  Any  theory  which  neglects  this  fundamental 
fact,  however  enthusiastically  or  plausibly  maintained,  will 
be  sure  to  disappoint  its  advocates  in  the  end ;  and  the  dis- 
tance to  that  end  is  usually  very  short. 

Before  his  last  visit  to  Europe,  from  which  he  never  re- 
turned, the  strength  of  Mr.  Anagiios  had  been  much  weak- 
ened by  his  labors  at  South  Boston,  and  was  undermined 
by  that  obscure  disease  from  which  he  had  hoped  himself 
relieved.  Still,  after  the  first  discomforts  of  the  voyage, 
and  the  inclemencies  of  a  backward  season  had  been  over- 


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come,  he  found  much  enjoyment  in  revisiting  the  scenes  of 
his  youth  and  the  land  of  his  heartiest  affection.  The  weeks 
spent  in  x\thens  were  free  from  pain,  and  had  prepared 
liim  to  look  forward  cheerfully  to  a  tour  in  those  countries, 
of  Turkey  and  Roumania,  in  which  the  Greek  race  are  sub- 
jected to  vehement  prejudices,  and  too  often  to  violence  and 
oppression.  It  proved  otherwise;  for  in  Turkey  he  was  not 
only  saddened  by  what  he  saw  of  this  kind,  but  he  became 
an  object  of  suspicion  to  the  authorities,  who  followed  his 
course  with  spies.  In  Roumania  and  Servia,  where  several 
of  his  relatives  and  many  friends  live,  he  found  himself  and 
them  the  victims  of  unjust  laws  and  of  violent  religious 
hostility.  At  the  same  time,  and  probably  aggravated  by 
these  discomforts,  his  disease  returned  upon  him  with  great 
pain  and  increasing  weakness;  and  it  was  evident  to  him- 
self, no  doubt,  that  his  end  was  near.  He  endured  all  this 
with  his  natural  fortitude,  but  could  not  regulate  the  in- 
decision and  perhaps  the  unskilfulness  of  surgeons,  under 
whose  hands  he  died.  They  probably  could  not  have  pro- 
longed his  life,  so  far  had  a  mortal  malady  proceeded;  but 
it  is  a  grief  to  all  his  friends  in  Greece  and  America,  that 
he  was  not  permitted  to  die  among  those  who  so  highly 
valued  him,  and  would  so  tenderly  have  cared  for  him  in 
the  last  hours.  He  breathed  his  last  at  Turn  Severin,  a 
frontier  town  of  Roumania,  June  29,  1906,  and  is  buried 
in  his  native  village  of  Epirus.  But  his  Athenian  friends 
and  the  Greek  government  propose  to  remove  his  remains  to 
the  capital  of  Greece,  where  he  should  be  honored  with  a 
suitable  monument,  and  where  his  mourners  in  all  lands  may 
occasionally  visit  his  grave. 

The  character  of  Mr.  Anagnos  will  perhaps  appear  from 
this  slight  record  of  a  busy,  a  practical  and  yet  a  romantic 


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life ;  and  from  the  testimony,  in  many  parts  of  the  world, 
of  those  who  had  shared  in  his  cares  or  been  aided  by  his 
generosity.  Seldom  does  a  man  so  firm  and  achieving,  in 
all  that  he  undertook,  manifest  also  those  gentle  and  tender 
affections  which  are  the  inspiration  of  genuine  philanthropy. 
Careless  of  his  own  interest  or  glory,  he  went  forward  in  a 
noble  career,  saddened,  but  not  surprised  at  the  thankless- 
ness  of  mankind,  and  the  defeat  of  cherished  hopes. 

He  had  also  great  reason  to  rejoice  in  the  support  that  his 
unselfish  plans  received  in  this  city  of  his  adoption,  from 
those  kindly  benefactors  of  the  unfortunate,  who,  in  his  time 
and  long  before,  have  given  Boston  its  well-established  re- 
nown for  philanthropy  in  all  its  forms.  Few  indeed  were 
those  who  could  have  done  his  work,  but  he  found  hundreds 
who  were  ready  to  assist  him  in  it.  As  was  nobly  said  by 
Bacon,  Mr.  Anag-nos  sought  learning  and  knowledge  "  not  as 
a  couch  whereupon  to  rest  a  searching  and  restless  spirit; 
nor  a  terrace  for  a  wandering  and  variable  mind  to  walk  up 
and  down  with  a  fair  prospect ;  nor  a  tower  of  state  for  a 
proud  mind  to  raise  itself  upon;  nor  a  fort  or  commanding 
ground  for  strife  and  contention;  nor  a  shop  for  profit  and 
sale ;  but  a  rich  storehouse  for  the  glory  of  the  Creator  and 
the  relief  of  man's  estate." 

Tribute  from  Mrs.   Florence   Howe  Hall. 

In  the  old  stories  of  true  lovers,  we  read  of  roses  planted 
above  their  graves,  and  growing  up  in  miraculous  beauty  and 
luxuriance.  The  spirit  of  the  dead  entered  in  some  mysteri- 
ous way  into  the  sweet-brier  and  the  eglantine,  so  that  the 
beauty  of  love  and  life  conquered  the  ugliness  of  death  and 
decay. 

We  too,  even  in  these  more  prosaic  latter-day  times,  would 


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fain  bring  some  sweet  tribute  of  flowers  to  the  memorv  of 
our  beloved  friend,  trusting  tbat  these,  vivified  by  the  beauty 
of  his  life,  may,  like  the  rose-trees  of  the  old  legend,  grow 
into  a  living  monument  above  him. 

For  the  loyalty  of  the  medigeval  lovers  was  not  greater 
than  his  loyalty  to  the  chosen  w-ork  into  which  he  had  thrown 
himself  with  the  enthusiasm  that  was  such  a  splendid  fea- 
ture of  his  character.  In  it  lay  the  secret  of  his  great  success, 
although  this  would  never  have  been  achieved  without  the 
tireless  industry  which  seemed  to  know  no  rest.  The  sor- 
rows and  disappointments  that  came  to  him  were  powerless 
to  quench  it,  so  that  now  he  has  gone  from  our  midst,  it  is 
what  we  best  remember  him  by,  the  Greek  fire  that  has  shone 
through  history,  ever  since  Prometheus  brought  the  first 
spark  of  it  from  heaven. 

The  Hellenic  race,  never  lost  their  passionate  love  of 
knowledge,  even  in  the  dark  centuries  of  their  most  cruel 
bondage.  The  moment  Turkish  oppression  permitted,  they 
hastened  to  gratify  it  in  the  schools  and  universities  of 
Europe.  The  result  was  the  Greek  Revolution,  for  among 
this  intellectual  people  "  Education  was  the  herald  of  liberty." 

Thus  the  love  of  knowledge  which  was  the  most  strongly 
marked  feature  of  the  career  of  Michael  Anagnos,  was  a 
racial,  rather  than  an  individual  trait.  Beginning  in  a  child- 
ish longing  for  self-culture,  it  broadened  into  an  ardent 
desire  for  the  education  of  all  men,  especially  the  little  help- 
less children  who  dwelt  in  darkness.  That  he  should  be- 
queath his  property  to  found  schools  in  his  native  land  was 
as  logical  as  it  w^as  fitting.  He  had  given  his  life  to  the 
establishment  of  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind,  and  the 
strengthening  of   the   Perkins   Institution,   and   these   tasks 


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accomplished,  he  longed  to  do  something  for  Greece.  In  his 
later  years,  his  thoughts  seemed  to  turn  more  to  the  beauti- 
ful country  he  loved  so  well.  He  hoped  to  end  his  days 
there  in  quiet  and  retirement,  for  he  had  long  resolved  to 
resign  his  arduous  position,  when  he  should  have  reached 
the  age  of  seventy.  Yet  it  is  to  be  questioned  whether  he 
could  ever  have  brought  himself  to  give  up  the  work  to 
which  he  was  so  deeply  attached  while  health  remained, 
although  at  times  he  felt  that  it  was  almost  beyond  his 
strength.  Early  and  late,  day  in  and  day  out,  summer  and 
winter  he  toiled  at  his  desk  with  a  devotion  to  duty  which 
neither  insomnia,  fatigue  nor  impaired  health  was  able  to 
shake. 

The  story  of  his  early  struggles  for  an  education  reads 
like  a  romance.  Too  poor  to  buy  the  text  books  he  needed, 
he  copied  them  out  by  hand,  studying  his  lessons  while  he 
tended  his  father's  flocks  on  the  Albanian  hill-sides,  or  in 
the  evening  by  the  light  of  a  rude  pine-torch.  He  had  the 
misfortune  to  lose  his  mother  while  still  a  child,  and  a 
step-mother  treated  him  with  the  proverbial  unkindness.  It 
was  perhaps  on  the  death  of  his  father  that  his  great-grand- 
mother took  him  in  charge,  becoming  a  true  mother  to  him. 
When,  as  a  roguish  boy,  he  thrust  his  hand  into  a  bird's  nest, 
only  to  be  bitten  by  a  serpent,  she  it  was  who  wound  her 
gold  chain  tightly  about  the  injured  finger,  while  she  sucked 
the  poison  from  the  wound.  Did  not  the  memory  of  his 
early  sufferings  under  an  unkind  step-mother,  breed  in  him 
that  beautiful  tenderness  for  little  children  which  led  to  the 
establishment  of  the  Kindergarten? 

Of  his  privations  while  at  the  University  of  Athens  he 
spoke  with  more  reserve.      Yet  I  have  heard  him  tell  the 


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storj  of  four  students  who  lived  together  there  and  possessed 
only  one  good  coat  among  them,  so  that  they  were  obliged 
to  take  turns  in  going  out.  I  have  always  suspected  that  he 
was  one  of  the  devoted  quartette.  Mrs.  Anagnos  thought 
that  this  early  poverty  had  given  him  a  useful  training  in 
frugality.  I  think  it  was  the  memory  of  these  hardships 
which  made  him  so  generous  to  young  men  struggling  for  an 
education  or  to  establish  themselves  in  life.  A  man  of  less 
noble  nature  would  have  become  miserly  through  such  ex- 
periences. 

Another  story  of  his  childhood  illustrates  his  determina- 
tion of  purpose.  Being  left  alone  one  day,  with  a  great  store 
of  tobacco,  sent  by  the  villagers,  if  I  remember  aright,  as  a 
tribute  to  the  church,  the  little  boy  thought  he  would  see 
what  smoking  was  like.  While  he  was  still  puffing  away, 
his  friend  the  priest  returned.  AVith  ironical  politeness,  he 
begged  the  boy  to  continue,  handing  him  an  additional  sup- 
ply of  tobacco.  Anagnos,  overcome  with  shame  and  mortifi- 
cation, flung  himself  on  the  ground,  and  vowed  never  to 
touch  the  noxious  weed  again.  This  was  the  reason  he  never 
smoked. 

These  stories  suggest  a  healthy,  active,  normal  boyliood. 
When  he  indulged  in  some  childish  prank,  his  great-grand- 
mother used  to  shake  her  head  and  say :  "  Ah,  Michael,  I 
told  the  priest  he  did  not  dip  you  in  deep  enough  when  he 
baptized  you  —  the  water  did  not  cover  all  your  head,  as  it 
should  have  done." 

Many  anecdotes  could  be  told  to  show  his  keen  wit  and 
sense  of  humor,  did  space  permit.  The  death  of  his  wife, 
after  fifteen  years  of  happy  married  life,  threw  a  shadow 
over  his   path   that   lingered  long,    and  never,   as   I   think, 


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wholly  passed  away.  Mrs.  Anagnos  was  a  A^'oman  of  ideally 
beautiful  character,  and  deeply  interested  in  her  father's 
work  for  the  blind.  Before  her  marriage,  she  gave  her  ser- 
vices as  a  teacher  at  the  Institution,  refusing  all  financial 
compensation.  The  most  gifted  of  the  children  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Howe,  she  brought  the  ardor  of  the  poet  and  the  devo- 
tion of  the  philanthropist  and  scholar,  to  aid  and  inspire  her 
husband  in  his  task.  When  she  died,  he  was  left  sadly  alone 
to  do  the  work  they  both  loved.  Mrs.  Anagnos  was  like  her 
husband,  extremely  fond  of  children.  She  Avas  deeply  inter- 
ested in  his  plans  for  establishing  a  Kindergarten  for  the 
Blind. 

Now  that  his  career  too  is  closed,  the  quiet  virtues  that 
adorned  his  character  shine  out  one  by  one,  as  stars  do  after 
the  sun  has  set.  What  infinite  patience  and  power  of  self- 
control  he  possessed !  I  cannot  remember  ever  seeing  him 
lose  his  temper,  although  he  could  say  words  of  blame  when 
these  were  deserved.  Affectionate  and  tender  of  heart,  he 
was  devoted  to  his  friends  and  to  the  memory  of  those  who 
had  gone  before.  Yet  he  was  by  no  means  always  serious. 
His  natural  vivacity,  good  spirits,  keen  wit  and  wide  informa- 
tion made  his  conversation,  grave  and  gay  by  turns,  as  inter- 
esting as  it  was  instructive,  even  though  he  sometimes  liked 
to  tease  his  friends.  His  loyalty  to  the  memory  of  his  great 
predecessor  was  shown  in  a  hundred  ways.  ITot  the  least 
was  the  gathering  together  of  Dr.  Howe's  scattered  writings, 
and  the  placing  of  these  and  the  Institution  reports  in  the 
public  libraries  of  the  country.  It  was  at  his  urgent  request, 
and  with  his  financial  help,  that  the  Life  of  Laura  Bridgman 
was  written,  —  thus  carrying  out  a  project  which  Dr.  Ho\ye 
had  long  in  mind,  but  never  found  time  to  execute. 


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It  is  too  soon,  perhaps,  to  make  a  comparison  between 
the  two  men,  alike  in  their  enthusiasm,  humanity,  energy 
and  patience,  unlike  in  so  many  other  ways.  Dr.  Howe  was 
a  man  of  genius  who  saw  straight  to  the  heart  of  a  matter. 
He  rescued  from  a  living  death  and  restored  to  their  human 
inheritance,  a  whole  class  of  unfortunates,  the  deaf-blind. 
He  mapped  out  so  clearly  and  forcibly  the  principles  under- 
lying the  education  and  training  of  the  blind  and  of  the 
deaf-blind  that  he  completely  covered  the  ground.  Being  a 
man  of  thought,  as  well  as  of  action,  he  not  only  put  these 
in  practice  but  embodied  them  in  reports  which  have  become 
classics. 

The  task  of  his  successor  was  very  different.  His  were 
not  the  difficulties  of  the  j)ioiieer  in  a  new  and  unknown 
work,  but  the  more  prosaic  trials  which  attend  the  carrying 
forward  and  development  of  an  enterprise  already  inaugu- 
rated. These  demanded  talents  of  no  mean  order.  Michael 
Anagnos  possessed  genuine  administrative  ability,  a  genius 
for  detail,  endless  patience  and  perseverance.  Hence  he 
was  able  to  increase  the  possessions  of  the  Institution  to  a 
W'Onderful  degree,  to  develop  and  improve  the  course  of  in- 
struction with  wisdom  and  prudence. 

It  has  been,  said  that  the  Kindergarten  is  his  monument, 
surely  a  noble  one.  Yet  the  large  fund  which  he  raised  as 
a  Memorial  of  Dr.  Howe,  reminds  us  of  a  like  duty  toward 
Michael  Anagnos.  Let  us  show  our  love  and  appreciation 
of  the  man  whom  we  honor  by  a  Memorial  worthy  of  him 
and  that  shall  continue  his  work. 


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Resolutions  by  the  Trustees  of  Perkins  Institution 
AND  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind  on  the 
Death  of  Michael  Anagnos,  June  29,  1906. 
Voted  :  That  in  the  death  of  Michael  Anagiios,  late  di- 
rector of  this  institution,  in  a  foreign  land  and  under  pathetic 
circumstances,  this  institution  has  mQt  with  a  loss  too  great 
to  be  described  in  words.  Mr.  Anagnos  had  identified  him- 
self with  the  interests  and  traditions  of  our  school  to  an 
extent  rarely  seen  in  the  successor  to  the  founder  of  such  an 
establishment,  and  had  developed  the  ideas  of  Dr.  Howe  in 
a  manner  which  was  more  to  be  desired  than  expected  in  case 
of  any  man,  however  accomplished  and  devoted.  His  own 
grasp  of  the  difficult  educational  problems  connected  with  the 
instruction  of  the  blind  was  firm  and  enlightened;  and,  yet, 
his  theory  and  practice  followed  so  faithfully  on  the  lines  laid 
down  by  his  predecessor,  that  the  public  became  conscious 
of  no  essential  change  in  methods  which  they  had  learned  to 
approve  and  to  revere  as  the  expression  of  a  man  of  genius 
and  a  self-sacrificing  philanthropist.  This  gave  to  the  ex- 
tension and  the  enlargements  of  our  system  (which  may 
justly  be  called  the  Massachusetts  system),  when  urged  for- 
ward by  the  energ^^  and  practical  wisdom  of  Mr.  Anagnos, 
seconded  by  the  trustees,  a  large  degree  of  popular  approval 
and  secured  for  them  the  liberal  endo\ATnents  needed  for 
efficiency,  and  these  were  at  once  the  cause  and  the  effect 
of  their  brilliant  success. 

Voted  :  That  the  period  of  nearly  forty  years  during  which 
our  late  director  was  connected  with  the  institution,  and  of 
more  than  thirty  years  when  it  was  under  his  general  over- 
sight, was  one  of  remarkable  growth,  prosperity  and  influ- 
ence, and  of  achievement  in  the  improvement  of  instruction 


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and  industrial  training  for  the  blind,  that  properly  entitles 
Mr.  Anagnos  to  be  ranked  in  the  same  class  with  Dr.  Howe, 
as  deserving  the  gratitude  of  all  those  deprived  of  sight  or 
hearing,  or  of  both;  whose  restoration  to  the  labors  and  en- 
joyments of  the  general  community  was  eminently  promoted 
by  the  talents  and  persevering  labors  of  both  the  elder  and 
the  younger  philanthropist. 

Voted:  That  we  ever  found  in  Mr.  Anagnos  that  wisdom 
of  selecting,  firmness  in  pursuing,  and  generosity  in  direct- 
ing the  talents  of  others  and  the  course  of  affairs  which  best 
qualify  an  administrative  officer  for  his  work;  and  not  less 
a  justice,  modesty  and  self-devotion  which  made  our  inter- 
course with  him  far  more  than  the  formal  relations  of  au- 
thority and  counsel,  and  attached  us  to  him  in  the  ties  of 
friendship,  and  in  mutual  s^'mpathies  for  the  care  of  the 
unfortunate  and  the  service  of  the  Commonwealth  and  the 
American  public.  His  adoption  as  a  citizen  of  our  Republic 
made  him  faithful  to  its  spirit,  while  he  continued  to  hold 
that  affectionate  relation  to  his  own  countrymen,  and  his  con- 
cern for  freedom  and  justice  everywhere,  ^vhich  are  the  best 
guarantees  of  patriotism  and  of  liberty. 

Voted:  That  we  tender  to  the  family  of  Dr.  Howe,  with 
which  ]\rr.  Anagnos  was  so  intimately  connected,  to  his  own 
relatives  in  Europe,  and  to  his  friends  and  the  friends  of 
civilization  and  education  everywhere,  our  sympathy  in  this 
great  and  sudden  loss,  and  we  ask  them  to  join  with  us  here- 
after in  some  fitting  memorial  of  the  life  and  illustrious 
career  of  Michael  Anagnos,  the  true  friend  of  all  good  causes 
and  the  benefactor  of  that  large  class  of  our  countrymen  who 
now  lament  with  us  his  unlooked  for  removal  from  the  scene 
of  his  manifold  activities. 


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Voted:  That  copies  of  the  foregoing  resohitions  be  sent 

to  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe  and  family,  to  the  relatives  of  the 

deceased  in  Europe,   and  also  that  copies  be  given  to  the 

press. 

Lift  up  Your  Faces  Again." 

Lift  up  your  faces  again,  0  sorrowing  sons  of  old  Hellas, 
Bringing  hither  your  burden  of  grief  to  Liberty's  Cradle  • — 
Bringing  your  tribute  of  praise  and  love  to  the  son  of  Anagnos !  ^ 
We  who  speak  in  the  tongvie  of  Dickens  and  Milton  and  Shakspeare, 
Vying  with  you  who  speak  in  the  language  of  Plato  and  Homer, 
Offer  our  tribute  to  him  who  spake  so  bravely  in  both  tongues. 
Lift  up  your  faces  again,  and  turn  them  once  more  to  the  morning! 
Leave  the  valley  and  shadow  and  face  the  glorious  sunrise! 
Grieve  no  more  at  his  death ;  rejoice  in  the  life  of  Anagnos. 
Through  that  life  breathed  the  soul  of  Greece  in  the  days  of  her  glory ! 
Back  through  the  years  let  us  look,  and  view  his  long  life's  valiant 

struggle. 
Back  through  the  yeai-s  see  the  child,  trudging  alone  'o'er  the  moun- 
tains. 
Suffering  hunger  and  cold,  freezing  and  starving  the  body 
So  that  the  soul  might  eat  and  drink  at  the  table  of  Wisdom. 
See  him  with  body  all  maimed  and  hacked  by  Turkish  fanatic. 
For  that  his  soul  made  her  boast  in  that  holiest  cause,  human  free- 
dom ! 
Once  again  mark  the  brave  youth  his  chosen  profession  abandon 
After  the  study  of  yeai-s,  heedless  of  promised  advantage, 
Scorning  the  taking  of  fees  at  the  cost  of  his  soul's  prostitution ; 
And,  daring  with  voice  and  with  pen  to  stand  for  the  right  against 

tyrants, 
See  him  in  prison  immured,  branded,  disgraced,  but  undaunted ! 
And  now  on  the  ocean's  broad  waste,  follow  the  son  of  Anagnos  — 
His  own  Athens  left  far  behind,  making  high  place  in  another; 
Eyes  for  the  sightless  to  be,  and  ever  their  steadfast  defender; 

'  A  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Michael  Anagnos,  by  Almorin  Orton  Caswell. 

^  Son  of  Anagnos  (Anagnostopoulos). 


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Learning  an  alien  speech,  yet  to  be  voice  to  the  speechless. 
Patientlj'  through  the  long  years  he  wrought  with  earnest  devotion. 
Structures  lofty  he  reared;  vastuess  of  treasure  he  gathered. 
Wisely  he  managed  aff aii"S  that  nothuig  be  wasted  or  squandered ; 
Little  would  have  for  himself,  much  though  of  treasure  he  needed, 
All  the  great  plans  of  his  heart  to  bring  to  successful  fruition; 
Frugally  lived  all  his  days  so  that  the  youth  in  his  own  land 
Easier  might  find  the  climb  up  the  steep  pathways  of  learning. 

Lift  ujj  your  faces  again,  0  sori'owing  sons  of  old  Hellas ! 
The  soul  of  Anagnos  still  lives!    His  life  will  go  on  through  the  ages! 
Follow  the  path  he  has  blazed  in  all  of  your  thinking  and  doing. 
So  shall  the  gloiy  of  Greece  again  be  your  gloiy  forever. 

Ill  ()(^tober,  1906,  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted  by  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Perkins  In- 
stitution and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind :  — 

Whereas,  God  in  his  Providence  has  seen  fit  to  call  from  our 
midst  Michael  Anagnos,  late  director  of  the  Perkins  Institution 
and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 

Whereas,  We,  the  members  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  said 
institution,  realize  the  value  of  his  labors  for  the  blind  of  New 
England,  recognize  the  loss  which  is  felt  by  the  authorities  of 
the  institution,  and  finally,  sympathize  deeply  with  his  family 
and  large  circle  of  personal  friends,  in  their  sorrow. 

Therefore  be  it  Eesolved,  That  we  do  hereby  express  to  the 
members  of  the  Trustee  Board,  and  the  Corporation  of  said 
institution,  and  to  the  family  and  friends  of  the  deceased,  our 
keen  appreciation  of  his  merits,  and  our  deep  sj'mpathy  in  his 
loss ;  furthermore,  that  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  spread  upon 
the  minutes  of  the  Association,  and  be  sent  to  the  Trustee  Board, 
the  Corporation,  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe,  Mr.  Konstantine  Pana- 
Totescu  of  Eoumania,  and  the  Greek  Consul  in  Boston. 


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At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  C/Ommittee  of  the 
Perkins  Institution  Alumnjp  Association  on  Saturday, 
October  twentieth,  the  following  resolutions  M^ere 
adopted : — 

AVhereas,  We,  the  members  of  the  Alumnte  Assoeiation  of  the 
Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 
recognize  that  in  the  death  of  Michael  Anagnos,  the  eminent 
director  of  the  institution  through  thirty  years  of  its  progressive 
history,  our  organization,  in  common  with  our  alma  mater,  the 
blind  in  general,  and  all  the  manifold  interests  to  which  he  gave 
a  share  of  his  many-sided  and  beneficent  life,  has  lost  a  far-seeing, 
dauntless  leader,  a  beloved  and  revered  friend,  a  wise  and  pa- 
ternal counsellor;  therefore  be  it  — 

Eesolved,  That  we  record  here  an  expression  of  oiir  heartfelt 
grief  and  deep  sorrow  at  this  irreparable  loss  and  that,  although 
the  cordial  cheer  of  his  greeting  and  the  inspiration  of  his 
presence  have  been  removed,  the  lofty  ideal  of  self-reliant,  indus- 
trious, unselfish  womanhood  which  he  kept  ever  before  us,  his 
genuine,  patient  sympathy  with  our  struggles  and  perplexities, 
his  wise,  practical  advice  and  the  high  incentive  to  greater 
activity  that  he  stirred  within  us,  will  be  tenderly  cherished  in 
our  memory;  and  the  standard  of  true  womanhood  which  he 
set  for  us  shall  be  our  "  lodestar  in  the  eternal  sky." 

Eesolved,  That  by  founding  and  building  up  the  kindergarten 
for  the  blind  in  Jamaica  Plain  and  securing  its  endowment,  by 
establishiiig  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  and  improving  the  type 
in  which  our  books  are  printed,  by  grading  and  extending  the 
course  of  study  in  all  departments  of  the  school,  by  procuring 
books,  specimens  and  appliances  such  as  no  similar  institution 
possesses,  by  choosing  teachers  of  noble  character  and  exceptional 
ability  and  adopting  such  progressive  methods  of  training  as 
tend  toward  the  best  phj'^sical,  mental  and  moral  development  of 


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the  pupil,  —  that  by  all  this  Mr.  Anagnos  has  preserved  to  blind 
children  and  youth  their  right  to  a  liberal  common-school  educa- 
tion and  that  by  fostering  and  giving  his  personal  attention  to 
the  home  training  of  the  adult  blind  and  by  promoting  the  social 
and  industrial  undertakings  of  our  association,  he  has  helped  to 
give  cheer  and  comfort  to  the  aged  and  new  courage  to  the 
hopeless. 

Resolved,  That  we  do  most  earnestly  ask  permission  of  the 
trustees  of  the  institution  to  place  upon  its  walls  some  enduring 
token  of  our  unspeakable  appreciation  of  all  that  Mr.  Anagnos 
desired  and  wrought  for  us  and  for  all  the  sightless,  and  of  our 
sincere  wish  that  his  name  be  remembered  and  honored  by  those 
who  enter  our  school  in  future  years. 

Eesolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  entered  upon  our  records 
as  a  tribute  of  our  loyal  gratitude  and  affection,  and  that  copies 
be  sent  to  the  trustees  of  the  institution,  to  members  of  Mr. 
Anagnos'  family  and  to  the  public  press. 


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CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  numerous  letters  of  sympathy  and  apprecia- 
tion, received  from  three  continents,  a  few  have  been 
selected  and  are  here  printed  to  show  how  widespread 
is  the  sense  of  loss  in  Mr.  Anagnos'  death  and  how 
deep  the  love  for  him  and  the  reverence  for  his  life 
and  work. 

The  following  tributes  express  the  sentiment  of  the 
authorities  of  other  institutions  for  the  blind:  — 

Maryland  School  for  the  Blind, 
Baltimore,  July  5,  1906. 

To  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Perkins  Institutiok  for  the 
Blind,  Boston,  Mass. 

Gentlemen:  —  I  have  just  heard,  with  deep  regret,  of  the  death 
of  Mr.  Anagnos.  in  his  death  you  and  the  profession  at  large 
lose  the  greatest  representative  of  the  work  for  the  blind  in  the 
world. 

His  work  as  Director  of  the  Perkins  Institution  and  founder 
of  the  Kindergarten  stands  as  a  monument  to  his  memory  that 
will  never  perish. 

For  three  summers  I  have  had  the  honor  of  being  near  him 
and  knowing  him  intimately,  and  my  esteem  for  him  has  grown 
into  a  deep  and  abiding  affection.  No  one  loved  his  fellow  men 
more  than  he,  and  I  join  with  all  his  more  intimate  friends  and 
associates  in  paying  to  him  the  homage  to  which  his  long  life  of 
philanthropy  justly  entitles  him. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

John  F.  Bledsoe, 

Superintendent. 


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In  another  letter  Mr.  Bledsoe  spoke  thus  feelingly :  — 

...  I  have  just  learned  through  today's  paper  of  the  death 
of  our  good  friend  Mr.  Anagnos.  I  don't  know  of  any  news 
that  could  have  affected  me  more.  I  feel  that  the  profession  has 
lost  its  greatest  representative,  the  school  an  invaluable  head  and 
the  world  one  of  its  greatest  philanthropists.  I  know  I  have  lost 
a  good  friend,  and  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  express  my  deep 
sorrow.  But  we  must  follow  where  he  led,  for  a  better  leader  we 
never  had.  I  wish  it  were  possible  for  me  to  do  something  to 
show  my  appreciation,  but  I  cannot.  The  most  I  can  do  is  to 
work,  work,  work,  along  the  lines  which  he  has  marked  out,  and 
I  shall  be  found  doing  that. 


Louisville,  Ky.,  Juh-  7,  1906. 

The  Board  of  Visitors  of  the  Kextucky  Ixstitution  for 
THE  Education  of  the  Blind  has  heard  with  profound  sorrow 
of  the  death  of  Michael  Anagnos,  Director  of  the  ^Massachusetts 
School  and  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind. 

They  hereby  express  their  sense  of  the  great  loss  to  their  sister 
institution,  of  the  services  of  so  great  an  educator,  whose  labors 
for  the  blind  have  kept  that  school  in  the  foremost  rank  of  all 
similar  ones  in  the  world,  and  whose  influence  for  good  has  been 
felt  wherever  any  effort  has  been  made  for  the  uplifting  of  the 
blind  in  any  and  all  communities. 

In  their  personal  regret  for  the  close  of  the  life  of  so  genial, 
sincere  and  noble  a  friend,  they  do  not  forget  that  his  ripe  schol- 
arship, his  broad  patriotism  and  rare  executive  ability  furnish 
with  his  enlightened  philanthropy  and  true  hearted  citizenship 
an  example  that  it  is  a  privilege  to  recognize. 

The  Secretary  is  directed  to  send  a  transcript  from  our  records, 
of  this  action,  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Massachusetts 
School  and  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind. 

B.  B.  Huntoon, 
Secretary  to  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the 
Kentucky  Institution  for  the  Education  of  the  Blind. 


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Illinois  School  for  the  Blind, 
I  Jacksonville,  July  14,  1906. 

My  dear  Mr.  CxVswell  :  —  I  have  learned  with  deep  sorrow  of 
the  death  of  your  honored  Superintendent,  Mr.  Anagnos. 

If  our  school  were  in  session,  our  teachers  and  pupils  would 
join  Mrs.  Freeman  and  myself  in  extending  heartfelt  sympathy 
to  you,  your  teachers  and  pupils,  and  all  other  immediate  friends 
of  your  institution  in  this  hour  of  heavy  bereavement. 

The  blind  and  their  friends  not  only  in  Massachusetts  but 
throughout  the  civilized  world  will  mourn  the  loss  of  one  whose 
distinguished  services  in  behalf  of  those  living  in  darkness  can 
never  be  fully  estimated.  Most  truly  a  wise  and  good  man  has 
gone  to  his  reward. 

That  the  kind  Father  may  bless  and  cheer  all  who  are  thus  so 
sadly  afflicted  is  the  earnest  prayer  of 

Yours  in  sincere  sympathy, 

J.  H.  Freeman, 

Superintendent. 


Tennessee  School  for  the  Blind> 
Nashville,  July  18,  1906. 

The  Prixcipal  of  the  Perkins  Institute  for  the  Blind, 
Boston,  Mass. 

Dear  Sir:  —  It  is  with  profound  sorrow  that  I  have  heard  of 
the  death  of  Dr.  Anagnos.  I  have  known  him  for  thirty  years, 
and  corresponded  with  him  frequently.  In  all  matters  pertaining 
to  the  education  of  the  Blind  I  know  no  man,  in  this  country,  his 
equal,  and  few  so  ready  to  give  advice  and  counsel.  His  death 
is  a  great  loss  not  only  to  your  School,  but  to  all  the  Schools  in 

the  countrv\ 

Very  respectfully, 

J.  V.  Armstrong, 

Superintendent. 


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Halifax  School  for  the  Blind, 
Halifax,  Julj^  20,  1906. 

A.  0.  Caswell,  Esq.,  Acting  Superintendent,  Perkins  School 
FOR  THE  Blind. 

Dear  Sir:  —  I  have  heard  with  the  deepest  regret  of  the  death 
of  my  dear  friend,  Mr.  M.  Anagnos,  whose  name  and  career  are 
so  closely  identified  with  the  Perkins  Institution,  and  the  Kinder- 
garten for  the  Blind.  In  my  opinion  Mr.  Anagnos  was  one  of 
the  noted  men  of  his  time.  When  he  came  to  the  United  States 
and  received  an  appointment  as  Secretary  of  the  late  Dr.  Samuel 
G.  Howe,  he  had  but  a  limited  knowledge  of  the  English  lan- 
guage, and  a  very  imperfect  understanding  of  American  life  and 
American  institutions.  Despite  these  drawbacks  Mr.  Anagnos 
became  an  able  administrator  and  a  sjonpathetic  and  successful 
worker  for  the  higher  education  of  the  blind  in  New  England. 
Wliile  conservative  in  his  temperament,  his  career  has  been 
marked  by  earnestness,  enthusiasm,  energy  and  enterprise  which 
will  ever  redound  to  the  credit  of  his  name. 

Thirty  years  ago  in  the  early  days  of  this  institution  the  in- 
come of  this  school  was  very  small  and  my  own  salary  as  Super- 
intendent was  somewhat  meagre.  Mr.  Anagnos,  who  always  re- 
garded this  institution  as  an  offshoot  of  old  Perkins,  conversed 
with  me  as  to  the  present  income  of  the  school,  and  the  possible 
future  of  the  institution.  In  his  opinion  my  salary  was  entirely 
inadequate  to  the  work  that  I  was  doing,  and  Mr.  Anagnos  urged 
upon  me  the  advisability  of  doing  the  work  gratuitously  so  that 
the  institution  might  have  a  chance  to  develop.  He  told  me 
that  if  I  would  relinquish  the  salary  received  from  the  school,  he 
would  personally  pay  me  a  like  amount  and  would  continue  to 
do  so  until  the  funds  of  the  school  would  warrant  my  being  paid 
a  salary  in  keeping  with  the  work  performed.  I  did  not  think 
it  wise,  or  in  the  best  interests  of  the  school  to  accept  the  generous 
oft'er  made  by  Mr.  Anagnos.     At  the  same  time  I  always  appre- 


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ciated  most  fully  his  kind  interest  in  me  and  in  this  school,  and 
his  earnest  desire  to  further  the  interests  of  the  blind  of  the 
Maritime  Provinces  of  Canada.  This  incident  may  serve  to 
illustrate  the  broad-minded  liberality  of  Mr.  Anagnos,  and  his 
keen  interest  in  one  of  the  old  graduates  of  the  Perkins  Insti- 
tution. 

Yours  sincerely, 

C.  F.  Fraser, 
Superintendent. 

At  a  later  date  Mr.  Fraser  paid  the  following  glowing 
tribute  to  Mr.  Anagnos '  memory :  — 

Halifax,  N.  S.,  Oct.  19,  1906. 

A.  0.  Caswell,  Esq.,  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind, 
South  Boston,  Mass. 
Dear  Sir:  —  I  deeply  regret  that  pressing  duties  will  prevent 
my  attending  the  Great  Memorial  Exercise  which  is  to  be  held  in 
Tremont  Temple,  Boston,  on  October  24th.  I  should  have  been 
delighted  to  say  a  few  words  in  honor  of  the  memory  of  such  a 
friend  of  the  blind  as  the  late  Mr.  M.  Anagnos  proved  himself 
to  be.  Measured  by  the  highest  standards  of  men^  Mr.  Anagnos 
stood  forth  as  a  gentleman,  a  scholar  and  a  broad-minded  philan- 
thropist. His  enthusiasm,  energy  and  s}Tnpathetic  nature  marked 
him  as  a  leader  among  the  educators  of  the  blind.  The  ideal,  for 
which  he  strove  so  manfully,  was  to  place  within  the  reach  of  the 
blind  youth  of  New  England  an  education  equal  in  all  respects 
to  that  enjoyed  by  their  brothers  and  sisters  with  sight.  His  suc- 
cess was  phenomenal,  and  his  memory  must  ever  be  gratefully 
cherished  by  the  friends  of  the  blind,  and  by  those  who  were 
placed  under  his  instruction.  His  work  will  ever  stand  as  a 
magnificent  monument  to  his  memory  and  his  name  will  always 
be  closely  associated  with  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind, 
and  with  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  the  pioneer  educator  of  the 


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blind  in  the  United  States.  I  pray  that  the  result  of  the  Me- 
morial services  for  the  late  Mr.  Anagnos  may  awaken  a  deeper 
and  a  more  abiding  interest  in  the  welfare  of  those  to  whom  his 
life  was  so  imsparingly  devoted. 

Yours  sincerely,  C.  F.  Fraser, 

Superintendent. 

North  Carolina  School  for  Deaf  and  Blind, 
Raleigh,  July  21,  1906. 

SuPT.  School  for  the  Blind,  South  Boston,  Mass. 

My  dear  Sir:  —  The  announcement  of  the  death  of  Dr.  Anag- 
nos brings  peculiar  sorrow  to  my  heart.  He  was  my  friend,  and 
that  is  saying  much.  But  he  was  more;  for  he  was  my  coun- 
sellor, and  though  a  much  older  man,  my  companion  at  our 
general  gatherings.  I  loved  and  honored  him  as  I  loved  and 
honored  few  men. 

The  greatest  educator  of  the  blind  in  the  world  has  departed. 
Where  shall  we  hope  to  find  his  like  ?  Alas !  it  were  impossible 
to  even  hope  to  find  his  peer.  How  we  shall  miss  his  wise  counsel, 
his  genial  face,  his  untiring  labors,  his  masterly  services,  his 
big-heartedness !  As  it  seems  to  me,  our  loss  is  irreparable.  But 
it  is  a  benediction  to  have  known  him. 

Tenderly  yours,  JoHJf  E.  Eay, 

Principal. 

Mr.  Ray  lias  paid  an  additional  tribute  in  the  follow- 
ing lines :  — 

...  It  was  my  high  privilege  to  number  Dr.  Anagnos  among 
my  personal  friends.  His  going  from  us  is  not  only  an  irrep- 
arable loss  to  our  profession,  but  is  a  personal  affliction  to  me. 
"  A  great  man  in  Israel  has  fallen,"  and  there  is  no  one  of  us  able 
or  worthy  to  fill  his  place.  The  blind  of  the  whole  world  have 
sustained  a  loss  second  to  none  since  the  death  of  the  illustrious 


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Dr.  Howe,  his  father-in-law  and  predecessor.  Our  profession 
throughout  the  world  mourns  with  you,  and  would  be  glad  to 
make  a  contribution  to  the  Memorial  of  a  man  so  great,  so  noble, 
so  ffood. 


New  York  Institution  for  the  Blind, 
New  York  City,  Aug.  21,  1906. 

My  dear  Mr.  Caswell  :  —  I  have  your  kind  letter  asking  me 
to  make  an  address  on  the  occasion  of  the  exercises,  Oct.  24th, 
in  memory  of  my  friend  Mr.  Anagnos.  ISTothing,  I  assure  you, 
would  be  more  agreeable  to  my  feelings,  for  I  knew  him  long  and 
well,  and  hold  in  high  esteem  the  nobility  of  his  character,  the 
purity  of  his  life,  his  devotion  to  the  cause  of  liberty  and  justice, 
the  sweetness  and  loyalty  of  his  friendship,  and  the  greatness 
of  his  service  in  promoting  the  educational  welfare  of  the  blind 
and  of  the  deaf-blind  children  of  his  state  and  country.  At  the 
time  of  the  memorial  exercises,  however,  it  seems  that  it  will  be 
necessary  for  me  to  be  in  New  York,  and  therefore  I  ask  that 
you  will  allot  the  time  to  some  one  else  who  may  fill  the  time 
more  ably,  but  not  with  more  sincere  love  for  the  man  who  is  to 
he  honored  on  this  occasion,  or  with  higher  regard  for  his  char- 
acter, attainments  and  achievements.  Deeply  regretting  my 
inability  to  accept  the  place  on  the  memorial  program  you  have 
so  kindly  asked  me  to  fill,  I  am 

Yery  truly  yours,  Wm.  B.  Wait, 

Emeritus  Principal. 


South  Dakota  School  for  the  Blind, 
Gary,  Oct.  22,  1906. 

To  Teachers,  Officers  and  Pupils,  Perkins  Institution.  Boston, 

Mass. 
The  Blind  and  the  Instructors  of  the  Blind  throughout  the 
world  have  cause  to  grieve  for  the  death  of  Mr.  x^nagnos,  the 


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sincere  friend  and  kindly  adviser  of  all.  We  of  the  West  espe- 
cially will  miss  the  man  whose  experience  helped  us  in  our  new 
fields,  and  whose  patience  was  unfailing. 

Sincerely,  Mary  E.  Wood, 

Superintendent. 

Cedar  Spring,  S.  C,  Dec.  14,  1906. 

Whereas  an  all-wise  Providence  has  been  pleased  to  remove 
from  the  scene  of  his  labors  Michael  Anagnos,  Director  of  the 
Perkins  Institute  for  the  Blind,  be  it  resolved  by  the  Teachers' 
Association  of  the  South  Carolina  Institution  for  the 
Deaf  and  the  Blind: 

I.  That  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Anagnos,  the  cause  of  education 
has  lost  an  able,  zealous  and  consistent  advocate,  who  both  by 
precept  and  by  practice  proclaimed  his  belief  in  the  power  of 
thought  to  awaken  every  energy,  stimulate  every  activity  and 
adorn  every  phase  of  life. 

II.  That  the  profession  of  teaching  has  lost  a  scholar  who 
inherited,  embodied  and  developed  the  principles  of  that  great 
pioneer  in  pedagogy,  Samuel  G.  Howe ;  and  whose  interpretations 
of  the  problems  demanding  his  solution  are  among  the  best  now 
extant,  presenting,  as  they  do,  both  a  record  of  the  past  and  a 
prophecy  of  the  future. 

III.  That  humanity  has  lost  a  broad-minded,  generous  friend, 
who  delighted  in  the  service  of  his  fellow  men  and  who  was 
brave  enough  and  strong  enough  to  help  the  weakest  of  his 
brethren. 

lY.  That  the  blind  have  lost  an  unselfish  sympathizer  and 
co-worker,  who  had  given  the  best  years  of  his  life  to  the  study 
of  their  needs  and  the  amelioration  of  their  lot;  a  man  whose 
worth  can  be  measured  only  by  the  things  he  attempted  and 
whose  most  fitting  monument  is  the  work  he  accomplished  in  the 
lives  of  his  pupils. 


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V.  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the  Perkins 
Institute,  to  his  family,  and  be  published  in  the  Palmetto  Leaf. 

J.  E.   SWEARINGEN, 
J.    V.    BiGGAR, 

N",  F.  Walker, 

Committee. 


Expressions  of  condolence  were  received  from  the 
following  heads  of  kindred  institutions  and  public  offi- 
cials in  foreign  lands,  all  voicing  the  deep  sense  of  loss 
which  Mr.  Anagnos'  lamented  death  has  brought  to 
all  who  have  at  heart  the  amelioration  of  the  condition 
of  the  blind  :  — 

Prof.  Alexander  Mell,  Eegierungsrath  des  k.k.  Blinden-Erzie- 

hungs-Institut,  Vienna,  Austria. 
Herr  Martin  Kunz,  Direktor  der .  Blindenanstalt,  Illzach  bei 

Miilhausen,  Germany. 
Herr  Karl  Leimbcke,  Direktor  der  Blindenanstalt,  Neukloster, 

Germany. 
Mons.  Maurice  de  la  Sizeranne,  Secretaire  General  de  1' Asso- 
ciation Valentin  Haiiy  pour  le  Bien  des  Aveugles,  Paris, 

France. 
Signor    Luigi    Quillico,    Presidente,   and    Signor    Federico 

Arecco,   Direttore,   dell'   Istituto-Asilo   pei   Ciechi   Davide 

Chiossone,  Genoa,  Italy. 
Herr  Gotthilf  Kull,  Direktor  der  Blinden-  und  Taubsturumen- 

Anstalt,  Ziirich,  Switzerland,  and  Frau  Kull. 
Dr.  E:\riL  Muensterberg,  Stadtrat,  Berlin,  Germany. 
Prof.  Dr.  WiLHELM  JerusaleiM,  Vienna,  Austria. 
Herr  Anton  Ludwig,  Direktor  des  Blinden  Institutes,  Linz, 

Austria. 


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Herr  Matthies,  Direktor  der  Blindenanstalt,  Steglitz,  Germany. 
L'Abbe  Eohart,  Directeiir  de  rinstitiition  des  Sourds-Muets  et 

Jeunes  Aveiigles,  Arras,  France. 
The  Ecumenical  Patriarch  of  Constantinople,  Joachim  III. 
Dr.  Luis  E.  Sepulveda  Cuadra,  Profesor  del  Institute  de  Ciegos 

i  Sordo-Mudos,  Santiago,  Chili. 


The  King's  Manor  House, 
York,  England,  9th  November,  1906. 

The  Committee  of  the  Yorkshire  School  for  the  Blind  in 
acknowledging  the  intimation  from  the  Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind  of  the  death  of 

Mr.  Michael  Anagnos, 

desire  to  express  their  appreciation  of  his  strenuous  life,  which, 
while  it  brought  "  the  New  World  "  under  the  chaste  influence 
of  ancient  Greece,  raised  also  to  admiration  among  the  sighted 
multitude,  the  status,  the  capacity,  and  the  influence  for  good, 
of  those  who  have  no  sight. 

Signed  on  behalf  of  the  Committee, 
Arthur  P.  Purey-Cust,  the  Very  Eev.  The  Dean  of  York, 

Chairman. 


The  following  extracts  suggest  the  poignancy  of 
sorrow  felt  by  those  without  sight  who  had  found  in 
Mr.  Anagnos  a  father  and  a  friend :  — 

...  It  was  not  until  yesterday  that  they  would  tell  me  of 
our  great  sorrow  and  since  then  thoughts  of  our  beloved  school 
and  its  loss  have  been  uppermost  in  my  mind.  It  seemed  at 
first  as  if  all  nature  should  stand  still  while  we  gathered  our- 
selves together  and  mourned  the  death  of  our  best  of  friends. 


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Last  night  I  sounded  the  depths  of  his  helpfulness,  which  our 
adult  blind  feel,  when  I  realized  that  our  work  must  be  resumed 
in  the  autumn  without  Mr.  Anagnos'  wise  leadership.  But  the 
work  will  call  us,  and  thoughts  of  his  noble  example  will 
strengthen  our  weakness.  Then,  too,  Dr.  Howe  and  he  have 
laid  the  foundation  and  builded  wisely  and  so  other  foundation 
cannot  be  laid  than  is  laid.  May  wisdom  and  power  be  given 
to  our  leaders  to  follow  these  great  men.  ...  I  have  always 
wished  for  literary  ability  but  never  so  much  as  now,  when  I 
desire  to  express  what  Mr.  Anagnos  has  been  to  one  graduate  of 
the  school.  Then  multiply  that  by  every  life  which  his  life  has 
touched,  and  you  have  the  result  of  his  influence  in  the  world. 
His  strength  comforted  our  weakness,  his  firmness  overcame  our 
wavering  ideas,  his  power  smoothed  away  our  obstacles,  his  noble 
unselfishness  put  to  shame  our  petty  differences  of  opinion,  and 
his  untiring  devotion  led  us  to  do  our  little  as  well  as  we  colild. 
His  unbounded  faith  in  the  generosity  of  humanity  placed  books 
within  the  reach  of  the  blind,  free  to  all  who  desired  to  read. 
This  same  faith  and  devotion  and  love  of  the  blind  built  the 
Kindergarten  and  placed  the  State  work  for  the  adult  blind  on 
an  educational  foundation.  But  better  than  all  these  he  taught 
us  to  be  men  and  women  in  our  own  homes  and  to  the  best  of 
our  ability. 

Yours  sincerely,  Lydia  Y.  Hayes. 


.  .  .  The  calamity  is  so  overwhelming,  that  it  almost  stuns 
one  to  think  of  it!  But  the  gratitude  which  we  feel  for  his 
brave,  devoted  life  is  something  which  cannot  be  put  into  words. 
It  is  a  glorious  thing  to  be  a  benefactor  to  one's  fellowmen,  is  it 
not  ?  And  his  will  henceforth  he  a  hallowed  and  sanctified  name. 
Yours  sincerely,  Lillian  E.  Garside. 


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Damariscotta,  Maine,  Sept.  17,  1906. 

.  .  .  The  news  of  the  sudden  death  of  Prof.  Anagnos  reached 
us  through  the  Boston  Journal  and  I  feel  that  I  have  lost  a 
helpful  friend.  It  was  his  encouraging  words  which  urged  me 
on  in  my  despairing  efforts  to  learn  to  read  the  embossed  type 
which  affords  the  ways  and  means  to  gratify  my  craving  for  the 
knowledge  for  which  I  had  hungered.  I  regret  that  I  did  not 
express  my  gratitude  more  fully  to  him  for  his  helpful  kind- 
ness. .  .  . 

Sincerely  yours,  Etta  H.  Kingsley. 


Brattleboro',  Vt.,  Sept.  21,  1906. 

...  I  was  greatly  surprised  and  pained  to  learn  of  the  death 
of  Mr.  Anagnos  in  June  last.  He  must  be  greatly  missed  at  the 
Institution  and  by  the  many  blind  who  have  been  under  his  care 
during  his  long  work  at  the  Institution.  I  remember  him  very 
pleasantly,  and  it  was  through  his  advice  and  kindness  that  I 
learned  to  read,  since  which  time  I  have  passed  many  pleasant 
hours  and  gained  much  knowledge  reading  by  touch.  .  .  . 

Sincerely  your  friend,         Minnie  C.  Fisher. 


Hyattsville,  Md.,  July  16,  1906. 
Mr.  Caswell,  Perkins  Institutiok  for  the  Blind. 

Dear  Sir:  —  I  am  in  receipt  of  the  card  announcing  the  death 
of  Dr.  Michael  Anagnos;  and  I  am  more  than  sorry  and  worse 
than  grieved  on  learning  the  loss  of  so  good  a  friend,  so  noble  a 
man  and  so  great  a  giant  in  the  cause  of  the  blind.  Though  it 
was  not  my  privilege  or  pleasure  to  come  in  personal  contact  with 
Dr.  Anagnos  very  often,  yet  I  learned  to  appreciate  and  love 
him ;  for,  not  only  was  he  interested  —  heart  and  soul  —  in  the 
work  which  most  interested  me,  but  he  took  an  almost  fatherly 


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interest  in  every  little  matter  pertaining  to  my  own  narrow 
world.  He  was,  indeed,  a  large-hearted,  whole-souled  lover  of 
humanity.  It  is  thus  that,  as  a  blind  man  educated  in  a  school 
other  than  the  one  over  which  Dr.  Anagnos,  in  his  capacity  as 
Superintendent,  Father  and  Friend  so  long  and  so  efficiently 
watched  and  presided,  I  wish  to  be  put  on  record  as  testifying  to 
the  irreparable  loss  sustained  by  his  death,  on  the  part  both  of 
the  blind  as  a  class,  and  of  every  individual  blind  person  whose 
privilege  it  has  been  to  know  him. 

Yours  very  sincerely,       H.  Eandolph  Latimer. 


Other  friends  have  joined  in  expressing  a  common 
sorrow. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  13,  1906. 

Dr.  Egbert  C.  Moon,  in  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  the  sad 
announcement  of  the  death  of  Professor  Anagnos,  desires  to 
express  his  appreciation  of  the  eminent  services  which  the  Pro- 
fessor has  rendered  the  blind.  His  loss  will  be  felt  not  only  in 
Boston  but  throughout  the  United  States  —  indeed,  throughout 
the  world. 


Georges'  Mills  on  Lake  Sunapee,  N.  H.,  July  15,  1906. 

To  the  Perkins  Institute  for  the  Blind,  South  Boston. 

Dear  friends :  —  I  received  the  sorrowful  news  of  the  death  of 
Mr.  Anagnos  and  wish  to  assure  the  members  of  your  Institute 
of  my  heartfelt  sympathies  in  the  loss  of  this  great,  good  man, 
whom  I  have  admired  ever  since  I  became  acquainted  with  him 
and  whom  I  had  hoped  to  see  as  your  leader  for  a  great  many  more 
years.  Kindly  forward  the  expression  of  my  condolence  to  the 
family  of  Mr.  Anagnos. 

You  may  rest  assured  that  I  shall  try  to  honor  his  memory  by 


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continuing  my  interest  in  your  good  work  and  to  extend  such 
favors  to  your  pupils  in  the  future  as  I  was  able  to  do  in  Mr. 
Anagnos'  life-time. 

Sincerely  yours,  Carl  Faelten". 


Batavia,  N,  Y.,  Sept.  19,  1906. 

Dear  Institution  Friends  :  —  My  heart  prompts  me  to 
send  a  brief  word  of  sympathy  in  this  sad  bereavement.  Mr. 
Anagnos'  life  was  a  noble  one,  and  its  fruit  was  abundant  and 
precious  while  he  lived,  and  although  he  has  gone  from  earth,  it 
will  continue  to  bear  fruit  in  the  lives  of  those  who  have  been 
under  his  instruction  and  influence.  At  first  thought  it  seemed 
as  if  he  had  been  called  away  leaving  his  work  unfinished,  but  a 
second  thought  tells  us  that  that  cannot  be,  for  it  is  surely  true 
as  one  has  said :  "  A  man  is  immortal  until  his  work  is  done." 
When  his  summons  comes,  we  must  believe  his  work  is  really 
finished,  however  incomplete  it  may  seem  to  us.  Our  friend  had 
successfully  accomplished  a  great  and  noble  work.  His  memory 
will  remain  a  rich  legacy  not  only  to  his  own  immediate  rela- 
tives but  to  a  wide  circle  of  friends  who  knew  and  loved  him. 

With  s}Tiipathy  for  all  who  feel  personally  bereaved  by  Mr. 
Anagnos'  death,  believe  me, 

Yours  very  sincerely,         Elizabeth  W.  R.  Lord. 


New  York,  Oct.  24,  1906. 

My  dear  Gen.  Appleton  :  —  I  am  truly  sorry  not  to  be  with 
you  today,  to  attend  the  services  in  memory  of  Mr.  Anagnos, 
but  a  matter  has  turned  up  within  the  last  few  days  which  pre- 
vents my  being  with  you,  very  greatly  to  my  regret ;  very  greatly 
indeed. 

I  feel  deeply  sensible  of  the  great  benefit  which  Mr.  Anagnos' 
complete  devotion  of  his  very  uncommon  powers  to  work  accom- 


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plished  for  those  unfortunate  people  who  appeal  so  strongly  to 
our  s}anpathies;  and  I  hope  and  believe  that  the  effect  of 
his  earnestness  and  zeal  will  survive  him  for  many,  many 
decades.  .  .  . 

Yours  most  faithfully,  Henry  M.  Howe, 


The  following  tribute  has  a  special  significance  as 
coming  from  a  member  of  that  unfortunate  class  whose 
cause  Mr.  Anagnos  did  so  much  to  further  and  in  whom 
he  was  so  deeply  interested,  —  the  deaf-blind ;  and, 
moreover,  from  one  whose  literary  work  in  prose 
and  poetry  has  won  many  an  encomium  from  Mr. 
Anagnos :  — 

Louisville,  Ky.,  Oct.  22,  1906. 

The  growing  infirmities  of  age  being  now  added  to  the  double 
deprivation  of  sight  and  hearing,  under  which  I  have  labored 
for  the  greater  part  of  a  long  life,  must  prevent  me,  to  my  in- 
finite regret,  from  accepting  the  invitation  with  which  you 
have  so  kindly  honored  me.  It  would  afford  me  heartfelt  satis- 
faction —  we  may  not  call  it  pleasure  —  to  join  you  in  paying 
this  richly  deserved  tribute  of  esteem  and  gratitude  to  the  mem- 
ory of  so  sweet  and  excellent  a  man,  not  only  because  he  was 
ever  a  most  kind  and  generous  friend  to  myself,  but  to  every 
individual  of  my  unfortunate  class,  in  whose  pleasure  or  welfare 
he  had  direct  occasion  of  becoming  interested.  I  believe  it  may 
be  affirmed,  with  perfect  truth,  that,  excepting  three  or  four 
well-known  instances,  there  has  been  no  one  concerned  in  the 
education  of  the  blind  who  has  displayed  so  enlightened  an 
interest  in  the  great  work,  or  spent  it  so  effectually^  as  he  whose 
memory  we  are  now  making  so  gratefully  present  to  our  best 
thoughts;  and  yet  it  has  been  more  than  a  hundred  years  since 
this  work  began,  as  an  undertaking  for  which  only  the  philan- 


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thropist  had  the  hopefulness  to  anticipate  the  beneficent  results 
we  now  behold.  That  such  a  man  and  one  considerably  younger 
than  myself  and  still  so  capable  of  usefulness  in  the  life-work 
so  wisely  chosen  and  conducted,  should  have  been  stricken  down 
before  his  noble  mission  had  come  full  circled,  has  impressed  me, 
in  a  peculiar  sense,  as  a  most  untimely  taking  off  —  a  seeming 
fortuity,  where  great  means  surceasing,  great  ends  are  left  in 
abeyance  to  bide  their  time.  But  the  dead  still  live,  the  silent 
still  speak,  the  sleeping  still  labor  on.  In  the  divine  economy 
there  can  be  no  end  to  aught  that  has  been  vitalized  by  the 
divine  co-operation. 

Morrison  Heady. 


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NOTICES   OF   THE   PRESS. 


At  the  time  of  Mr.  Anagnos'  death  many  newspapers 
published  reviews  of  his  life  and  work  and  showed 
much  interest  and  sympathy.  Prom  these  notices, 
editorials  and  reports,  as  well  as  from  the  testi- 
monials in  the  papers  connected  with  other  schools,  the 
following  extracts  have  been  made. 

Boston  Herald,  July  4,  1906. 

The  death  of  Michael  Anagnos,  head  of  the  Perkins  Institution 
of  the  Bhnd  in  South  Boston,  son-in-law  of  Mrs.  Julia  Ward 
Howe,  and  perhaps  the  best  known  educator  of  the  blind  in  the 
world,  is  announced  in  a  cable  message  from  the  Greek  minister 
of  foreign  affairs,  which  the  acting  Boston  consul,  Thomas  F. 
Maguire,  received  yesterday  afternoon,  but  which  his  friends  in 
Boston  refuse  to  believe  until  it  is  confirmed  by  further  messages 
from  Athens  and  from  his  bankers,  the  Barings  in  London,  which 
were  asked  for  yesterday  and  are  expected  to  arrive  in  Boston 
this  morning. 

The  hope  of  the  friends  of  Mr.  Anagnos  is  based  on  the  fact 
that  he  had  gone  to  Eoumania  on  March  17  last  to  visit  an  uncle 
of  the  same  name  who  had  written  prior  to  the  Boston  teacher's 
departure  that  he  was  near  to  death  and  only  hoped  to  hold  out 
until  he  saw  his  nephew  once  more. 

The  message,  which  was  in  French,  arrived  here  about  4 
o'clock.  It  said  that  Michael  Anagnos  of  Boston  was  dead  in 
Turn  Severin,  Eoumania,  and  asked  if  anything  had  been  left 
to  Greek  charities.    The  Greek  consul  knew  of  no  other  of  that 


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name  in  Boston  than  the  head  of  the  Perkins  Institution,  and 
none  other  appears  in  the  Boston  directory.  Neither  did  the 
Greek  colony  know  of  any  other  of  that  name,  and  they  con- 
cluded that  it  was  their  eminent  countryman. 

Mr.  Wallace  Pierce,  one  of  the  closest  friends  of  Mr.  Anagnos, 
was  among  the  first  notified,  and  he  declined  to  believe  it  was  his 
friend  because  of  the  circumstances  attending  his  trip  abroad. 
At  the  institution  the  ofiicers  were  equally  sceptical,  and  at  a 
late  hour  last  night  refused  to  think  it  was  their  chief,  pending 
confirmation. 

At  Newport  Mrs.  Howe  had  received  no  notice  of  any  illness 
or  other  trouble  which  might  have  befallen  her  son-in-law.  She 
heard  from  him  last  a  few  days  ago,  and  he  was  then  in  good 
health.    In  her  opinion,  he  is  now  in  Athens  or  Constantinople. 

When  Mr.  Anagnos  left  Boston  on  March  17  last  his  plans 
included  a  study  of  the  Macedonian  question,  which  during  the 
past  year  has  presented  many  new  developments;  attendance 
upon  the  Olympic  games  which  were  held  in  Athens  during 
April  and  May;  and  an  extended  visit  to  relatives  in  Turn 
Severin,  Eoumania. 

Michael  Anagnos,  or  Anagnostopoulos,  according  to  the  Greek 
patronymic,  has  been  for  many  years  perhaps  the  greatest  bene- 
factor of  the  blind  in  this  latter  age  of  widespread  altruism  for 
all  afflicted  classes.  Thirty  years  ago  he  became  the  directing 
head  of  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind,  and  during  those 
three  decades  broadened  to  a  remarkable  extent  the  field  of  use- 
fulness and  pleasure  open  to  those  bereft  of  sight. 

He  it  was  who  gave  the  sightless  the  boon  of  books;  he  it  was 
who  opened  to  the  blind  child  the  busy  realms  of  the  kindergarten 
and  offered  them  the  opportunity  of  gaining  in  some  measure  a 
great  deal  of  the  formative  experiences  that  come  naturally  to 
children  of  the  light.  In  many  other  ways,  by  many  other 
methods,  he  wrought  to  make  the  lot  of  those  with  but  four 
senses  more  on  a  par  with  that  of  the  possessors  of  five. 


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Michael  Anagnostopoulos  was  born  in  a  mountain  village  of 
Epirus  on  Nov.  7,  1837.  Epirus  then,  as  now,  was  subjected  to 
the  blighting  influence  of  Turkish  rule,  but  the  Epirus  moun- 
taineers never  tamely  submitted  to  the  Sultan's  power.  The 
innate  independence  of  the  race  flourished  in  their  veins,  and 
doubtless  from  this  quality  of  his  ancestry  may  be  traced  the 
sturdy,  virile  qualities  that  characterized  the  great  apostle  to 
the  blind. 

His  father  was  a  man  of  ordinary  means  and  the  son  might 
well  have  been  of  no  greater  worth  than  many  of  his  fellows 
who  worked  all  day  at  farming  the  bare  soil  or  at  feeding  the 
cattle  and  sheep  in  the  mountains.  The  young  son  of  Anagnos, 
however,  desired  an  education,  and  himself  earned  the  money 
that  was  paid  to  perfect  him  in  the  paltry  learning  of  the  lower 
Epirote  schools. 

At  16  he  was  ready  for  college.  He  entered  the  National 
University  at  Athens,  an  institution  then  founded  upon  the 
German  scholastic  system,  and  corresponding  to  a  second  class 
German  university.  His  ambition  was  to  become  a  master  of  the 
classics,  of  modern  languages  and  of  philosophy,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  devoting  himself  to  professorial  duties.  He  spent  four 
years  in  the  school  of  philosophy,  paying  his  way  by  teaching 
languages  and  reading  proof. 

The  latter  occupation  brought  him  in  touch  with  a  profession 
that  prevented  the  realization  of  his  ambition.  After  his  gradu- 
ation he  spent  three  years  in  the  law  course  and  then  became  a 
feuilletonist.  He  wrote  for  the  newspapers  criticisms  in  phil- 
osophy and  essays  on  the  classic  Greek  poets,  but,  this  fleld  not 
proving  wide  enough,  he  soon  wrote  political  essays  and  did  trans- 
lation for  the  lower  half  of  the  first  page  of  Greek  papers. 

In  1861  the  first  Athenian  daily  newspaper  was  started  under 
the  name  of  Ho  Ethnophylax  (The  National  Guard),  and  the 
young  man  of  24  was  appointed  its  editor-in-chief.  The  paper 
was  started  as  a  radical  journal  to  advocate  popular  rights  against 


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the  encroachments  of  King  Otho  of  unrevered  memory,  and  the 
son  of  Anagnos  took  up  his  responsibility  with  the  ardor  of 
youth.  Twice  he  was  taken  from  his  editorial  chair  to  prison  for 
his  opposition  to  the  King. 

There  followed  for  the  young  man  a  period  of  greater  per- 
sonal activity.  In  1862  occurred  the  revolution  that  deposed 
Otho  and  placed  the  present  King  George  upon  the  throne  in 
Athens.  The  young  man  engaged  himself  in  the  uprising,  though 
he  afterwards  expressed  his  regret  at  his  participation,  and  after 
the  King's  accession  in  October  of  the  following  year,  the  Na- 
tional Guard  was  permitted  to  resume  its  liberal  policy  without 
hindrance. 

In  1866  the  Cretans  set  up  a  revolution  to  free  themselves 
from  Turkey.  Their  desires  then  were  much  the  same  as  now, 
chiefly  annexation  to  Greece,  and  the  son  of  Anagnos  enlisted  his 
■  pen  in  behalf  of  their  propaganda.  His  associates  on  the  Na- 
tional Guard  demurred,  and  the  editor-in-chief  resigned. 

It  was  the  decisive  step  in  the  man's  life.  He  was  nearly  30 
when  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Howe,  husband  of  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe, 
arrived  in  Athens  in  1867  with  assistance  for  the  Cretan  refugees 
in  Athens  who  had  lost  their  all.  Dr.  Howe  had  $36,000  for 
disbursement  and  he  desired  aid  in  the  work.  The  son  of 
Anagnos'  attitude  was  well  known  and  it  was  to  him  that  the 
director  of  the  Perkins  Institute  was  directed  as  one  capable  of 
rendering  assistance.  He  became  Dr.  Howe's  private  secretary, 
proved  himself  invaluable  in  the  work  and  assumed  complete 
charge  of  it  for  several  months  while  Dr.  Howe  was  in  Switzer- 
land. 

On  the  Bostonian's  return  he  urged  his  secretary  to  accompany 
him  to  America  to  learn  the  language  and  manners  of  the  coun- 
try so  as  to  be  of  greater  service  to  his  countrymen  on  his  return 
to  Greece.  In  1867  he  made  the  trip,  coming  as  Dr.  Howe's 
secretary,  and  here  devoting  some  of  his  time  to  instructing  his 
patron's  blind  charges  in  the  classics. 


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In  1870  he  was  offered  a  professorship  in  a  western  college, 
but  he  elected  to  remain  with  Dr.  Howe.  In  the  same  year,  on 
Dec.  31,  he  married  Julia  Eomana,  eldest  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel 
G.  and  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe.  Mrs.  Anagnos,  for  in  this  coun- 
try he  dropped  the  patronymic  ending  of  his  name,  died  in  1886. 

In  1876  Dr.  Howe  died  and  Mr.  Anagnos  was  naturally  looked 
on  as  his  successor.  In  April  of  that  year  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  Perkins  Institution  imanimously  pronounced  in  favor  of 
his  selection,  and  his  accomplishments  in  the  ensuing  30  years 
will  occupy  a  large  space  in  the  annals  of  the  education  of  the 
blind. 

The  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the 
Blind  had  been  founded  in  1829  and  was  organized  in  1832  by 
Dr.  Howe,  being  named  after  Col.  Thomas  H.  Perkins,  who 
gave  his  house  on  Pearl  street  to  the  cause.  The  44  years  of  its 
existence  under  its  first  director  had  established  the  undertaking 
on  a  solid  basis,  and  it  was  the  fortune  of  the  new  secretary  and 
superintendent  to  have  the  opportunity  of  advancing  the  methods. 

Mr.  Anagnos  rose  to  the  occasion.  One  of  his  first  acts  was 
to  present  to  the  board  of  trustees  a  plan  for  the  promotion  of  a 
fund  of  $100,000  for  printing  books  for  the  blind.  The  institu- 
tion itself  was  supported  by  invested  funds  and  an  annual  grant 
of  $30,000  from  the  commonwealth,  so  that  its  future  was  safe. 

The  new  idea  was  not  altogether  popular  at  first,  but  the 
public  needed  only  to  understand  its  significance  to  appreciate 
its  value.  In  1882  the  fund  was  ready  for  investment.  Six 
years  later  every  public  library  in  Massachusetts  was  provided 
with  books  printed  in  raised  letters,  and  the  work  has  continued 
in  ever  growing  proportions. 

Another  idea  of  immense  benefit  was  that  of  a  kindergarten 
for  the  blind.  Children  were  not  admitted  to  the  institution 
before  the  age  of  9,  and  Mr.  Anagnos  considered  this  age  too  far 
advanced  for  the  beginning  of  training  blind  children.  Fairs 
and  entertainments  were  begun,  one  notable  fair  at  a  private 


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residence  yielding  $4,600.  An  appeal  was  made  to  the  public, 
and  in  Januar}-,  1885,  $36,000  had  been  collected  toward  the 
necessary  $45,000, 

The  estate  in  Jamaica  Plain  was  purchased,  a  like  sum  was 
collected  for  the  erection  of  the  building,  and  in  April,  1887,  the 
building  was  dedicated.  Then  Mr.  Anagnos  raised  an  endow- 
ment fund  of  $100,000  more.  By  November,  1892,  the  invested 
securities  for  the  undertaking  amounted  to  $210,000.  The 
kindergarten  now  consists  of  four  modern  three-story  brick 
buildings  at  Perkins  and  Day  streets,  Jamaica  Plain,  and  the 
institution  has  never  been  able  to  accommodate  all  the  applicants 
between  the  ages  of  5  and  9. 

To  write  adequately  of  Mr,  Anagnos'  work  for  the  blind  would 
involve  composing  a  history  of  such  work.  Suffice  it  to  say  that 
in  every  manner  he  has  advanced  the  education  of  the  sightless 
and  that  the  common  acceptance  of  such  education  as  a  practical 
thing  in  this  country  has  been  due  to  him.  He  was  in  these  last 
30  years  the  guiding  spirit  behind  it,  the  able  executor  of  the 
conceptions  of  Dr.  Howe,  and  himself  a  capable  and  progressive 
laborer  in  his  chosen  field. 

Though  a  thorough  American,  Mr.  Anagnos  never  lost  interest 
in  his  fatherland.  At  the  celebration  of  the  anniversary  of 
Grecian  independence  in  Steinert  Hall  a  year  ago  last  spring, 
he  was  the  chief  speaker,  and  in  all  activities  of  his  race  in 
America  he  was  a  leader.  He  was  president  of  the  National 
Union  of  Greeks  in  the  United  States  and  was  a  leader  in  the 
local  Greek  church. 

He  moved  freely  among  the  inhabitants  of  Boston's  Greek 
colony,  which  numbers  6,000,  and  his  interest  in  their  affairs 
may  be  illustrated  by  mentioning  that  he  was  the  largest  con- 
tributor to  the  fund  that  is  now  being  accumulated  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  fitting  Greek  church  building.  He  was  a  constant 
habitue  of  the  Greek  restaurants  and  coffee  houses,  where  he 
came  to  know  the  local  Greeks  and  to  him  many  of  them  owe 
their  ability  to  get  a  foothold  in  a  new  country. 


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Aside  from  his  practical  accomplishments  he  was  all  his  life 
a  scholar,  and  in  1893  was  given  the  honorary  degree  of  master 
of  arts  by  Harvard  Universit}'-  as  a  recognition  of  his  attainments. 

His  interest  in  education  was  not  confined  to  the  sightless. 
Six  years  ago  he  visited  the  Balkan  states  and  gave,  it  is  said, 
$20,000  for  building  schools  in  places  of  special  interest  to  him. 

Boston  Herald,  July  5,  1906.  —  Editorial. 

From  time  immemorial  Greece  has  sent  her  sons  to  carry  the 
torch  of  learning  to  the  uttermost  ends  of  the  earth.  She  never 
sent  a  better  one  forth  than  Michael  Anagnos.  He  linked  the 
Athens  of  America  with  the  Athens  of  the  old  world  by  a  stronger 
bond.  To  the  average  Bostonians  who  knew  him  he  seemed  to 
be  the  reincarnation  in  flesh  and  blood  of  the  celebrated  Greek 
philosophers  whom  we  became  acquainted  with  in  our  schoolbooks. 
It  was  said  of  Shakespeare  that  he  was  a  "  myriad-minded  man." 
The  same  can  be  said  of  Mr.  Anagnos.  If  the  report  that  he  is 
dead  is  true  the  blind  have  lost  a  father,  a  protector  and  teacher, 
Boston  a  splendid  type  of  citizen,  and  the  world  a  truly  great 
man. 

Boston  Transcript,  July  6,  1906.  —  Editorial. 
Mr.  Anagnos. 
It  is  a  high  meed  of  praise  to  be  awarded  to  Mr.  Anagnos,  that 
for  so  many  years  of  his  administration  the  Perldns  Institution 
for  the  Blind  has  maintained  the  very  extraordinary  prestige  be- 
queathed to  it  by  its  founder.  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe.  The 
present  generation  can  have  but  a  faint  idea  of  the  reputation  of 
the  man  to  whom  it  was  Mr.  Anagnos'  fortune  to  be  the  successor. 
The  successor  of  Phillips  Brooks  was  not  handicapped  with  a 
greater  role  to  live  up  to.  Dr.  Howe  receives  no  less  a  tribute  in 
the  International  Eneyclopsedia  than  this  :  "  It  is  probably  not  too 
much  to  say  that  no  man  ever  lived  in  America  who  so  truly  de- 
served the  name  philanthropist  in  its  highest  and  best  sense." 


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To  take  up  the  work  of  such  a  genius,  even  though  his  trusted 
secretary  and  beloved  son-in-law,  was  for  Mr.  Anagnos  to  shoulder 
bravely  and  dutifully  a  tremendous  responsibility,  and  as  has  just 
been  said,  to  have  allowed  the  institution  to  suffer  no  loss  of  pub- 
lic dignity  after  more  than  a  generation  of  time,  would  be  achieve- 
ment enough  for  most  men. 

It  was  everywhere  recognized  as  peculiarly  fitting  and  fortu- 
nate that  a  worthy  representative  of  the  land  Howe  loved  so  well, 
the  land  to  which  letters  and  education  owe  an  inextinguishable 
debt,  should  be  entrusted  with  the  monumental  work  of  Dr.  Howe 
at  South  Boston.  Its  preservation  on  a  sound  financial  basis, 
keeping  up  an  annual  turning  over  of  nearly  half  a  million  of 
receipts  and  expenditures,  was  no  small  task  in  itself.  But  be- 
sides accomplishing  this,  Mr.  Anagnos  has  raised  one  large  fund 
for  the  printing  of  books  in  the  raised  type  used  by  the  blind,  and 
another  for  establishing  on  a  broad  and  sound  financial  founda- 
tion the  kindergarten  for  the  blind  —  an  entirely  new  departure 
and  addition  to  the  work  of  the  institution  as  Dr.  Howe  planned 
and  left  it.  Mr.  Anagnos  had  made  a  deep  study  of  the  scientific 
theories  of  education,  and  had  applied  them  to  the  fullest  practi- 
cable extent  in  the  peculiar  curricula  it  fell  to  his  lot  to  provide. 
Music  has  had  a  large  place  in  his  scheme,  and  also  gymnastics. 
The  training  in  the  literary  and  science  classes  has  been  made  by 
him  equal  to  that  of  good  preparatory  schools  of  the  seeing,  and 
the  Perkins  graduates  are  sent  forth  with  about  the  equipment  of 
the  ordinary'  high  school  pupils.  'Nov  is  manual  training  ignored, 
whether  on  its  practical  or  its  moral  side.  In  short,  under  ]\Ir. 
Anagnos'  long  administration,  the  Perkins  Institution  has  meas- 
ured well  up  to  its  founder's  plan.  That  it  covered  all  the  needs 
and  interests  of  the  adult  blind,  furnishing  them  asylum,  or  train- 
ing them  in  self-supporting  trades  and  occupations,  Mr.  Anagnos 
would  not  have  claimed  himself ;  he  sought  to  impress  it  upon  the 
public  mind  that  the  Perkins  Institution  was  first  of  all  a  school, 
and  he  made  it  all  but  a  college,  for  the  blind. 


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Mr.  Anagnos'  personality  was  something  unique  in  this  com- 
munity. Man  of  the  world  and  cultivated  in  his  tastes  and  read- 
ing, he  was  entertaining  in  conversation  and  distinguished  in 
manners. 

Devoted  Friend  of  the  Blind. 

In  the  death  of  Mr.  Michael  Anagnos  Boston  loses  an  honored 
citizen,  the  blind  a  beloved  leader,  the  kingdom  of  Greece  a  de- 
voted son  and  the  educational  world  a  shining  example  of  stead- 
fast zeal  toward  a  high  goal. 

Eumor  of  the  death  of  this  well-known  man  reached  this  city 
Tuesday.  As  he  was  in  fine  health  and  spirits  when  he  sailed  for 
Europe  on  March  17,  and  frequent  letters  were  received  from  him, 
his  closest  friends  believed  the  one  who  had  died  was  an  uncle, 
bearing  the  same  name,  who  had  been  in  failing  health  of  late  at 
his  home  in  Eoumania.  Since  the  first  report,  all  efforts  to  know 
the  truth  have  been  unavailing  until  a  cablegram  from  Bucharest, 
announced  the  death,  on  June  29,  at  Turn  Severin,  Eoumania,  of 
]\Iichael  Anagnos,  president  of  the  Greek  Union  of  America. 

A  remarkable  man  was  Mr.  Anagnos,  whose  career  was  in- 
tensely interesting  and  romantic.  He  was  born  in  the  mountains 
of  Epirus,  a  Greek  province  under  the  rule  of  Turkey,  on  the  Tth 
of  Kovember,  1837.  His  father  was  a  man  of  ordinary  means, 
and  the  boy  did  hard  labor  as  a  farm  hand.  He  watched  and  fed 
the  cattle  on  the  hills,  and  saved  every  penny  toward  the  sum  that 
educated  him  in  the  schools.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  went  to 
Athens  looking  for  more  knowledge.  He  became  a  student  at  the 
National  University,  which  is  based  on  the  German  scholastic  sys- 
tem, and  corresponds  to  the  second  class  German  university.  His 
chief  desire  was  to  become  a  master  of  the  classics  and  languages. 
Accordingly  he  studied  four  years  in  the  school  of  philosophy. 
During  this  time  he  taught  the  languages  and  read  proof  to  pay 
for  his  tuition. 

After  graduation  he  went  to  the  school  of  law,  where  he  re- 
mained three  years.     Then  he  became  a  newspaper  writer.     He 


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wrote  criticisms  in  philosophy  and  essa3^s  on  the  classical  Greek 
poets.  He  turned  his  attention  also  to  politics,  and  wrote  many 
political  essays  and  did  much  translation. 

In  1861,  when  Michael  Anagnos  was  twenty-four  years  old,  the 
first  daily  paper  in  Athens  was  established.  It  was  called  the 
Ethnophylax,  or  the  National  Guard,  and  it  was  established  as  a 
radical  journal  to  advocate  the  rights  of  the  people  against  the 
encroachments  of  the  court  of  King  Otho,  who  then  occupied 
the  throne  of  Greece.  Mr.  Anagnos  was  appointed  editor-in- 
chief  of  this  newspaper,  and  he  performed  his  work  with  charac- 
teristic zeal.  He  advocated  the  rights  of  the  people  with  such 
force  that  on  two  occasions  he  was  arrested  and  sent  to  prison. 

Then  in  1862  the  revolution  which  finally  dethroned  King 
Otho  broke  out,  and  Mr.  Anagnos  was  very  actively  engaged  in 
the  uprising.  When  King  George  ascended  the  throne  Mr. 
Anagnos  was  permitted  to  resume  the  liberal  course  that  the 
National  Guard  had  started  out  to  pursue. 

This  lasted  for  four  years  and  then,  in  1866,  the  revolution  in 
Crete  began  against  the  Turkish  dominion.  The  Cretans  wanted 
annexation  with  Greece,  and  Mr.  Anagnos  thought  that  Grecian 
liberty  possessed  no  significance  for  him  while  his  brethren  lan- 
guished under  Turkish  rule.  Accordingly  he  started  in  to  express 
this  view,  but  his  associates  demurred,  and  he  resigned  his  posi- 
tion as  chief  editor  of  the  National  Guard. 

It  was  in  1867,  when  Mr.  Anagnos  was  in  his  thirtieth  year, 
that  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Howe,  the  founder  of  the  school  for  the  blind 
in  this  city,  went  to  Athens  with  means  for  the  assistance  of  the 
Cretans  who  had  lost  everything  in  the  rebellion  and  had  fled  to 
the  Greek  capital.  Dr.  Howe  had  $36,000  to  assist  the  Cretan 
refugees,  and  he  wanted  somebody  to  help  him.  He  found  in 
Michael  Anagnos,  the  patriot  and  philosopher.  Just  the  person 
he  desired. 

Young  Anagnos  became  the  private  secretary  of  Dr.  Howe. 
His  assistance  in  the  distribution  of  the  material  for  the  Cretan 


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refugees  was  invaluable.  In  a  few  weeks  Dr.  Howe  left  Athens 
for  Switzerland,  and  Mv.  Anagnos  did  all  the  work  and  was  in 
absolute  charge  of  affairs  for  several  months. 

Later,  the  Greek  was  invited  to  America,  and  in  1867  he  took 
up  his  duties  in  the  home  of  Dr.  Howe,  where  sightless  children 
were  being  trained  b}'  the  patient,  wise  teacher.  Mr.  Anagnos 
taught  Greek  and  Latin  to  the  boys  whom  Dr.  Howe  selected 
until  1870,  when  he  had  an  offer  from  a  western  college  to  go 
there  as  professor.  But  he  declined  the  offer,  to  remain  with 
Dr.  Howe. 

On  the  last  day  of  December,  1870,  Mr.  Anagnos  married  Julia 
Eomana,  eldest  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  G.  and  Mrs.  Julia  Ward 
Howe.    Mrs.  Anagnos  died  in  1886. 

In  1876  Dr.  Howe  died,  and  in  April  of  that  year,  Michael 
Anagnos,  by  unanimous  vote  of  the  board  of  trustees,  was  chosen 
director  of  the  institution.  One  of  the  first  things  he  did  as 
director  was  to  present  to  the  trustees  a  plan  for  the  promotion 
of  a  fund  of  $100,000  for  the  printing  of  books  for  the  blind. 
The  idea  was  new  and  not  altogether  popular.  But  as  soon  as  the 
public  understood  it  the  $100,000  fund  was  secured,  and  in  1883 
was  ready  for  investment.  And  now  in  all  the  public  libraries 
of  the  principal  cities  in  the  State  books  for  the  use  of  the  blind 
may  be  found. 

Mr.  Anagnos  developed  another  idea  which  conferred  upon 
him  the  title  of  the  father  of  the  kindergarten  for  the  blind.  He 
had  always  recognized  the  necessity  for  a  kindergarten.  Only 
children  more  than  nine  years  of  age  were  admitted  to  the 
school,  and  this  was  too  late  an  age  to  admit  of  the  best  develop- 
ment of  the  child  in  the  way  it  should  go.  Mrs.  Anagnos,  too, 
had  this  idea  close  to  her  heart.  Her  last  words,  now  engraved 
on  a  tablet  in  one  of  the  kindergarten  buildings,  were :  "  Take 
care  of  the  little  blind  children." 

Mr.  Anagnos  raised  an  endowment  fund  of  $100,000.  The 
kindergarten  now  has  an  estate,  in  land  and  invested  securities. 


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of  $210,000.  Under  the  administration  of  Mr.  Anagnos  the  real 
estate  valuation  of  the  South  Boston  huilding  increased  to 
$80,000.  As  manager  of  the  kindergarten  he  received  no  salary, 
and  paid  his  own  expenses  when  he  did  any  traveling  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  institution.  He  was  a  philosopher  as  well  as  a 
manager,  and  he  devoted  much  of  his  time  to  investigation  of  the 
causes  of  blindness  and  the  means  of  prevention. 

By  his  unflagging  zeal  and  enterprise,  as  well  as  his  rare 
economic  instinct  in  prosecuting  new  works,  he  built  up  the 
institution  for  the  future.  It  is  amply  provided  and  equipped 
with  a  complete  gymnasium,  spacious  and  elegant  halls  for  the 
library  (of  about  15,000  volumes,  both  in  raised  type  for  the 
pupils  and  of  general  literature  for  the  teachers  and  for  reading 
to  the  scholars),  and  a  whole  upper  floor  of  238  feet  in  length 
and  width  of  twenty-six  feet  for  the  musical  department,  includ- 
ing about  thirty  rooms,  in  which  piano  pupils  practise  by  them- 
selves, with  larger  rooms  for  teachers  and  a  large  hall  for  the 
band  and  musical  library. 

Every  other  department  has  grown  and  developed  under  his 
direction  until  today  it  is  an  institution  of  which  the  entire 
country  is  justly  proud,  as  well  as  an  enduring  monument  to  the 
faith  and  devotion  of  two  notable  men. 

In  1900  Mr.  Anag-nos  went  abroad  to  attend  the  International 
Congress  for  those  interested  in  the  instruction  of  the  blind, 
although  that  was  not  his  prime  purpose.  For  a  long  time  he 
had  cherished  the  idea  of  doing  something  substantial  for  the 
cause  of  education  in  his  native  Greek  village.  Turkey  does 
practically  nothing  for  the  education  of  its  youth,  while  the  little 
kingdom  of  Greece  maintains  an  excellent  free  system.  Conse- 
quently nearly  all  the  schools  there  are  in  Turkey  are  due  to  the 
generosity  of  the  more  prosperous  citizens  who  still  reside  in 
the  country,  or  to  the  sons  of  those  who  long  ago  emigrated  to 
foreign  shores,  and  who,  for  the  sake  of  their  fathers  who  loved 
their  native  land,  take  this  means  of  encouraging  the  native 
vouth. 


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From  Mr.  Anagiios  himself  it  was  impossible  to  get  much 
information  regarding  this  educational  incident  of  his  trip.  He 
shrunk  from  the  publicity  that  would  come  from  the  association 
of  his  name  with  what  he  characterizes  as  only  a  trifling  inci- 
dent; but  trifling  as  it  may  have  appeared  to  him,  much  was 
made  of  the  affair  by  the  people  of  his  native  town,  and  also 
in  the  papers  published  in  Greece  and  the  Greek  journal  in  New 
York.  The  gift  is  understood  to  have  amounted  to  about  $20,000, 
to  be  invested  in  such  a  manner  as  to  give  a  certain  number  of 
worthy  students  the  benefits  of  a  higher  education  each  year. 
He  also  arranged  a  curriculum  for  advanced  students,  to  the 
preparation  of  which  he  had  devoted  much  time. 

When  arranging  for  his  departure  for  Janina,  the  capital  of 
Epirus,  he  had  to  submit  to  the  indignity  of  an  arrest  on  the 
charge  of  being  an  agitator  and  a  suspicious  character.  Having 
been  away  from  this  part  of  the  country  forty-three  years  he 
was  not  known ;  but  when  his  pockets  were  searched  and  certain 
letters  of  introduction  found,  the  authorities  were  satisfied  that 
his  presence  boded  no  evil,  and  he  was  released. 

At  Athens  Mr.  Anagnos  tarried  a  month.  Thence  he  went  on 
to  Salonica,  and  to  a  few  towns  in  Macedonia,  spending  much 
time  at  each  place  in  examining  into  the  condition  of  the  people 
and  more  particularly  into  the  educational  opportunities  of  the 
children.  He  travelled  by  land  to  Belgrade,  the  capital  of  Servia, 
where  he  remained  several  days,  taking  a  steamer  from  thence 
on  the  Danube  to  Eoumania,  where  he  sojourned  fifteen  days. 
Here  Mr.  Anagnos  had  an  excellent  opportunity  of  studying  the 
educational  system  of  the  city,  especially  the  higher  grades,  and 
much  to  his  delight  he  found  lyceums,  as  they  call  them  there, 
but  which  correspond  to  our  academies,  all  equipped  with  the 
most  approved  appliances,  such  as  one  would  find  in  few  of  our 
Xew  England  institutions.  At  Budapest  he  found  a  very  broad 
field  for  investigation.  In  the  Hungarian  capital  he  found,  in 
addition  to  the  ordinary  schools,  excellent  facilities  for  the  edu- 


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cation  of  the  defective  classes,  especially  the  blind.  At  Vienna 
there  are  separate  schools  for  the  Christian  and  Hebrew  blind, 
both  of  which  he  carefully  studied.  At  Munich,  which  was  the 
last  place  visited  before  going  to  Paris,  he  found  the  university 
in  session,  and  spent  some  time  in  visiting  the  schools  for  the 
blind  in  that  city. 

Besides  representing  his  own  institution  at  the  International 
Congress  at  Paris,  Mr.  Anagnos,  before  leaAdng  home,  had  been 
commissioned  by  the  Secretary  of  State  to  represent  the  United 
States  Government,  and  thus  was  present  in  a  double  capacity. 

At  different  times  he  made  visits  to  Europe  to  see  his  relatives 
and  his  native  home,  and  he  always  took  a  profound  interest  in 
the  Macedonian  question. 

He  was  all  his  life  a  scholar,  and  in  1892  was  honored  by 
Harvard  University  with  a  degree  of  master  of  arts. 

BosTOx  EvENiXG  Transcript,  July  7,  1906. 
The  Listener. 
The  strange  old  building  of  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the 
Blind  always  excites  surprise  and  calls  forth  the  explanation  to 
the  tourist  that  it  was  built  for  a  summer  hotel  originally,  or 
rather  as  a  hotel  overlooking  the  salt  water.  Apparently  they 
built  seaside  hotels  like  Spanish  fortresses  in  the  first  quarter  of 
the  nineteenth  century.  Quite  as  impressive  as  the  main  en- 
trance, with  its  circular  tessellated  marble  hallway,  in  the 
centre  of  which  stands  the  impressive  revolving  globe  represent- 
ing in  low  relief  the  earth's  surface,  are  the  private  apartments 
of  the  superintendent's  family,  with  theij*  separate  staircases  and 
large  parlors  and  dining-room.  Down  the  winding  stair  from 
the  drawing-room  to  the  dining-room  have  passed,  every  Wash- 
ington's birthday  for  many  years,  a  family  dinner  party  con- 
sisting of  certain  specially  invited  guests  at  the  school's  holiday 
exhibition  exercises.  On  many  of  these  occasions .  the  little  pro- 
cession has  been  headed  by  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe,  leaning  on 


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the  arm  of  the  most  distinguished  guest,  or  on  that  of  "  Michael," 
as  she  affectionately  called  Mr.  Anagnos.  As  is  well  known  to 
millions  over  the  land,  Mrs.  Howe,  wherever  she  is,  is  the  life  of 
the  occasion,  and  these  little  annual  dinners  were  no  exception 
to  that  rule. 

But  there  was  always  a  goodlier  company  still  besides  those 
at  the  table.  Invisible  to  all  but  those  "  wise  ''  to  the  history  of 
the  room,  lingered  there,  or  upon  the  stairs  descending  to  it, 
the  genial  shades  of  Dickens,  of  Thackeray,  of  Frederika  Bremer, 
of  John  Brown,  of,  the  greater  Harvard  professors  of  the  past, 
of  Boston  divines  and  veteran  abolitionists  and  reformers  of  all 
stripes  and  of  both  sexes,  who  had  found  welcome  there  and  felt 
themselves  honored  to  be  the  guests  of  that  extraordinary  genius, 
Dr.  Howe.  Literary  folk  and  scientists  never  tired  in  extolling 
the  wonderful  work  he  accomplished  with  Laura  Bridgman  and 
her  successors,  both  those  famous  and  the  multitude  unknown  to 
fame.  It  was  one  of  the  wonders  of  the  world  sixty  years  ago, 
this  first  of  human  laboratories  for  the  making  over  of  the  de- 
fective for  social  benefit  and  behoof.  It  is  hardly  possible  to 
conceive  today  the  stride  made  for  civilization  in  study  and  true 
amelioration  of  the  lot  of  all  the  unfortunate  of  humanity  in  this 
daring  innovation  of  Howe's. 

It  will  be  difficult  to  think  of  the  Perkins  Institution  without 
the  Howes  and  Mr.  Anagnos.  Ever  since  its  establishment  two 
generations  ago,  it  has  had  shed  upon  it  the  sunshine  of  the 
gracious  presence  of  Julia  Ward  Howe  with  her  children  and 
children's  children.  In  the  dining-room,  one  of  the  first  objects 
to  meet  the  eye  was  a  marble  bust  of  her  father,  Samuel  Ward, 
the  New  York  banker.  On  the  wall,  with  an  old  master  or  two, 
was  a  little  home-made  portrait,  not  great  but  touchingly  inti- 
mate and  true,  of  her  daughter,  Julia  Eomana,  wife  of  Michael 
Anagnos.  Besides  keeping  up  the  ball  of  the  badinage  at  the 
family  dinner,  Mrs.  Howe  has  been  wont  to  make  a  little  speech 
after  the  musical  programme  of  the  afternoon   (and  the  music. 


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like  the  original  plan's  which  formed  the  morning  entertainment, 
had  always  the  finest  artistic  taste  and  flavor),  and  in  this  speech 
she  often  made  some  fitting,  but  always  restrained,  allusion  to 
her  husband,  the  founder,  speaking  of  him,  as  the  Listener  re- 
members on  one  occasion,  as  "  our  friend."  And  so  the  strenuous 
and  sufficient  Anagnos,  faithful  steward  of  the  great  trust  left  to 
him  here,  has  gone !  Another  chapter  is  closed  and  leaf  turned 
in  the  chronicles  of  old  Boston,  the  world-famous  and  world- 
shaking  Boston  of  the  19th  century  —  century  consecrated  to 
many  and  divers  and  triumphant  struggles. for  human  rights. 
May  what  is  to  follow  in  the  20th  century  be  equally  fruitful 
and  of  good  report  when  the  reckoning  is  made  at  some  point 
another  fourscore  years  further  on.  It  is  sure  to  be  something 
very  difl:erent,  one  can  see  that  already;  perhaps  Howe  himself, 
had  he  been  just  coming  to  manhood  now  as  he  was  when  he 
went  off  to  fight  for  Greece  with  Lord  Byron,  would  have  been  a 
"  Captain  of  Industry "  and  might  even  have  measured  up  to 
Charles  Francis  Adams'  latest  avowed  ambition  of  accumulating 
a  hundred  millions  of  dollars. 

Boston  Herald,  Sunday,  July  8,  1906.  —  Editorial. 
A  great  light  has  been  taken  from  those  who  sit  in  darkness. 
Peace  to  the  soul  of  Michael  Anagnos ! 

Boston  Sunday  Globe,  July  8,  1906. 
Prof.  Michael  Anagnos,  the  head  of  the  Perkins  Institution 
for  the  Blind  in  South  Boston,  who  has  lately  died  in  Eoumania, 
has  innumerable  friends  in  this  city  who  will  learn  of  his  death 
with  sorrow.  He  has  been  a  friend  to  the  blind  for  many  years, 
and  his  efforts  to  aid  the  sightless  found  a  large  number  of  sup- 
porters among  the  wealthy  and  influential  of  Boston.  Kone  who 
are  familiar  with  life  at  the  Perkins  Institution  can  think  of 
Prof.  Anagnos  without  recalling  his  wife,  who  died  there  about 
twenty  years  ago.    Mrs.  Anagnos  was  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Julia 


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Ward  Howe.  Her  madonna-like  face,  with  the  loveliness  of  its 
expression,  was  more  of  a  delight  to  look  upon  than  a  beautiful 
picture.  Prof.  Anagnos,  who  was  deeply  devoted  to  his  wife, 
bore  her  death  always  as  a  great  sorrow,  and  when  speaking  of 
her  to  his  friends  it  was  as  one  who  relates  a  sweet  day-dream 
that  is  all  too  quickly  told  to  those  who  enjoy  to  listen, 

Boston  Journal,  July  10,  1906. 

Greeks  of  all  ISTew  England,  with  perhaps  some  of  the  leaders 
of  the  race  from  Xew  York,  will  join  in  a  big  memorial  service 
to  the  late  Michael  Anagnos,  head  of  the  Perkins  Institution  for 
the  Blind  at  South  Boston,  next  Sunday,  at  10  o'clock,  in  the 
Greek  Church  of  the  Annunciation. 

Nothing  that  has  ever  happened  in  the  Greek  settlement  of 
New  England  has  cast  such  a  gloom  over  the  communities  as 
has  the  news  of  Mr.  Anagnos'  death,  and  in  almost  every  city 
there  is  general  mourning  over  the  event.  In  addition,  Mr. 
Anagnos  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  workers  in  the  Greek 
church,  besides  which  he  was  a  liberal  contributor  to  its  support, 
not  only  in  Boston,  but  in  other  places  where  it  lacked  the 
strength  that  it  has  here. 

These  facts,  together  with  the  prominence  of  the  man  as  an 
educator  and  Greek  orator,  have  made  his  death  one  that  has 
brought  mourning  to  the  Greeks  all  over  America.  The  sug- 
gestion that  a  big  memorial  service  be  held  here  first  came  from 
out  of  town  Greeks,  and  arrangements  have  been  made  to  invite 
representatives  of  the  race  from  all  over  the  east,  and  from  the 
information  now  at  hand  there  will  be  a  general  response.  The 
services  will  be  in  charge  of  the  Eev.  Nestor  Souslides. 

It  is  also  purposed  to  hold  later  a  civic  memorial  to  the  memory 
of  the  late  educator,  but  aside  from  the  fact  that  the  directors 
of  the  Perkins  Institution  will  have  the  affair  in  charge,  and 
that  they  will  meet  with  hearty  co-operation  on  the  part  of  the 
local  Greeks,  nothing  has  vet  been  decided  on  with  regard  to  it. 


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Boston  Herald,  July  12,  1906.  —  Editorial. 

The  memory  of  Michael  Anagnos  is  perpetuated  in  many  gath- 
erings of  men  and  women  who  well  knew  his  devoted  service  to 
humanity's  cause,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  any  higher  tribute  to  his 
public  usefulness  has  or  will  be  spoken  than  appears  upon  the 
records  of  the  Perkins  Institute  trustees :  "  He  developed  the 
ideas  of  Dr.  Howe  in  a  manner  which  was  more  to  be  desired 
than  expected  in  case  of  any  man,  however  accomplished  or 
devoted." 

Boston  Hekald,  July  13,  1906.   . 

The  governing  council  of  the  Hellenic  Association  of 
Boston  as  soon  as  the  death  of  Michael  Anagnos,  its  presi- 
dent, and  the  great  benefactor  of  the  Greek  community  in 
this  city,  was  confirmed  held  a  meeting  to  arrange  for  an 
appropriate  expression  of  the  sorrow^  of  the  Greeks  of  Boston 
and  a  pro]3er  recognition  of  the  services  of  the  deceased. 
The  council  adopted  the  following  resolutions: 

Whereas,  God  in  His  wisdom  has  seen  fit  to  take  to  himself 
our  beloved  president,  Michael  Anagnos,  we,  the  members  of  the 
governing  council  of  the  Hellenic  Association  of  Boston,  hereby 
express  our  deep  sorrow  for  the  loss  sustained  by  this  association 
and  the  Greek  community  of  Boston.  And  to  do  honor  to  him 
and  to  perpetuate  his  memor}^,  it  is  therefore 

Eesolved,  that  a  religious  service  be  held  for  the  repose  of 
the  soul  of  our  late  president  at  the  Greek  church  in  Boston  on 
Sunday,  July  15,  1906,  and  that  a  commemorative  religious  ser- 
vice shall  be  held  every  year  thereafter  on  the  date  of  the  death 
of  our  late  president. 

Eesolved,  that  a  public  memorial  service  be  arranged  for.  to 
be  held  in  Boston,  to  which  shall  be  invited  the  friends  of  our 
late  president  and  a  committee  from  all  the  Greek  societies  in 
New  England. 


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Eesolved,  that  a  picture  of  our  late  and  honored  president 
shall  be  hung  in  the  meeting  room  of  the  governing  board  of  the 
Hellenic  Association  and  also  in  the  room  of  the  Greek  school. 

Eesolved,  that  the  vice-president  and  secretary  be  requested, 
in  the  name  of  the  governing  committee  and  the  association,  to 
offer  the  condolences  of  the  Greek  community  to  the  revered  Mrs. 
Julia  Ward  Howe  and  to  the  relatives  of  our  late  president  in 
Greece. 

Eesolved,  that  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  published  in  all 
the  Greek  newspapers  in  the  United  States  and  in  the  daily 
newspapers  in  Boston. 

Boston  Pilot,  July  14,  1906. 

Michael  Anagnos,  the  Greek  patriot  and  philanthropist,  for 
the  last  thirty  years  head  of  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind, 
died  on  June  29  at  Turn  Severin,  Eoumania.  Mr.  Anagnos  has 
been  nearly  forty  years  a  resident  of  Boston,  having  come  thither 
as  the  secretary  of  the  late  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Howe,  founder  of  the 
institution  above  named.  In  1870  he  married  Julia  Eomana, 
eldest  daughter  of  Dr.  Howe  and  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe.  Six 
years  later,  on  the  death  of  Dr.  Howe,  Mr.  Anagnos  became  head 
of  the  Perkins  Institution.  He  will  always  be  remembered  for 
his  work  in  opening  the  treasures  of  the  written  word  to  the 
blind. 

Though  a  thorough  American,  Mr.  Anagnos  never  lost  interest 
in  his  fatherland.  At  the  celebration  of  the  anniversary  of 
Grecian  independence  in  Steinert  hall  a  year  ago  last  spring  he 
was  chief  speaker,  and  in  all  activities  of  his  race  in  America  he 
was  a  leader.  Besides  being  president  of  the  National  Union  of 
Greeks  in  the  United  States  he  was  a  leader  in  the  local  Greek 
church.  He  was  the  largest  contributor  to  the  fund  now  being 
accumulated  for  the  erection  of  a  fitting  Greek  church  building. 

Mrs,  Anagnos  died  in  1886. 


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Boston  Budget,  July  14,  1906. 

The  tribute  of  the  trustees  of  the  Perkins  Institution  to 
Michael  Anagnos,  late  director  of  the  institution,  was  as  deserved 
as  it  was  appreciative  of  his  eminent  services  in  advancing  the 
education  of  those  who  were  without  sight,  and  were  sometimes 
without  hearing.  He  advanced  and  perfected  the  teaching  of 
Dr.  Samuel  G.  Howe,  his  father-in-law,  whom  he  succeeded,  and 
this  in  such  a  quiet  and  unostentatious  manner  that  the  public 
was  hardly  aware  that  any  improvements  had  been  made  in 
accordance  with  later  day  progress.  Dr.  Howe  was  the  inspirer 
of  Mr.  Anagnos,  and  it  may  be  truly  said  that  he  bettered  the 
instructions  of  his  philanthropic  and  devoted  teacher.  For  nearly 
forty  years  Mr.  Anagnos  was  connected  with  the  Perkins  Insti- 
tution, and  it  had  his  general  direction  for  three-fourths  of  that 
time.  He  labored  earnestly  and  untiringly  to  make  those  in  his 
charge  something  beside  helpless  burdens  upon  the  community 
—  that  is,  self-respecting  and  self-sustaining  members  of  society. 

The  trustees  say  that  their  intercourse  with  Mr.  Anagnos  was 
far  more  intimate  than  the  formal  relations  of  authority  and 
counsel,  and  led  to  a  friendship  in  which  there  was  a  mutual 
devotion  to  the  welfare  of  the  afflicted. 

Mr.  Anagnos  was  an  adopted  citizen  of  this  country,  and  he 
never  forgot  the  fair  land  of  Greece,  his  birthplace,  and  her 
struggles  for  freedom.  Indeed,  his  patriotism  brought  him  to 
the  attention  of  Dr.  Howe,  noted  for  his  effort  to  secure  the 
liberty  of  the  Greeks.  Both  will  go  down  to  posterity  as  pul)Iic 
benefactors,  who  had  no  selfish  motives  in  their  labors  to  brighten 
the  lives  of  many  who  would  have  remained  in  mental,  as  well 
as  physical  darkness,  if  it  had  not  been  for  their  philanthropic 
endeavor.  They  have  won  a  warm  place  in  the  hearts  of  a  sym- 
pathetic people. 

Sympathy  is  extended  by  the  trustees  to  the  family  of  Dr. 
Howe,  with  whom  Mr.  Anagnos  was  intimatelv  connected,  and 


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to  his  own  relatives  in  Europe  and  to  his  friends  and  the  friends 
of  civilization  and  education  everywhere,  and  they  ask  their 
co-operation  hereafter  "  in  some  fitting  memorial  of  the  life  and 
illustrious  career  of  Michael  Anagnos,  the  true  friend  of  all  good 
causes,  and  the  benefactor  of  that  large  class  of  our  countrymen 
who  now  lament  with  us  his  unlocked  for  removal  from  the 
scene  of  his  manifold  activities."  That  this  recognition  of  the 
services  of  Mr.  Anagnos  will  be  a  fitting  one  there  can  be  no 
doubt.  All  worthy  people  will  be  eager  to  honor  the  memory  of 
a  man  who  labored  so  unselfishly,  modestly  and  devotedly  for 
his  kind. 

Lowell  Evening  Citizen,  July  16,  1906. 

Memorial  services  were  held  yesterday  in  the  Greek  church 
for  the  late  Michael  Anagnos,  president  of  the  Greek  Union  of 
America,  who  died  recently  in  Roumania. 

These  services  were  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  local  Greek 
community,  and  Georgios  Gouzouly  and  Dr.  Vrahnos,  also  an 
officer,  delivered  addresses. 

Eev.  Fr.  Ambrosios  Paraschakes  conducted  the  services,  which 
were  of  an  order  very  curious  for  our  American  eyes,  but  along 
customary  Greek  lines.  The  priest  stood  in  the  middle  of  the 
church  and  all  of  the  faithful  stood  around  him  in  a  circle,  each 
bearing  a  lighted  taper.  Upon  a  table  at  his  right  stood  two 
jars  full  of  wheat,  and  surmounted  with  a  large  floral  wreath. 
The  choir  stationed  beyond  the  crowd  at  one  end  of  the  church, 
chanted  responses  to  the  priest's  singing  of  funeral  hymns. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  service,  the  wheat  was  distributed  to 
those  present,  to  keep  in  commemoration  of  the  deceased.  The 
wreath  which  figured  in  the  service  will  be  sent  to  Mrs.  Julia 
Ward  Howe. 


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Boston  Evening  Tkansceipt,  July  16,  1906. 
memorial  to  michael  anagnos. 

A  service  in  memory  of  Michael  Anagnos,  who  died  in 
Ronmania,  a  fortnight  ago,  was  held  in  the  little  Greek 
church,  corner  of  Kneeland  and  Tyler  streets,  yesterday 
morning.  The  edifice  was  heavily  draped  in  mourning  and 
in  front  of  the  sanctuary  were  a  number  of  floral  gifts  from 
various  Greek  societies. 

The  services  were  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Hellenic 
Association  of  w^hich  Mr.  Anagnos  was  president.  The  con- 
gregation was  made  up  for  the  most  part  of  the  Greek  popu- 
lation of  Boston.  Especially  notable  persons  included  Rev. 
Fr.  Basil  Lambrides,  of  the  Greek  church  at  Lynn ;  Francis 
L.  Maguire,  acting  Greek  consul  of  this  city;  and  ex-Consul 
John  Eodocanachi.  The  memorial  services,  alternately  re- 
cited and  chanted,  were  conducted  by  the  priest  of  the  church. 
Rev.  Fr.  !N"estor  Souslides,  who  brought  them  to  a  close  Avith 
an  interesting  sketch  of  the  late  superintendent  of  the  Per- 
kins Institution  for  the  Blind. 

Characterizing  Mr.  Anagnos  in  the  words  of  the  Patriarch 
of  Constantinople,  applied  by  him  to  the  men  who  do  honor 
to  Greece,  as  an  "  illustrious  child  of  the  race,"  the  speaker 
went  on  to  show  how  dear  his  memory  was  to  Panhellenism 
and  to  members  of  the  Greek  world  everywhere. 

He  said:  — 

jSTot  only  does  the  Hellenic  world  mourn  his  loss ;  many  sorrow 
for  him  here  in  Boston,  for  it  is  realized  by  others  than  those  of 
Greek  origin  that  the  man  who  gave  eyes  to  the  blind  is  gone 
from  among  them  forever.  It  is  rare,  indeed,  to  find  in  the 
world  men  of  such  worth,  of  such  ability,  of  such  power  of  self- 


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sacrifice  as  Mr.  Anagnos.  It  is  in  men,  who  like  him,  renounce 
the  comforts  and  luxuries  of  life  in  order  to  contribute  to  its 
philanthropies  that  the  strength  of  a  nation  really  consists.  Not 
only  did  our  friend  bring  priceless  help  to  the  blind,  but  he  was 
tender  and  sympathetic  toward  all  human  misfortune  and 
suffering. 

Until  very  recent  years  he  may  not  have  come  into  very  close 
relations  with  his  compatriots  in  Boston,  yet  they  none  the  less 
regarded  him  with  feelings  not  only  of  admiration,  but  almost 
of  worship.  It  is  a  far  cry  to  tlie  cradle  of  his  race  in  Epirus, 
and  farther  still  perhaps  from  the  early  peasant  cultivator  of  the 
soil  to  such  a  man  as  Mr.  Anagnos  showed  himself  to  be  in  the 
new  world,  yet  he  never  lost  his  sense  of  Greek  nationality  and 
never  ceased  to  be  a  Hellene  of  the  Hellenes.  As  he  would  have 
remained,  had  he  never  left  his  native  village,  so  he  remained 
after  much  travel  and  forty  years'  residence  in  America.  Mean- 
while holding  up  the  banner  of  virtue,  and  carrying  on  his  works 
of  philanthropy,  he  was  himself  raised  to  a  higher  position  in  the 
respect  of  the  great  American  people  than  any  other  Greek.  The 
Greeks  of  Boston  especially  wonder  at  his  energy,  admire  his 
character,   recognize   his   ability   and   will   forever   cherish   his 

memory. 

Boston  Globe,  July  16,  1906. 

The  little  Greek  church  at  Kneeland  and  Tyler  streets  was 
crowded  yesterday  forenoon  at  the  service  in  memory  of  Michael 
Anagnos,  who  had  done  so  much  in  the  latter  years  of  his  life  to 
bring  his  fellow-countrymen  together  in  this  place  of  worship. 
The  church  was  heavily  draped  both  inside  and  outside  and  in 
front  of  the  sanctuary  were  displayed  a  number  of  rich  floral 
tributes  from  Greek  societies. 

There  were  present  in  the  church  delegations  from  these  various 
societies  in  addition  to  the  regular  congregation,  and  there  were 
present  a  number  of  other  friends  of  Mr.  Anagnos. 

The  service  was  simple,  consisting  of  singing  and  an  address 


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by  Eev.  Nestor  Souslides,  which  was  very  affecting  and  which 
moved  many  in  the  congregation  to  tears.  Tears  streamed  down 
from  the  eyes  of  the  preacher  before  the  concluson  of  his  address 
and  he  was  so  overcome  by  his  emotions  that  he  was  obliged  to 
step  for  a  moment  into  his  study  before  he  could  give  the  bene- 
diction. 

The  speaker  laid  much  stress  on  the  broad  humanitarianism 
of  Mr.  Anagnos,  on  his  deep  love  for  Greece  and  for  the  Greeks 
who  were  struggling  for  their  independence  in  Macedonia,  Eou- 
mania  and  other  places,  and  of  the  deep  personal  interest  he  took 
in  his  fellow-countrymen  who  came  to  the  United  States,  and 
finally  there  was  the  touching  friendship  which  existed  between 
the  speaker  and  Mr.  Anagnos  and  the  work  of  the  latter  in  organ- 
izing and  helping  to  maintain  the  spirit  of  Greek  patriotism 
among  his  fellow-countrymen  here. 

It  all  seemed  very  significant  and  a  little  strange,  perhaps,  to 
step  into  this  little  Puritanical  church  of  other  days,  with  its 
high-backed  seats  and  unadorned  walls  and  with  the  few  scrip- 
tural passages  in  old-English  Gothic  letters  on  either  side  of  the 
sanctuary  —  put  there  by  another  race  and  another  denomination 
—  to  see  the  picturesque  Greek  priest  in  flowing  black  beard,  tall 
head  dress  and  heavy  gold  vestments,  delivering  to  his  fellow- 
countrymen  in  their  o'^ti  language  a  eulog}^  of  one  who  was  great 
as  an  American  citizen,  but  who  had  never  forgotten  his  native 
land  and  whose  native  patriotism  never  waned  in  life. 

The  Greeks  of  Boston  propose  to  hold  memorial  services  each 
year  in  honor  of  Michael  Anagnos. 

Boston  Heeald,  July  16,  1906. 

Roses   white   and   red,    with   lilies   and   pale   immortelles, 

clustered  lovingly  yesterday  morning  around  the  portrait  of 

Michael  Anagnos  as  it  stood,  taper-lit,  in  the  chancel  of  the 

Greek  church  at  the  corner  of  Kneeland  and  Tyler  streets. 


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Two  hours  were  there  given  by  the  Greek  colony  of  Boston 
to  the  memory  of  their  revered  compatriot,  and  for  a  con- 
siderable portion  of  that  time  his  praises  were  spoken  in  the 
language  which  he  loved  so  well.  The  interior  of  the  church 
had  been  heavily  draped  for  the  occasion.  The  symbols  of 
w'oe  were  almost  forgotten  in  the  presence  of  many  floral 
offerings,  which  included  wreaths  from  the  Greek  community 
(Helleniki  Kinotis)  of  which  the  deceased  was  president, 
the  St.  Peter's  Club  (Agius  Petrius),  the  Ladies'  Greek 
Society  and  the  Vassara  Union. 

The  bulk  of  the  large  audience  was  made  up  of  Greek 
residents  of  Boston.  Among  the  visitors  w^ere  Fr.  Basil 
Lambrides,  the  Greek  priest  of  Lynn,  Francis  L.  Maguire, 
acting  Greek  consul  of  Boston,  and  ex-Consul  John  Rodo- 
canachi. 

The  memorial  services,  alternately  recited  and  chanted, 
were  conducted  by  the  priest  of  the  church,  Nestor  Souslides, 
who  brought  them  to  a  close  wuth  an  interesting  sketch  of 
the  late  superintendent  of  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the 
Blind. 

The  Springfield  Daily  Republican,  August  25,  1906. 
Particulars  of  the  fatal  illness  and  death  of  Mr.  Anagnos 
in  Roumania  have  come  to  hand  and  increase  the  sadness  of 
his  loss.  He  had  been  aj^parently  well  up  to  his  leaving 
Adrianople  about  June  12,  where  he  was  received  wnth  great 
honor  by  the  resident  Greeks,  who  insisted  on  a  speech  from 
him  on  the  present  issues  affecting  the  Greek  race.  Lie  spoke 
for  an  hour  and  was  watched  by  spies  from  that  day  until 
he  reached  his  uncle's  in  Turn  Severin.  He  probably  fa- 
tic:ued  himself  bv  his  exertions   and  the  excitement   follow- 


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ing ;  but  went  on  to  visit  his  cousins  in  Bucharest,  and  thence 
turned  westward  for  Turn  Severin,  where  his  old  uncle,  K. 
Panajotescu,  w^as  ill  in  bed.  He  got  there  June  17,  more 
or  less  ailing,  and  the  next  day  his  long-standing  kidney- 
disease  manifested  a  new  form,  with  much  pain.  The  sur- 
geons consulted  advised  an  operation,  but  even  then  it  was 
probably  too  late.  When  finally  performed,  after  much 
delay,  on  June  27,  his  strength  was  too  little  to  revive  from 
the  severe  ordeal,  and  he  died  on  the  early  morning  of  the 
29th.  Even  without  the  surgery,  his  disease  (calculus  of  the 
left  kidney)  would  have  soon  proved  fatal.  In  the  excite- 
ment prevailing  throughout  Roumania  against  all  Greeks, 
his  funeral  was  hurried,  and  without  the  customary  forms  of 
the  Greek  church.  His  body  was  hermetically  sealed  in  the 
metallic  coffin  for  removal  hereafter  to  Papingo,  where  he 
had  endowed  schools  and  where  his  grave-monument  will  be. 
Up  to  this  last  fortnight,  and  after  he  had  recovered  from 
the  fatigues  and  cold  of  his  voyage,  his  health  and  spirits 
had  been  unusually  good.  He  reached  Athens  April  12,  and 
was  delighted  with  all  that  he  saw.  His  last  letter  from 
there  said :  — 

My  first  surprise  was  at  the  rapid  growth  of  Athens,  and  the 
increasing  beauty  of  its  architecture.  It  is  truly  the  whitest  and 
most  attractive  city  in  the  world.  About  500  feet  from  the  hotel 
where  I  am,  stands  a  magnificent  trinity  of  noble  buildings.  In 
the  center  is  my  venerable  Alma  Mater,  the  university,  and  on  its 
right  side  is  that  gem  of  modern  buildings,  the  academy;  while 
on  the  left  rises  the  new  national  library,  a  worthy  companion 
of  the  others.  Every  day  when  I  find  myself  in  front  of  this 
remarkable  group,  I  raise  my  hat  and  offer  a  tribute  of  gratitude 
and  admiration. 


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He  then  described  the  festivities  of  Easter,  which  he  wit- 
nessed, and  spoke  of  expecting  to  see  the  rojal  family  of 
England,  who  were  in  Athens  on  a  visit  to  the  King  of 
Greece.  At  that  time  the  Macedonian  troubles  seemed  to 
have  abated  a  little,  but  have  since  broken  out  afresh.  The 
present  situation  is  one  of  the  worst  yet  reported,  and  it  is 
hoped  the  western  powers  will  now  intervene  more  effect- 
ively to  prevent  the  assassinations  and  other  outrages  so  often 
reported.  ;. 

Kindergarten  Magazine  and  Pedagogical  Digest. 
September  1906. 

Dr.  Michael  Anagnos,  worthy  successor  to  Dr.  Howe,  his 
father-in-law,  died  this  summer,  after  many  years  of  constructive 
work  at  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind,  Boston,  of  which 
he  was  superintendent. 

Michael  Anagnos  was  born  among  the  mountains  of  Epirus, 
Greece.  Having  made  the  most  of  the  educational  advantages 
afforded  by  his  native  hamlet  and  by  the  high  school  of  Janina, 
he  entered  the  University  of  Athens  in  1854.  A  radical  in 
politics  his  brilliant  mind  and  broad  culture  strove  to  serve  his 
country  through  the  medium  of  journalism.  In  1867  when  Dr. 
Howe  revisited  Greece,  he  met  the  young  man  and  was  so  im- 
pressed by  his  genius  for  hard  work,  both  intellectual  and  prac- 
tical, that  he  invited  him  to  come  to  America,  where  he  gave  him 
a  position  in  the  Perkins  Institute  for  the  blind  children  of 
New  England.  In  1870  he  married  Dr.  Howe's  daughter,  Miss 
Julia  Howe. 

Having  a  natural  aptitude  for  administration,  the  institution 
under  his  later  management  grew  very  rapidly  in  property  and 
resources.  It  was  through  his  efforts  that  the  departments  for 
younger  children  were  opened,  among  them  the  kindergarten. 
His  work  for  the  blind  reached  in  many  various  directions,  in- 


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eluding  the  extension  of  printing  and  the  accumulation  of  libra- 
ries for  the  use  of  teachers  of  the  blind  and  for  the  acquirement 
of  musical  literature. 

Dr.  Howe's  work  with  Laura  Bridgman  has  been  continued  in 
that  accomplished  with  Helen  Keller  and  Elizabeth  Eobin. 

Always  loyal  to  his  native  country,  Dr.  Anagnos  has  endowed 
the  high  school  of  Janina  with  funds  that  will  make  the  road  to 
learning  less  difficult  for  other  struggling  students. 

Posse  Gymnasium  Journal,  September  1906. 
In  Memoriam. 

MICHAEL   ANAGNOS. 

Epirus,  Greece,  November  7th,  1837. 
Turn  Severin,  Eoumania,  June  29th,  1906. 

A  deep  thinker;  a  wise  counsellor;  a  prophet  of  good,  a  great- 
hearted lover  of  mankind,  a  true  and  far-seeing  leader  of  the 
blind  along  the  higher  paths. 

The  department  of  physical  education  has  its  special  trib- 
ute of  honor  and  gratitude  to  offer  to  the  memory  of  Michael 
Anagnos,  the  wise  and  noble-hearted  leader  in  so  many  phases 
of  education  and  of  social  ethics. 

Mr.  Anagnos  said  with  reference  to  the  gymnasium  which 
he  had  established  at  the  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachu- 
setts School  for  the  Blind  at  South  Boston  in  1880:  "  V^e 
will  have  the  best  form  of  gymnastics  which  we  can  get  in 
this  country,  but  the  true  gymnastic  system  is  not  with  us. 
The  gymnastic  school  which  recognizes  both  the  psychologi- 
cal and  physiological  laws  of  the  human  being  is  with  the 
Swedes." 

At  this  time  the  gymnastic  lessons  for  the  blind  boys  fol- 


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lowed  the  form  used  in  the  Boston  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  and  the  lessons  for  the  girls  that  of  Mount 
Holyoke  College  (seminary  then),  reinforced  and  most  cor- 
dially assisted  by  Miss  Allen,  who  was  the  pioneer  w^orker 
in  gymnastics  for  women  in  Boston.  The  assistance  which 
she  gave  the  work  was  most  valuable,  and  with  her  help  the 
blind  girls  gained  more  freedom  of  motion,  and  many  of  the 
physical  idiosyncrasies  peculiar  to  blind  children,  such  as 
rocking  the  body  forward  and  back,  rolling  the  head  from 
side  to  side,  etc.,  were  greatly  lessened.  But  it  was  difficult, 
and  in  some  cases  impossible,  to  eradicate  these  movements 
after  they  had  been  confirmed  by  a  habit  of  twelve  or  fifteen 
years.  Mr.  Anagnos  recognized  these  idiosyncrasies  as  the 
natural  result  of  restricted  normal  activity;  and  he  set  him- 
self to  establish  an  environment  which  should  give  this  un- 
used energy  normal  expression. 

The  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind  in  Jamaica  Plain  tells 
us  how  he  worked  out  his  problem.  This  kindergarten  first 
ministered  to  ten  little  sightless  children  in  1887. 

Here  the  blind  child  at  five  years  of  age  hops  and  flies 
with  the  bird,  swings  the  scythe  with  the  farmer,  and  serves 
his  playmates  as  a  good  knight  should.  In  the  doing  of 
which  his  physical  energy  is  used  as  a  means  of  informing 
his  mind  and  nurturing  his  feeling;  the  while  the  little 
being  is  developing  in  harmony  with  the  laws  of  his  three- 
fold nature. 

Subsequently  when  Swedish  gymnastics  were  introduced 
into  Boston  by  Baron  Nils  Posse,  they  met  with  a  hearty 
welcome  from  Mr.  Anagnos;  and  he  watched  the  system  of 
educational  gymnastics  as  Baron  Posse  developed  it  with  in- 
telligent appreciation. 


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In  1892  Mr.  Anagnos  enlarged  the  gymnasium  at  Per- 
kins Institution  and  furnished  it  with  Swedish  apparatus, 
and  also  fitted  up  a  gymnasium  at  Jamaica  Plain  for  the 
primary  pupils. 

Two  years  before  this  time  he  had  introduced  the  Swed- 
ish system  of  manual  training  into  the  school.  With  active 
games  in  the  kindergarten,  play  and  suitable  gymnastics  in 
the  primary  department,  Swedish  educational  gymnastics  and 
athletic  games  in  the  grammar  and  high  school  and  a  pro- 
gressive system  of  manual  training,  there  is  now  no  pent-up 
energy  struggling  to  expend  itself  in  the  blind  youth  and 
therefore  these  idiosyncrasies  which  were  formerly  regarded 
as  necessary  accompaniments  of  blindness  have  disappeared. 
And  in  addition  to  this  the  blind  pupil  gains  the  same  good 
which  comes  to  the  seeing  pupil  from  properly  conducted 
games  and  gymnastics:  Health,  quickened  mental  perception 
and  co-ordination  of  mind  and  body.  Where  formerly  the 
majority  of  the  blind  pui^ils  could  take  but  a  meagre  gram- 
mar school  course,  the  exceptional  youths  only  being  able  to 
do  higher  intellectual  work,  the  institution  now  has  a  full 
grammar  and  high  school  course  for  its  average  pupils,  and 
the  exceptionally  intellectual  ones  go  on  to  the  normal  school 
or  college  with  seeing  students. 

Such  is  the  simple  record  of  Mr.  Anagnos'  invaluable 
work  for  the  physical  education  of  the  sightless  pupils  of 
jSTew  England.  In  dealing  with  each  phase  of  education, 
he  starts  with  the  premise  that  the  sightless  child  has  in  his 
nature  all  the  possibilities  for  development  which  the  seeing 
child  has.  And  because  the  blind  child  lacks  a  sense  which 
greatly  facilitates  the  development  of  the  normal  child  Mr. 
Anagnos  provided  him  with  the  very  best  educational  facili- 


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ties.  The  blind  cliild's  training  does  not  differ  in  method 
from  that  of  the  seeing  child,  but  great  care  is  taken  that 
those  methods  be  used  which  produce  the  best  results  in  the 
development  of  the  normal  pupil. 

Mr.  Anagnos  set  a  high  value  upon  physical  education, 
and  in  his  own  person  admirably  illustrated  the  familiar 
adage,  "  a  sound  mind  in  a  sound  body."  Erect,  well-pro- 
portioned, and  alert  in  body,  as  in  mind,  he  was  a  notable 
figure;  and  his  presence  always  inspired  confidence  and 
respect.  He  was  abroad  at  the  time  of  his  death,  having 
chosen  this  year  for  his  home  visit  to  Greece  that  he  might 
witness  the  Olympic  games  and  be  present  at  the  formal 
ojDening  of  the  grand  stadium  in  Athens. 

G.  B. 

Amekican  Annals  of  the  Deaf,  October,  1906. 
PerTcins  Institution.  —  Mr.  Michael  Anagnos,  for  nearly  forty 
years  connected  with  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind  and 
for  more  than  thirty  years  its  Director,  died  at  Turn  Severin, 
Eoumania,  June  29,  1906,  aged  sixty-eight.  Mr.  Anagnos  was 
born  in  Epirus,  Greece.  His  family  name  was  Anagnostopoulos, 
but  he  shortened  it  to  Anagnos.  He  was  educated  at  the  high 
school  at  Janina,  which  he  afterward  endowed,  and  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Athens.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  struggle  for 
Greek  independence  in  1862.  In  1867  he  was  persuaded  by  Dr. 
Samuel  G.  Howe  to  come  to  America  and  received  an  appoint- 
ment in  the  Perkins  Institution.  In  1870  he  married  Dr. 
Howe's  daughter,  Julia  Eomana,  and  became  his  father-in-law's 
first  assistant.  On  Dr.  Howe's  death  in  1876  he  succeeded  him 
as  Director  of  the  Institution.  In  the  instruction  of  the  deaf- 
blind,  as  well  as  of  the  blind,  he  maintained  and  even  raised  the 
high  standard  established  by  Dr.  Howe,  so  that  for  several  years 


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the  Perkins  Institution  was  regarded  by  many  as  the  one  school 
where  the  deaf-blind  could  be  educated.  He  was  a  contributor 
to  the  Annals  and  took  part  in  the  meeting  of  the  Convention  of 
American  Instructors  of  the  Deaf  held  in  BufEalo  in  1901.  Xo 
truer  characterization  of  Mr.  Anagnos  can  be  given  than  the 
following  tribute  from  the  Perkins  Institution :  "  A  deep  thinker, 
a  wise  counsellor,  a  prophet  of  good,  a  great-hearted  lover  of 
mankind,  a  true  and  far-seeing  leader  of  the  blind  along  the 
higher  paths." 

The  West  Virginia  Tablet,  Eomney,  West  Virginia,  Oct. 

13,  1906. 

^Ne&t  Virginia  School  for  the  Blind. 

DEATH   OF   MR.  ANAGNOS. 

The  melancholy  intelligence  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Michael 
Anagnos,  Director  of  the  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind 
since  the  death  of  his  illustrious  father-in-law.  Dr.  S.  G.  Howe, 
reaches  me  through  a  private  letter  from  Superintendent  Hun- 
toon.  Mr.  Anagnos  was  perhaps  the  most  variedly  learned  man 
in  the  profession  in  this  country,  perhaps  in  the  world,  and  for 
twenty-five  years  has  enjoyed  an  international  recognition  as  the 
head  of  the  greatest  institution  in  the  world.  Kind,  affable  and 
indulgent  to  younger  men,  he  was  always  ready  to  champion  any 
cause  that  he  judged  worthy  of  furtherance  for  the  benefit  of 
the  blind,  and  never  advocated  fantastic  theories  or  impracticable 
plans.  His  judgment  has  been  recorded  upon,  perhaps,  every 
question  practical  or  otherwise,  that  has  engaged  public  attention 
in  relation  to  the  education,  care,  training  and  equipment  of  the 
blind  in  the  last  quarter  of  a  century.  His  reports  bear  witness 
to  his  extensive  reading  and  profound  thought  and  observation, 
and  will  be  appealed  to  for  years  to  come  as  the  repositories  of 
the  soundest  and  most  mature  thought  that  has  been  given  to 
these  matters.    I  quote  from  Mr.  Huntoon's  kind  letter  the  only 


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details    at   hand   of   the   melancholy   close   of   a   distinguished 
career : — 

Our  noble  friend,  M.  Anagnos,  succumbed  to  kidney  trouble,  June 
29,  at  Turn  Severin,  Roumania.  The  surgical  operation  was  in 
vain.     He  never  rallied.    His  work  lives  after  him. 

GEEEK  NEWSPAPEES. 

H    IIATFIS,   UapaaKevT]  6  'lovXiou 
Tpa(f}€ia  Ka\  TvTToyijacpeiov :  397  Market  St.,  Lowell,  Mass. 


BIOrPA^IKAI    2HMEm2El2 

O  Mt^tt'^X  AvayvMO-TOTTovXos  iyevvrjOr]  rrjv  Itjv  Noc/A^ptou  tov  1837 
et?  TO  YVatnyKov  tt}s  W-mipov  to  opeivbv  dvTO  )((DpLov,  to  ottolov  Trepte'/JaA-t 
TTai'TOTC  ^e  bXrjv  ttjv  aTopyr]v  kul  t7jv  Xarpetav  tov.  H  HTretpos  tot€, 
OTTO)?  Kol  CT^fiepov,  rJTO  {iTTOTcX^?  €ts  Tr]v  TovpKLav,  dAXa  TOL  opeivo.  avTrj<i 
fji^py]  ajrpocTLTa  6ts  tov  TOvpKLKov  CTTpaToVj  ain'jXavvov  Kavroia?  iXevOepLas. 

O  TraTTjp  TOV  AvayvtucTTOTrovXov  rJTO  evTi/x,os  koI  ivdpeTo^  dvOpiOTros 
dWd  TTTco^os  Kal  8ev  ia-KeTrrero  8ta  tov  vlov  tov  rj  va  tov  diroKaTacTTTJcrr] 
ws  aTreKauLO'TavTO  kol  ot  dXXoL  o"Uyu,7roAiTai  tov,  tva  KaXov  ^trjXaSr]  Ipyarrjv. 
AAA  6  Mt^^a^A  Avayfcuo-TOTTouAos  €Tpe(fie  epiOTa  Trpos  tu,  ypafju/JiaTa, 
i^rJTeL  ij.6p<j>(jy(jtv  dvonipav  k<xi  icrKtcfiOr]  vd  ^ttltv^q^  toCto,  i^oiKovo/xwv  b 
ibios  to,  dTraLTOvp.eva  '^(pijfxaTa.  A.Lojpto'OT]  StSacTKaAos  ets  to  lldiTLyKov  Kai 
olKOVoiJirj(ra<i  oAiya  \prfp.aTa,  Tv^^jjiv  8e  t^s  VTrocTTrjpi^ewi  Trj<;  eKet  KoivoTr/TO? 
lxeT€(3i]  ets   Iwdvvtva  ottojs  dK0U(r7j  yvp-vaarLaKd  paOij/xaTa. 

Eis  rjXiKiav  16  eTwr  cTeAetwo-e  t'^v  Zwtrt/xatav  2;(oAt/i^  Kut  fi.€Te/3r]  ets 
Tas  APryvas  KaTaTa^^ets  ets  tt)!/  <l>tAoAoytK^i/  S^oAt^v  e^  •^s  l^^OfV 
dpto-Tei'o-as. 

O  Mt^^ar^A  Ayi/wcrTOTTouAos  Xapwv  to  SiTrXtufjid  tov  rjp'^Kje.  vd  dcr^oA'^- 
Tat  ets  r^i'  (rvyypa<f)rjv  Staffyopiov  KpiTiKwv  fjueXeTMV  at  oTrotat  iSrjfiocruvovTO 
ets  Tas  i4>rjfjieptBa<;. 

KaTo.  TO  1861  i^ehoOr]  ets  Tas  'A^T^vas  17  wptoTiy  rifieprjo-ta  icf>r]fxepl<s  o 
ircpt<^7;jMos  "  E^i'o^i'Aai^,"'  Kat  6  'Avayvwo-TOTrovAos  rrpo(Tf.Xrj<^dr}  ws  dp^t- 


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(TDVTttKTTys  avTr]<;.  O  'Fi6vo<fivXa$  ^to  tfivWov  pt^ocrTrao-TtKoV,  virepaixv- 
v6jX€vov  Tuiv  XdiKfjiv  iXev6epL0)v  ivavTcov  twv  avdaipecrtiuv  tov  BacriXcws 
Opwvos,  kol  6  'Avayvco(rTd7roiiA.os,  24  totc  erwv  €ypa(f>e  SpifxvraTa  apOpa, 
8ts  cruAXT^c^^ets  Kai  cf)v\aKt(rOel<s  irrl  i$v(3pL(r€i  Kara  tov  Bao-iAe'ws. 

Kara  to  1862  i^eppdyr}  r)  ivavnov  toS  O^wvos  eTravacTTacris  eis  t-^v 
oTTOiav  6  veapos  Kai  ^wv^pos  Kai  ^iXcXeu^epos  AvayvcocTTdTrovXos  cXayScv 
ei/epydraTOj/  fxepo^,  ycyovos  8ia  to  ottoiov,  €r;!^e  ciXtKpivws  fxeravOTJo-rj  kol 
Slol  to  ottolov  8tv  CTTaucre  va  iKtppd.t,r)  rqv  Xvirrjv  tov,  )(apaKTrjpt^(i)v  tt/v 
Ifojctv  TOV  "O^covos  (OS  T>yv  /x^yaXrjTipav  avorjaiav  kol  Trapatjipoavviqv  twv 
'EXX^yvajv. 

KaTci  TO  1867  o  /A€ya9  A/xepLKavos  $tXe'XX?/v  Sayaou^X  Xaou  e'x^'' 
i-TTLO-KecjiOrj  Tas  'A^Tyvas,  iXOwv  va  Stai'eLfir)  porjOrjfxaTa  avXXeyevra  iv 
^AfjicpLKYJ  X^P^"  ■'"'^'^  ywatKOTratSwv  r^?  KpT^Tv;?,  Ta  oiroia  €t;;^ov  TrXqfjifxv- 
prjo-Tj  TT/v  'EXXa8a,  ifievyovTa  Tas  KaTao-Tpo^as  t^s  /x,€yaX'/;s  KprjTiKrjs 
e7ravao-Tao"€Ws  tou    1866. 

*0  Xaou  8ia  va  ^KTeXiar]  tyjv  aTrocrovXrjV  tov  i^i^T7](Te  va  Trpoa- 
Xaftri  "EXXi^va  Ttva  ws  /3ot]66v  Kai  ypafi/xaTea  tov,  iavaTijOfj  Sc  €is  avTOV 
6    'Avayvwo-TOTTOvXos,    oVtis    t^v    liroy^rjv    iKetvrjv   dx'^^    TrapatTrjOrj    tov 

"  'E^VO^vXttKOS." 

'O  'Avayi'wcTTOTTOvXos  cSe^^^  tt/v  irpoTaa-iv  tov  Xciov  Kut  ■jrpoaXqf^Oii'; 
(Ls  iStatVepo';  avTov  ypap,/xaT€V<;  etpyda6r)  fxcTu.  TrapaBeiyfiaTtKrjs  Spao-T-qpto- 
Tr]Tos,  fxeTo.  ti/x^s  ^at  d^tXoKcpSei'as  jxeydXr]';,  7rpoo"eX/<vo"as  t^v  avfjiTrd- 
^eiav,  TTyv  eKTtfx-qo-tv  Kai  to  evSta^epov  tov  Xaov. 

'OTttv  o  deLp.vr]crTO<;  iK€Lvo<;  (fnXeXXrjv  €TeXetwo"6  to  epyov  Trj<;  otavop,'^5 
Twv  /Sor]6r]fxdTMV  TrapwTpvve  tov  tSiatVcpoi/  tov  ypap-fxaTea  va  tov  vlko- 
XovOrjo-q  ets  tt;v  Boo'Twi'Tyv.  'O  'A  Fayrcuo-TOTrovXos  KaiVoi  Sio-Ta^wv  KaT' 
apxttSj  d7re<^acr6cre  ev  TeXet  va  eX^r/  £ts  tt;v  'A/xepi/cr/v  Kat  eKa/xe  to  Ta^elSiov 
TOVTO  KaTtt  TO  1867.  'O  'Avayvwo-ToVovXos  eX^wv  ct's  BocrTwvr;v  CTV^e 
OepfJirjs  V7roo-T7/pt^£(u?  eK  fiepovi  tov  2a/x.ovr;X  Xdov  Kai  tTreBoOr]  /xera 
^e'o-etos  eis  tt/v  ctttovSt/v  t^s  dyyXiK^s,  do-xoXov/^evos  o-vyxpovcus  fis 
7rapd8a)o-tv  eXXryviKtov  fxa6rjp.dT(DV   ets  tovs  tv<^Xovs. 

KaTtt  TO  1870  Trpo(J€4>ip6iq  cts  tov  'Avayvwo-TOTrovXov  17  ^cVis  tov 
Ka6rjyr}TOV    twv     cXXtjvikwv     ypap.p.wfiiiv    eis    ev    yvfxvda-iov    twv    Svtikwv 


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TroXiTetwv,  aXX  ouros  iTrpoTifirjcre  va  Tvapajxeivrj  ev  Boo"Ta)V->y  kol  Kara. 
Tov  AeK€fjLf3pLov  Tov  ISiov  tTovi  ivv/xipivdr]  Tijv  TrpeafSvTepav  dvyarepa  tov 
Xaov  6vop.atpfji€vr]v  \ov\iav  Vixi^avav,  Koprjv  (.KraKTov  Ka\Xovrj<;,  koI 
ju,eyaA>^s  ixop(j>o)(re(x)<;. 

Kara  to  1876  6  ^afiovrjX  Xaou  uTrWave  kol  r/  Siev^uvcrt?  t^§  2;)(oX7}s 
Twv  TV(ji\(i)V  dvereOr]  cis  tov    AvayvoicrTOTrovXov. 

To  crvfi^ovXiov  rrj?  S^^oA^s  aTre/SXeif/ey  cts  tov  AvayvwaTOTrovXov  6)^i 
(J?  Trpos  TOV  yafifSpov  tov  Xaou,  dXA  ws  Trpos  tov  dftcoTcpov  twv  ev  t^ 
o-;(oA7j   Ka6r]yr)T(i)v. 

H  e^Aoy?^  Tou  vTrrjp^cv  b/j.ocfuovo';,  iraprfyayc  S  (.KTrXr^^Lv  Ttva  ecs  to 
KOivov,  SiOTi  TOLavTT]  (TTrovBaLa  6e(rt<;  eSiScTo  €«  fevov. 

H  8t6i;^i;vo"is  TOV  AvayvtocTTOTTOuAoi;  eSt/catwcre  to,?  irpocrSoKLas  twv 
eKAetdvTwv  avTov.  Etti  tcov  rjfiepwv  avTOV  r]  o-^oAr;  avV?;  Too-oirrov  ttjOO- 
rixB'q,  (ii(TT€.   bt/catco?   ^cwpeiTat   to   dvcoTepov   cv  Tw   KocTfiui   iKTraiSevTiQpLov 

TWV    TV(f)X(x)V. 

Tfj  evepyeia  tov  AvayvioaTOTTOvXov  KaTr^pTLcrOrj  TVTToypacjieiov  ev  T17 
o-xoAi^  Kat  €$€B60r](Tav  8t'  etSi/caJv  xapaKTrjpoiv  dvapiOi^rjTa  fSifiXia  x^P'-^ 
TciJv  TVffiXwv,  /3i/3Ata   cKTraiSevTiKo.  Kat  ^i/3Xia  fiovcnKa. 

Oi  /xaOrjToi  tt}?  o-;(oA^s  tuutt;?,  KatVot  TVcf>XoL,  aTroXavovo-i  ttAt^povs 
^opcf)(i)a'€u)^,    cf>iXoXoyLKrj<;   fcat   Tei^vtK'^s. 

Ets  Tr/v  aTTOKAeto^TiK^^v  TTpwTopovXlav  KOL  evepyetav  toD  'AvayvwcTTO- 
TTOuAot)  0<^eiA€Ta6  Kat  ^  t^pDcrts  IhtaiTlpov  VT^Trtaywyetou  twv  tvc^Xwv,  to 
OTTOtov  €;(et  (rrj^ipov  irepLOvcrtav  virip  to.   2    eKarof^tfivpta  SoAAapiW. 

H  IIATPIS,  riapao-zceLi^  13  'louAioi/. 
Lowell,  Mass.,  13  July,  1906. 


O    0ANATO2    TOY    M.  ANArNfiSTOnOYAOY   EI2    THN 
2X0AHN   TfiN    TY^AfiN 

'ATrepiypaTTTOs  etve  1^  $Xx\pL<i  tyjv  biroiav  irrpo^evrjcrev  6  ^dvaTos  tov 
'Avayvwo^TOTTotiAov  eis  t'^v  S^^oA'^v  twv  tv^Awv.  Atto  t'^s  7rp(i)Tr}<; 
<TTLynrj<;    KaO     rjv    0Lf.?)6d'q    to    uXi/Sepov    dyyeXfjia,    to    TrpocrojTrtKov    Kat    01 


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ftadrjTOL  Trj<;  2;^oA^s,  rrjv  OTroiav  ojs  •rrarrjp  i~l  rpLaKovra  bXoKXrjpa  €T7) 
ht-qvOvvev  6  AvayvwaTOTTovXo?,  KaTi.Xr]^6-r](Tav  vtto  /SaOvTarrjs  a-vyKLvrjcrews 
Kol  uXul/eoiS.  To  crvfi/3ovXtov  ttJ<;  2;)(oA7}s  iKTaKTOi<i  avveXdov  aTree^acrto-ei' 
ei?  evoei^LV  TrevPous  koI  TLfirj<;,  oTr(D<;  Sta/cocr/xry^T}  to  Kzipiov  Trev^i/iojs  Kat 
cTTt  TpiaKovra  rjfi€pa<;  KV/xaTLCrj  fxio-io-Tios  r/  a-rj/xata  Atto  tov  deTo^iaros. 
Ettio-t;?  oLTTccfiacna-Or]  va.  yivrj  fiVTjfioa-vvov,  dXX'  dve^Xi^Orj  rj  reXeo-ts  ai'-rou 
8ta  TOV  ■7rpo(T£)(rj  "^eTTTefx/SpLuv  ore  da  iTravaXr](f)$Q>(rL  ra  /jaO-qfiara  kol  Bo. 
evpLCTKOiVTaL  ci/  BocTTojvr/  TO,  a.Trov(Ttd^ovTa  rjSr]  fieXrj  twv  (rvftfSovXuiv  ws 
Kat  Toi'  TrpoawTTLKov  rrj^  SyoAt^s. 

MIXAHA    ANArNS22TOnOYA02 

Tlpoa-KaXovvraL    a7ra^a7rai/T€s    ol    iv   Boo-Ton'r;    kol   tois   irepii  'ToXcaiv 
Ojuoytvct?    oTTws    8ta   t^s   Trapoucrtas   tcdv  Ttfii^o-oxn  ttjv  jxvrjfiTjv  tov  /xera- 

fTTaVTOS. 

—  Ek  tou  Tpa(f)eiov  rrjs   EkkX.    ETrtTpoTTTy?. 

METANASTHS,   'E/SSofMaSiala  'Ec^Ty^epi?,   ^d^/Sarov, 

14   'louXioi;  190(3 

414  Market  Street,  Lowell,  Mass. 


MIXAHA    ANArNfiSTOnOYAOS 

BIOrPA<I>IKAI     2HMEIQ2EI2 

O  ^apaKTy]p  tov  evyevov^  HTretpwTOD  cA^oVtos  ets  Hoa-Twvrjv  koi 
eyKaTacTTai'Tos  ttXtjctlov  tov  ^LXeXXr]vo<;  irpocrTdTov  tov  dTr€Sei\Orj  vwep. 
o;(OS.  EvTOS  jXLKpov  (T)^€tlkj)S  8La(TTri^uaT0<;  dTre/xaOe  tt/v  'AyyAiK^v  Kat 
CTre'Set^e  toctv/v  Spa(TTr]pLOT7]Ta  Kat  eTrt^ue'Aetav  8ta  to  <f>iXdvOp(DTrov  KaOi- 
opvfxa  oTiep  otrjvuwev  o  AoKTutp  Xdov,  wcrTe  6  €vyevrj<;  'A^ucptKavos  eive 
KaTaKTrjOfi  TeAetws  vtto  tov  (juXoTtfiov  'EAAt^vos.  Kat  otc,  cpcos  evyevrj^ 
Kat  ayvo?  ^vwo-e^Tas  KapStas  Kat  Tas  i//u;^as  t^s  djSpd?  (fnXeXXrjVLSos,  Trjs 
yAae^vpas  TrotryTpta?  Kat  crvyypa^ews,  'lovAt'as  Vofidva-;  Xaou  Kat  tov 
Mi;^a7yA  Ai'ayvojo-Toiroi'Aot',  6  y?;pat09  toTpos,  Set'  iSva-KoXevOrj  KaOoXoKXrj- 
piav  vd  ifiTTLO'Tevufj  Tr]v  7rpo(T(f>iXrj  tov  OvyaTipa  ets  tov  dyairqfiivov  tou 
EAATyva,  TOV  oTTOtov  (xTTo  TToAAov  (L?  aAAov  vtov  eAttTpevev. 

'O    ytt^uos    T^s    8eo"7rotvt8os    lovAtas   Po^avas   Xaov   ucto.   tov    Mtva-^A 


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'AvayvMcrTOTTovXov  ireXecrOrj  tt/i/  31  AiKefi/Spcov  1870.  AucrTv;)(aJs  17 
€vTV)^La  Tov  AvayvoxTTOTTovXov  (L?  crvt,vyov,  8ev  ^i-^pKrjcrev  eTrt  fiaKpov, 
aTroOavov(rr]<i  ttJs  veapa.<;  avTov  (rvvrpoffiov   iv  era   1886. 

Mera  tov  Oavajov  tov  AoKTbipo^  Xaov  cTricru/i/JavTOs  tw  1876,  iKXyjOt] 
6  M.  Ai/ayvcuTOTTOwAos  irapa  tot)  a-vfiftovXiov  tov  Ivottltovtov  va  StaSe- 
)(Ofj  avTov  €ts  T'Jji'  vij/r]Xr]v,  koL  Xtai'  ifnreTrtcrTCVfievrjv  Oea-tv  tov  huvOvvTOv 
TOV  Xafiirpov  kol  cf>iXav6pMTnKov  KadihpvfiaTo<i. 

To  epyov  TOV  M.  AvayrwT07roi;Aov  ws  Steu^WTOU  tou  /^€ydXov  KaOtSpv- 
|UaTO?  VTrrjp^e  ytyavretor,  6  a.Trr]TovvTo  Se  oreAt'Ses  TroXXat,  ottcos  airapid firjo-y 
Ti?  eoTO)  Kttt  ev  TrepiX'^ij/eLf  ras  PeXTiu)crei<;,  ttjv  TrpooSov,  toi/  ttAoCtov,  Kai 
oA.a  TO.  |U€(ra  ariva  €7re</>€p€v  ei/  aurw  ?;  dKaraTrovTjTos,  8/3ao"T7/piOT7^s,  17 
aKpa  eTTLfxeXHa  kol  tj  ctKaraviKT/Tos  epyartKOTTys  aurov. 

Ai  AfiepLKavLKai  icfir]fiepL8e<;,  irXeKova-ai  to  iyKOfiiov  tov  fxeyaXov  veKpov, 
8ev  €vpi(TKovv  Xi^f.i<i  apKov<Ta<;  ottws  ^apaKTrjpLcrwcrt  to  Tpta/coi/TaeTes  6ai;- 
(idcriov  epyov  tov.  H  fxeydXr]  8e  Xwr^  twi'  A/xepLKavwv  dvofioXoyovvTwv 
TO  iueya  k€v6v  OTrep  iirpo^ivrjcriv  b  dTrpoo'SoKT^Tos  udvaTO^  toC  Ai/ayFojo"To- 
TTOuAov,  eive  to  elXiKpivecTTepov  koI  dcfteXeaTepov  Selyfia  Trcpi  ttJs  /AeydA?/s 
TOV  ct^ias. 

O  Mti^ttT^A  Avayvwo'TOTTotiAo?  KaiVot  e^rjcev  ctti  TecrcrapaKovTaeTLav 
(T^^eSoi/  ei'  AfxepLKrj,  ^icrta  tov  ivyeveo-Tepov  'AfieptKaviKov  kolvov,  iKTiftu)- 
fi€vo<;  Kai  V7roXr)TrTo/j,evo<;  Trap  oAwi/,  Trapeftetve  T€Aet05  EAAv/i'  /cai  dyvos 
iraTpi.i))Trj<;.  H  evy€vr]<;  KapBta  tov  ovS'  ctti  o-Tiy/xr]v  tiravcre  TrdXXovaa 
virkp  Trj^  wpatas  TruTpiSos  /Aa?  t^s  OTroias  to  /xcyaAetov  /cat  1^  8dta  VTrrjp^ev 
dveKaOev  to  tSaviKOTcpov  oveipoTroXrjfjLd  tov.  Ai  vTrep  t^?  TraTptSos  )(pri[xa- 
TiKoi  Bvaiai  tov  cive  TOts  Trao'i  yvwcrTat,  5ev  VTrdp^ei  8'  ets  ouStva  17 
iXa^iCTTr]  dfJicjii^oXLa  oTi  kol  oXoKXrjpov  ttjv  dvaAoyw?  fxeydXrjv  avTOv 
Trepiovcriav  vTrep  TavTy]<;   kAt/poSotci   Sta  t-^s  8La6-^Kr]<;  tov. 


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MEMORIAL  EXERCISES 

FOR 

For  thirty  years  Director  op  the  Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind. 

HELD   AT 

TREMONT  TEMPLE,   BOSTON, 

Wednesday  afternoon,  October  twenty-four,  nineteen 
hundred  and  six,  at  three  o' clock, 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 
GEN.    FRANCIS    HENRY    APPLETON    PRESIDING. 

PROGRAMME. 

1.  Prayer. 

Rev.  Paul  Revere  Frothingham. 

2.  Chopin's  Funeral  March. 

The  School  Orchestra. 

3.  Greeting. 

Gen.  Francis  Henry  Appleton. 

4.  Response. 

Hon.  Curtis  Guild,  Jr.,  Governor  of  Massachusetts. 

5.  Address. 

Hon.  John  F.  Fitzgerald,  Maj'or  of  Boston. 

6.  Address. 

Mr.  Frank  B.  Sanborn. 

7.  Poem. 

Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe. 

8.  Address. 

Prof.  J.  Irving  Manatt,  of  Brown  University. 

9.  Chorus  for  Female  Voices. 

"Their  Sun  shall  no  more  go  down."        Tuckerman. 

10.  Address. 

Right  Rev.  WiUiam  Lawrence,  Episcopal  Bishop  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 

11.  Organ.  Sonata,  "0  Filii."  Lemmens. 

Mr.   David  Wood,   Musical   Director  of    the    Pennsylvania 
School  for  the  Bhnd. 

12.  Benediction, 

Rev.  Nestor  Souslides. 


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3ln  ilfmnrtam. 

MICHAEL  ANAGNOS. 

Long  ago,  when  Hellas,  bleeding, 
Stretched  her  hands  for  aid. 

From  our  shores  a  hero  speeding- 
Eager  answer  made. 

Clothed  the  naked,  raised  the  fallen. 
Eased  the  hunger-pain, 

Toiled  unceasing  till  the  country 
Smiled  in  peace  again. 

Home  returned,  in  noble  labours 

Fled  the  swift  years  past ; 
Striving,  straining,  blooming,  waning. 

Rest  must  come  at  last. 
Then  the  land  his  youthful  daring 

Helped  to  raise  and  free, 
Cried,  "  0  friend,  my  blessing  bearing. 

Comes  my  son  to  thee !  " 

Then  a  youth,  with  ardour  fired, 

Sought  the  elder's  side ; 
Learned  to  share  the  toil  inspired. 

Helm  and  harness  tried ; 
Learned  to  fight  the  world-foes  cruel, 

Darkness,  pain,  and  sin; 
Eager  sought  for  Truth's  dear  jewel. 

Sought,  nor  failed  to  win. 


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Left  alone,  he  bowed  his  shoulder 

'Neath  the  double  load ; 
Felt  the  prophet-mantle  fold  him, 

Sought  the  climbing  road. 
Never  failing,  never  resting, 

Like  his  chief,  he  passed 
On  from  strength  to  strength,  till  sudden 

Fell  the  night  at  last. 

Hand  in  hand,  0  sister  nations, 

Mourn  the  valiant  dead; 
Hand  in  hand  the  laurel  twuie  ye 

For  this  silent  head. 
And,  0  children,  for  whose  service 

All  his  life  was  spent, 
In  your  loving  hearts  be  builded 

High  his  .monument ! 

Laura  E.  Richards. 

The  program  opened  with  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Paul 
Revere  Frothingham  of  the  Arlington  street  church 
and  this  was  followed  by  Chopin's  Funeral  March,  a 
tribute  from  the  school  orchestra  rendered  with  rev- 
erent strains.  Hon.  Francis  Henry  Appleton,  presi- 
dent of  the  corporation,  who  conducted  the  exercises, 
offered  words  of  greeting,  and  announced  as  the  first 
speaker  His  Excellency  Curtis  Guild,  Jr.,  Governor  of 
Massachusetts,  who  gave  a  most  fitting  response.  His 
address  is  here  given  and  is  followed  by  the  various 
tributes  honoring  the  noble  life  so  sadly  ended. 

Address  of  Governor  Guild. 
Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  —  It  is  a  privilege  at 
this  time  to  be  permitted  to  commemorate,  in  the  name  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  the  service  of  one  who  loved 


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his  fellowmen.  As  3'ou  know,  his  work  was  not  only  associated 
with  a  privately  endowed  institution,  but  with  public  service  to 
the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  We  are,  therefore,  joint 
hosts  today  at  these  memorial  services  in  memory  of  one  who 
in  both  capacities  was  the  servant  of  humanity.  We  meet  here 
with  sorrow,  yet  not  without  exultation.  We  have  no  vain 
lamentations  that  Divine  Providence  saw  fit  to  remove  this  man 
in  the  fulness  of  his  prime  and  of  his  work,  but  we  exult  that 
this  life  was  nobly  lived,  was  lived  within  the  borders  and  in  the 
service  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  Whatever  he 
did  was  done  well. 

It  was  my  high  privilege  to  know  him  both  officially  and  as  u 
personal  friend,  to  visit  and  see  him  in  his  touching  work  among 
the  little  children,  to  note  the  kind  word  of  cheer,  the  ever  ready 
flow  of  kindly  wit  and  humor,  the  encouragement,  the  almost 
divine  patience  with  which  the  little  hands  were  guided  till  those 
that  sat  in  darkness  gradually  began  to  see  at  least  a  great  mental 
light.  I  do  not  know  that  anything  could  make  him  happier  than 
what  he  must  know  now,  —  the  last  fruit  of  his  labors. 

This  year,  as  you  know,  the  Commonwealth  has  gone  further 
than  the  instruction  of  blind  children  and  now  proposes  to 
educate  and  to  make  useful  citizens  of  the  adult  blind.  More- 
over that  wonderful,  noble  woman,  who  came  to  his  care  blind, 
deaf  and  dumb,  the  helpless,  apparently  hopeless  child,  Helen 
Keller,  now  a  woman,  able,  intelligent,  useful  and  valuable  to 
the  community,  sits  upon  this  State  Commission  in  Massachu- 
setts, as  a  state  officer,  that  her  help  and  her  wisdom  may  aid 
the  Commonwealth  in  the  education  of  the  unfortunate  com- 
mitted to  its  charge. 

I  shall  not  longer  detain  the  orators  of  the  day.  In  my 
capacity  as  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  Commonwealth  I  add  its 
greeting  to  your  welcome  to  these  memorial  exercises. 

The  name  of  Michael  Anagnos  belongs  to  Greece;  the  fame 
of  him  belongs  to  the  United  States;  but  his  service  belongs  to 
humanity ! 


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Address  of  Mayor  Fitzgerald. 

M7\  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  —  I  bring  the  warm 
sympath}'^  of  Boston's  people  to  this  meeting  this  afternoon. 

The  life  of  Michael  Anagnos,  dividing  itself  into  two  distinct 
periods,  offers  two  noble  figures  to  our  study  and  emulation,  — 
the  Greek  patriot  and  the  American  teacher. 

A  Boston  gentleman,  zealous  for  the  liberation  of  the  Greeks, 
found  him,  a  youth  in  his  native  land,  who  consecrated  his  young 
ardor  to  the  high  cause  of  liberty.  Their  acquaintance  ripened 
into  friendship,  and  thus  by  what  may  seem  a  happy  accident  our 
country  gained  one  more  immigrant  destined  to  a  career  of  dis- 
tinguished usefulness.  In  this  land  of  opportunity  the  fervor  of 
his  aspiring  manhood  ran  into  new  channels,  and  when  the  time 
came  to  select  a  successor  to  Dr.  Howe,  no  one  seemed  more 
fitting  than  young  Anagnos  to  direct  the  great  institution,  which 
has  so  long  aided  and  extended  the  fair  credit  of  our  beloved  city. 

I  have  said  that  this  may  be  somewhat  accidental,  but  in  the 
deeper  sense  there  was  little  that  was  accidental  in  our  friend's 
career.  It  was  no  accident  that  Mr,  Anagnos,  with  his  generous 
nature,  should  give  his  powers  to  the  cause  of  his  oppressed 
fellow  Greeks;  it  was  no  accident  that  a  promising  scholar  and 
.journalist  should  attract  the  attention  of  the  educated  American 
sympathizer ;  it  was  no  accident  that  this  lover  of  freedom  should 
be  drawn  to  the  home  of  liberty,  which  has  opened  its  arms  before 
and  since  to  Lafayette  and  Kosciusko,  to  Kossuth  and  Davitt,  to 
John  Burns  and  Henry  George  and  other  liberators  from  many 
lands;  it  was  no  accident  that  the  hands  which  had  striven  to 
release  fettered  limbs  should  feel  themselves  well  occupied  loosen- 
ing the  bandages  on  sightless  eyes.  The  patriot  and  the  teacher 
in  this  man,  as  in  so  many  others,  blended  naturally,  and  I  do 
not  know  which  is  his  higher  title  to  esteem. 

Forty  years  of  life  in  Boston  did  not  cause  Mr.  Anagnos  to 
cease  to  be  a  Greek.    Although  his  fellow-countr}^men  here  were 


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few  he  identified  himself  with  their  interests  and  stood  frankly 
but  not  obtrusively  before  the  community  as  a  representative  of  a 
minor  people.  He  was  not  ashamed  to  be  a  hyphenated  Ameri- 
can, if  to  escape  that  reproach  meant  ceasing  to  remember  the 
country  of  his  origin.  It  would  be  strange,  indeed,  if  the  pre- 
tensions of  latter  races  led  him  to  forget  he  was  a  kinsman  of 
Socrates  and  Alexander,  a  defender  of  those  matchless  nations, 
which  over  two  thousand  years  ago  raised  civilization  to  its  acme 
in  the  capital  of  Attica. 

In  one  respect,  however,  this  modern  Greek  rejected  the  wisdom 
of  the  ancients.  The  old  Spartans  exposed  their  puny  infants 
on  Mt.  Taygetus.  Our  modern  Athens  has  its  cradle  for  the 
frailest  of  these  castaways,  realizing  that  in  the  least  of  their 
helpless  bodies  there  abides  a  glowing  soul  and  justly  fearing  the 
wrath  of  heaven  that  should  follow  the  sacrifice  of  that  priceless 
jewel. 

It  is  in  this  character  that  we  know  Michael  Anagnos  best  — 
not  as  a  mountain  rebel,  but  as  the  shepherd  of  the  sightless 
flock  who  are  his  chief  mourners  today.  The  statesman  and  the 
soldier  may  well  envy  this  private  citizen  his  wreath  of  tribute  — 
the  love  of  the  afflicted  among  whom  he  walked,  imparting 
strength,  renewing  hope,  devising  practical  helps  —  in  a  word 
maintaining  worthily  the  traditions  of  that  great  school  for  the 
blind  in  which  modern  science  and  Christian  charity  all  but 
duplicate  the  sweetest  miracles  of  the  Galilean. 

Address  of  Mr.  F.  B.  Sanborn. 
Friends  of  the  Unfortunate:  By  this  title,  which  must  apply 
even  to  those  who  have  come  to  our  memorial  meeting  under  an 
impulse  of  curiosity,  I  address  you,  while  I  occupy  a  few  minutes 
of  your  time  in  speaking  of  those  two  life-long  benefactors  of 
the  unfortunate,  who  traced  an  unbroken  line  of  success  in  the 
education  of  the  blind,  in  this  city  of  their  birth  or  their  choice, 
for  three-quarters  of  a  centur}'.     I  speak  both  of  Dr.  Howe  and 


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Michael  Anagnos,  because  the  work  and  the  fame  of  the  two 
are  inseparably  connected.  As  Emerson  said  of  Socrates  and 
Plato,  those  compatriots  and  teachers  of  Anagnos,  on  their  own 
sacred  soil  of  Athens,  —  Howe  and  Anagnos  are  "  that  double 
star  which  the  most  powerful  instruments  will  not  entirely  sep- 
arate.'^  Or,  to  pursue  this  celestial  figure,  so  inspiring  to  poets 
that  Dante  closes  many  a  canto  with  an  uplifting  regard  to  the 
stars  in  the  heavens,  —  Anagnos  might  have  said  of  his  master 
in  philanthropy  as  the  Eoman  poet  Persius  said  to  his  master  in 
the  Stoic  philosophy,  Annaeus  Cornutus, 

Neseio  quid,  eerte  est  quod  me  tibi  temperat  astrum,  — 

Some  star  it  was,   I  know  not  which, 

Attuned  my  soul  to  thine. 

The  story  of  Dr.  Howe  is  well  known,  although  less  familiar 
to  the  present  generation  than  to  the  three  generations  in  which 
he  lived  and  toiled,  always  for  the  good  of  the  unfortunate,  for 
the  upbuilding  of  the  poor  and  lowly,  and  for  the  succor  of  the 
oppressed.  He  enlisted  before  he  was  three  and  twenty  in  the 
almost  hopeless  cause  of  the  Greeks ;  he  suffered  in  their  defeats, 
rejoiced  in  their  victory,  and  carried  to  the  aid  of  their  starving 
women  and  children  the  relief  which  the  generosity  of  America 
so  liberally  supplied  fourscore  years  ago.  Forty  active  years 
glided  away,  finding  him  daily  employed  in  the  most  varied 
deeds  of  beneficence,  —  when  another  call  of  Greek  misfortune 
summoned  him  to  those  shores  again.  He  obeyed  the  summons, 
and  a  second  time  carried  with  him  thousands  of  dollars  to 
relieve  the  suffering  and  promote  the  education  of  the  exiled 
Cretans  in  Athens. 

'V\Tiile  thus  engaged,  and  while  seeking  an  educated  and  phil- 
anthropic Athenian  to  act  as  confidential  secretary,  that  Provi- 
dence which  we  are  very  apt  to  term  Chance,  made  him  ac- 
quainted with  Micliael  Anagnostopoulos,  a  young  graduate  of 
the  great  Athenian  University,  who  was  pursuing  journalism  and 


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political  reform  in  Greece.  That  selecting  eye  which  Dr.  Howe 
had  by  nature,  at  once  fastened  upon  the  youth  as  capable  of 
good  service,  although  there  was  as  yet  no  thought  of  bringing 
him  to  New  England,  still  less  of  engaging  him  in  the  instruction 
of  the  blind.  He  became  in  May,  1867,  the  secretary  of  Dr. 
Howe,  and  I  have  before  me  the  Biblion  Hellenikes  Allelo- 
grapliias  (Book  of  Greek  Correspondence  "Cretan^'),  in  which 
the  hand  of  the  young  scholar  was  employed  in  turning  into 
Greek  and  French  the  clear  and  vigorous  messages  of  the  Cheva- 
lier Howe,  to  the  officials  and  private  persons  with  whom  he  had 
relations  of  business  in  Greece  and  the  islands,  from  May  33  to 
July  23,  1867.  Dr.  Howe  then  left  Athens  for  Switzerland  and 
Western  Europe,  not,  as  a  generation  before,  to  recover  his 
almost  ruined  health  among  the  mountains,  but  to  examine  hos- 
pitals and  prisons  with  a  view  to  improve  the  state  charities  of 
Massachusetts,  of  which  he  was  then  the  chief  administrator,  as 
chairman  of  the  old  Board  of  State  Charities.  This  left  Anag- 
nostopoulos  in  full  charge  of  the  Cretan  business  at  Athens,  and 
so  well  did  he  manage  its  delicate  affairs  that  Dr.  Howe  invited 
him  to  visit  America,  and  here  learn  our  language,  habits  and 
institutions,  so  as  to  render  himself  more  capable  of  serving 
Crete  and  Greece  in  their  constantly  recurring  political  crises. 
He  accepted  the  invitation  and  continued  to  be  Howe's  secretary 
for  the  Cretan  affairs  during  the  year  1868,  while  the  good 
people  of  Boston  and  other  parts  of  the  United  States  were 
raising  thousands  of  dollars,  at  Howe's  appeal,  for  the  relief 
and  support  of  the  revolted  Christians  of  that  beautiful  island 
of  Minos  and  Ariadne. 

Again,  while  he  is  writing  English  in  this  capacity,  I  have 
the  volume  before  me,  and  can  trace  the  rapid  progress  of  the 
student  in  the  crooked  orthography  and  perplexing  syntax  of  our 
vernacular.  The  English  letters  interspersed  with  Greek  ones, 
begin  April  21,  1868,  and  announce  the  success  of  Dr.  Howe, 
Dr.  Edward  Hale,  the  Lawrences  and  others  of  the  Boston  Greek 


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Eelief  Committee,  in  providing  money  for  the  good  cause.  Here, 
for  example,  is  a  note  of  April  21,  not  always  correct  in  transcrib- 
ing the  rapid  scrawl  of  Dr.  Howe,  but  sufficiently  plain  in  its 
purport : 

(April  21.)  Yours  of  the  ISth  received.  Mr.  Rodocauachi  has  a 
half  promise  from  Inman  Line  to  take  some  freight  free;  but  as  I 
cannot  have  access  to  him  today,  and  as  we  shall  want  other  aid, 
from  them,  I  beg  you  to  forward  the  16  on  the  best  terms  you  can 
obtain.  Our  Fair  was  a  success  morally  and  pecuniarily.  It  has 
aroused  sympathy  for  the  Cretans,  and  will  bring  in  over  $15,000 
cash. 

This  international  philanthropy  went  on  for  months  from  Dr. 
Howe's  well-known  office  in  Bromfield  Street,  "up  one  flight," 
where  more  plans  were  matured  for  the  good  of  the  down-trodden 
than  anywhere  else  in  Boston,  —  rich  as  this  blessed  city  has 
been  in  such  corners  of  philanthropic  conspiracy.  But  in  the 
intervals  of  fairs  and  correspondence  Dr.  Howe  employed  his 
young  friend  in  teaching  modern  and  ancient  Greek  to  members 
of  his  family,  and  in  giving  instruction  in  the  classics  to  a  few 
of  the  blind  at  South  Boston.  He  did  not  then  feel  at  liberty  to 
offer  him  a  suitable  place,  for  permanence,  in  the  Perkins  Insti- 
tution, but  favored  the  wish  of  Anagnostopoulos  to  take  up 
classical  teaching  in  some  western  college.  An  opening  present- 
ing itself  at  an  Ohio  college.  Dr.  Howe  (Oct.  4,  1869)  sent  to  its 
President  this  letter  of  commendation : 

I  have  known  Mr.  Anagnostopoulos  several  years  veiy  intimately. 
He  is  a  thoroughly  honest  man.  He  has  uncommon  natural  gifts, 
and  has  improved  himself  by  a  pretty  broad  culture.  He  knows 
Greek,  English  and  French.  As  a  Grecian,  he  has  few  equals  in 
this  country.  He  is  capable  of  fiUmg  the  post  of  Greek  Professor  in 
any  of  our  Universities  with  honor.  Personally  he  is  a  modest, 
amiable  and  agreeable  man;  and  he  would,  I  doubt  not,  be  popular 
among  students. 


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And  now  what  was  the  life  history  of  this  youth  of  thirty 
3'ears,  so  well  portrayed  by  his  earliest  American  friend?  Born 
in  poverty  on  a  mountain  side  in  Epirus,  not  quite  seventy  years 
ago,  in  a  village  where,  though  tributary  to  the  Sultan  on  the 
Bosphorus,  no  Turk  had  ever  set  his  wicked  foot,  the  boy  Michael 
had  thirsted  for  education,  like  most  of  his  Hellenic  race,  and 
was  taught  in  that  village  as  far  as  the  local  school  could  carry 
him  forward.  He  then  sought  admission  to  the  nearest  high 
school  of  reputation,  —  that  which  he  has  since  gratefully  en- 
dowed with  revenue  in  the  famous  city  of  Janina,  the  former 
capital  of  Ali  Pasha.  Like  his  own  mountain  region,  this  roman- 
tic toAvn,  with  its  bloody  history,  lies  in  one  of  the  most  pic- 
turesque situations  in  the  world,  which  Byron,  in  the  first  flush 
of  his  genius,  described  for  all  time : 

No  city's  towers  pollute  the  lovely  view, 

Unseen  is  Janina,  though  not  remote, 

Veiled  by  the  screen  of  hill ;  here  men  are  few, 

Scanty  the  hamlet,  rare  the  lonely  cot; 

But  peering  dowii  each  precipice,  the  goat 

Browseth,  —  and  pensive  o'er  his  scattered  flock, 

The  little  shepherd  in  his  white  capote 

Doth  lean  his  boyish  form  along  the  rock, 

Or  in  his  cave  awaits  the  tempest's  short-lived  shock. 

Such  we  may  picture  the  childhood  of  Michael  on  the  ridges  of 
Zagora,  leading  the  pastoral  or  the  agricultural  life,  amid  sur- 
roundings Arcadian  in  their  rough  simplicity ;  where  at  his  noon- 
day rest,  or  as  the  shadows  fall  at  sundown,  you  may  hear  this 
same  little  shepherd  filling  the  solitude  with  the  sweet,  pensive 
notes  of  his  rustic  pipe,  —  as  Dr.  Manatt  and  I  have  listened  to 
them  in  the  shades  of  the  Marathonian  forest.  In  Janina,  while 
he  pursued  his  Greek  and  Latin  studies  there,  Michael  fared 
hard  and  worked  hard  for  years,  hut  he  achieved  his  purpose  at 
last,   and  entered  the   University  of   Athens,  —  really   the   one 


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■university  of  the  whole  Greek-speaking  race,  in  the  year  1857, 
He  continued  to  hear  lectures  and  perform  exercises  there  for  the 
five  years,  1857-61,  inclusive,  and  had  begun  studies  in  1856 
there.  What  his  studies  were  in  part  are  shown  by  the  certificate 
of  his  professors,  now  in  my  hands.  Greek  art  and  archeology 
under  the  scholar  and  diplomatist  Eangabe  in  1856,  and  con- 
tinued for  two  years;  in  1857-58  he  studied  philolog}',  Greek 
tragedy  and  the  Greek  poets,  with  a  special  course  on  the  Plutus 
of  Aristophanes  and  the  comic  poets;  also  the  history  of  phil- 
osophy and  part  of  Aristotle,  together  with  general  history  and 
natural  law.  Mathematics,  physics,  mineralogy  and  the  Latin 
poets  Catullus  and  Tibullus,  rounded  out  the  year  1858.  In 
1859  he  studied  Sophocles,  Pindar  and  Thucydides,  the  Latin 
prose  writers,  ethics  and  anthropology;  continued  the  history  of 
philosophy  and  of  art,  and  read  Horace.  In  1860-61  he  studied 
Virgil  and  Eoman  life,  logic  and  metaphysics  and  modern  phil- 
osophy; also  zoology,  archeology,  Greek  history,  Plato  and  the 
bucolic  poets  and  Thucydides.  He  went  on  with  mathematics, 
and  with  ancient  art,  —  which  even  then  could  be  studied  in  the 
museums  of  Athens  with  many  advantages,  long  before  the  spade 
of  Schliemann  had  shown  the  way  to  the  remarkable  discoveries 
made  since  1862. 

This  course  of  study,  differing  from  ours  or  the  English  uni- 
versity course,  but  rather  in  its  order  of  sequence  than  its  result 
on  the  mind,  fitted  the  graduate  for  the  life  of  a  teaching  scholar, 
a  publicist  or  a  journalist.  He  chose  a  combination  of  the  first 
and  last,  and  connected  himself  with  the  active,  energetic  liberal 
journalism  of  Athens.  Having  a  strong  bent  towards  political 
reforms,  he  cooperated  in  the  downfall  of  the  Bavarian  King 
Otho,  and,  in  conjunction  with  a  few  young  men,  and  with  the 
heroic  Garibaldi,  he  introduced  Free  Masonry  by  the  Scottish 
rite,  among  the  restless  Greek  people,  in  the  interest  of  liberty 
and  civilization.  He  was  training  himself  to  public  life,  and 
seeking  the  wider  career  for  which  nature  and  culture  had  fitted 


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him,  when  Dr.  Howe  fortunately  encountered  him  in  Greece. 
He  had  the  strong,  sincere  qualities  of  the  Epirot  Greek,  brought 
up  in  the  simplicit}^  of  rural  life  and  able  to  resist  the  temptations 
to  intrigue  and  commercialism  which  beset  the  Fanariot  and  the 
Peloponnesian  Greek. 

It  was  not  long  before  Anagnos  in  America  began  thus  to 
shorten  his  family  name  and  to  lengthen  his  stay  amid  the  agree- 
able and  useful  surroundings  of  the  Perkins  Institution.  Dr. 
Howe,  with  his  declining  strength  and  increasing  occupations, 
found  his  disciple  more  and  more  needful  in  the  care  of  the 
schools,  for  which  the  Greek  scholar  had  a  natural  fitness,  as  he 
had,  also,  for  the  financial  arrangements  that  Dr.  Howe  had  per- 
haps too  much  allowed  to  take  care  of  themselves.  By  1871, 
when  the  affairs  of  Santo  Domingo  first  claimed  Dr.  Howe's 
attention,  Mr.  Anagnos  was  found  equal  to  the  care  of  the  insti- 
tution, with  help  from  others,  in  the  absence  of  the  aged  director. 
He  had  also  won  the  heart  of  the  eldest  child  of  the  Howe  family, 
the  enthusiastic,  self-consecrated  Julia,  and  became  the  son-in- 
law  of  the  man  whom  he  regarded  as  his  adopted  father  in 
philanthropy.  In  the  year  of  illness  that  preceded  Dr.  Howe's 
death  in  January,  1876,  Mr.  Anagnos  was  practically  in  charge 
of  the  whole  institution;  so  that  when  the  question  of  a  suc- 
cessor came  up,  it  was  easy  to  see  that  he  was  the  best  man  for 
the  difficult  place.  He  was  chosen,  but  at  first  with  a  kind  of 
trusteeship  over  him  by  the  governing  Board,  who  could  hardly 
see  how  a  foreigner,  not  yet  very  old,  could  be  trusted  with  the 
whole  control  of  the  administration  of  an  establishment  so  im- 
portant and  so  peculiarly  Bostonian.  Mr.  Anagnos,  whose  mod- 
esty did  not  go  to  the  timid  extreme  of  doubting  his  own  fitness 
for  a  place  in  which  he  had  been  long  tested,  intimated  that  he 
could  not  hold  it  under  a  sort  of  daily  guardianship;  he  would 
withdraw,  if  it  was  desired,  and  would  be  as  loyal  to  the  trustees 
as  he  had  been  during  the  absence  and  illness  of  Dr.  Howe;  but 
he  could  not  accept  a  divided  authority,  that  sure  source  of  dis- 


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cord  and  maladministration.  The  Board  saw  the  wisdom  of  his 
position,  confirmed  him  in  it,  and  now  for  more  than  thirty  years 
he  has  filled  it  with  increasing  honor  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  all 
who  know  what  the  instruction  of  the  blind  requires,  and  allows. 
His  native  justice  and  generosity  has  secured  to  all  who  were 
under  his  authority,  whether  pupils,  teachers,  matrons,  or  in 
whatever  station,  everything  that  equity  required,  and  sometimes 
more  than  their  conduct  merited.  At  the  same  time  he  was  strict 
in  his  requirements,  as  the  case  demanded,  keen  in  his  observa- 
tion of  merit  or  defect,  and  prompt  to  act  when  needful.  He 
chose  to  suffer  injustice  himself  and  to  bear  unmerited  reproach, 
rather  than  to  wrong  others  or  publicly  to  blame  those  who  were 
quick  to  blame  him.  Consequently,  as  always  happens  to  the 
unselfish,  his  goodness  was  taken  advantage  of  now  and  then, 
but  at  all  other  times  he  received  from  those  about  him  the 
entire  respect  and  affection  of  such  as  aided  him  to  carry  on  the 
mission  entrusted  to  him  and  to  them.  I,  who  have  seen  many 
establishments  directed  by  able  chiefs,  at  the  head  of  many  sub- 
ordinates, have  never  seen  one  where  loyalty  to  the  chief  was 
more  marked  or  longer  continued.  He  held  for  a  whole  genera- 
tion a  place  in  which  he  was  greatly  trusted,  in  which  he  accom- 
plished grand  results,  and  in  which  he  was  true  to  every  trust 
reposed  in  him.  He  accepted  that  saying  of  George  Washington, 
the  most  scrupulous  of  our  countrymen :  —  "  Where  an  expecta- 
tion has  been  allowed,  an  obligation  is  incurred,''  and  he  silently 
fulfilled  the  obligation  where  many  Greeks  and  many  Americans 
would  have  spoken  in  their  own  justification. 

My  subject  today  is  Successors  in  Success,  and  we  shall  find  it 
hard  to  point  to  a  better  instance  than  the  work  begun,  carried 
on,  and  finished  by  Dr.  Howe  and  his  son-in-law,  —  men  so 
unlike  in  all  but  results.  Dr.  Howe  was  a  man  of  genius,  capable, 
as  the  epigram  says  of  "  generalizing  from  a  single  instance," 
and  of  following  up  his  theory  with  a  practical  method  of  working 
it  out.    He  also  had  acquired  a  general  experience  by  serving  for 


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years,  and  in  varied  positions,  in  the  world-movement  begun  in 
the  Greek  Eevolution.  Mr.  Anagnos  had  no  such  genius  and  no 
equivalent  experience.  But  he  was  one  of  a  frugal  and  highly 
organized  race,  which  takes  to  general  culture  as  neither  the 
American  nor  the  ordinary  Englishman  readily  does;  and,  be- 
longing to  a  small  nation,  still  held  in  leading-strings  by  the 
pragmatical  Great  Powers,  he  was  not  compelled  to  follow  where 
the  bias  of  a  great  nation  should  fatally  carry  him.  Like  the 
Switzer,  the  Dane  and  the  Hollander,  I  believe  the  modern  Greek 
can  possess  his  political  mind  in  a  certain  impartiality. 

However  this  may  be,  Anagnos  formed  for  himself  profound 
theories  of  education  and  of  social  possibilities,  which  were  of 
much  service  to  him  in  doing  the  work  thrown  upon  him  by  the 
last  illness  and  death  of  Dr.  Howe;  and  he  was  born  with  a 
practical  faculty,  and  an  ease  of  adapting  himself  to  the  persons 
who  must  work  with  him,  which  the  impulsive  and  rather  im- 
patient Dr.  Howe  did  not  so  fully  possess,  at  least  in  his  later 
moiety  of  life,  when  I  best  knew  him.  Anagnos  was  therefore 
adapted  by  dissimilarity  of  gifts,  while  actuated  by  a  like  spirit, 
to  take  up  the  burden  where  Howe  laid  it  down.  His  first  initia- 
tive of  success,  beyond  the  daily  routine  of  a  well  managed  blind 
school,  was  to  conceive  and  put  in  practice  a  kindergarten  for  the 
blind.  Without  giving  in  to  the  slightly  sentimental  view  of 
the  customary  kindergarten  in  this  country,  he  saw  what  an 
adjunct  it  could  be  made,  as  a  preliminary,  to  the  musical  educa- 
tion instituted  and  made  practical  by  Dr.  Howe  for  the  blind. 
He  perceived  also  how  warmly  .the  community,  and  especially 
good  women,  would  be  likely  to  welcome  such  an  addition  to  the 
Perkins  Institution.  The  event  of  the  past  twenty  years  proves 
how  Just  was  his  forethought  in  both  these  vital  points.  This 
community,  responding  to  his  constant  appeal,  has  now  built  up 
an  establishment  at  Jamaica  Plain  which,  in  its  appointments 
and  its  results,  excels  any  example  of  the  kind  known  to  me  in 
the  world. 


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The  most  brilliant  (though  not  the  most  useful)  of  Dr.  Howe's 
achievements  was  the  discovery  and  instruction  of  Laura  Bridg- 
man,  the  deaf  and  blind  child.  He  did  in  that  case  what  nobody 
had  ever  done  before,  and  what  to  most  persons  seemed  a  miracle. 
It  drew  towards  him  the  admiration  of  the  world,  and  secured 
from  kings  and  governments  decorations  and  honors,  which  he 
little  valued,  but  which  attested  the  sympathy  of  nations.  His 
success  made  the  way  easy  for  all  others,  and  no  one  as  yet  has 
improved  on  Dr.  Howe's  method  of  instruction  in  such  cases. 
But  this  was  his  chief  triumph  of  the  kind;  once  having  shown 
his  genius,  he  turned  it  to  other  and  harder  tasks ;  for  the  restora- 
tion of  Laura  to  society,  though  unexampled,  was  not  so  difficult 
as  it  had  appeared.  At  this  point  Anagnos  took  up  the  work, 
and  he  proceeded  to  apply  Howe's  method  to  many  cases,  and 
with  greater  success  in  some  than  poor  Laura's  conditions 
afforded. 

Mr.  Anagnos  claimed  no  credit  for  instructing  the  blind  or  the 
deaf,  any  more  than  Dr.  Howe  did  for  his  services  to  both 
classes  of  the  unfortunate.  They  were  above  the  petty  vanity 
of  craving  praise  for  acts  which  compelled  praise  from  others. 
They  made  the  talents  of  their  pupils  known  for  the  information 
and  encouragement  of  others,  not  for  glory  to  themselves.  But 
this  modesty  need  not  restrict  us  from  giving  them  the  praise 
due,  not  only  from  those  directly  benefited  by  their  toil  and 
their  wisdom,  but  from  us  who  saw  them  at  their  self-imposed 
tasks. 

Forty  years  ago,  when  it  becai^e  my  official  duty  to  report  on 
the  work  of  Dr.  Howe  up  to  his  63d  year,  and  the  story  of  Laura 
Bridgman  had  been  briefly  told,  in  his  well-chosen  words,  it  was 
remarked :  — 

The  slow  steps  which  this  child  was  compelled  to  take  in  her 
progress  toward  knowledge  were  watched  with  deep  interest  through- 


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out  the  country  and  in  foreign  lands.  Strangers  visiting  America 
were  curious  to  see  the  results  of  this  new  art,  by  which  a  soul  had 
been  awakened  where  it  had  almost  been  doubted  to  exist.  What  had 
been  the  generous  striving  of  a  lover  of  his  kind  to  assist  one  of  its 
most  unfortunate  children,  became  the  occasion  of  fame  to  himself 
and  to  his  countrymen.  There  are  few  such  examples  on  record, 
and  the  memory  of  them  should  not  be  suffered  to  pass  away,  since 
they  set  in  a  new  and  stronger  light  the  capacities  of  the  human 
Bcjnd  and  the  resources  of  a  philanthropic  heart. 

It  was  in  this  spirit  that  our  departed  friend  labored  for  years 
to  show  forth  the  achievements  of  the  deaf-blind.  He  main- 
tained and  proclaimed  the  excellence  of  this  institution,  when 
blindly  assailed  by  some  of  its  own  children ;  and  the  last  words 
that  we  heard  him  publicly  utter,  at  the  last  anniversary  of 
Washington's  Birthday,  were  a  clear  statement  of  what  this  noble 
foundation  of  Howe,  Perkins,  Boston  and  Massachusetts  is  now 
able  to  do  for  its  pupils  and  its  graduates.  To  none  of  its  bene- 
factors is  it  more  indebted  for  noble  action,  considerate  speech 
and  generous  silence,  than  to  this  mountaineer  of  Albania  who 
made  himself  a  renowned  citizen  of  the  world,  and  finally  became 
a  citizen  of  our  American  Eepublic. 

Poem  Composed  and  Eead  by  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe, 
michael  anagnos. 
Vainly  we  listen  for  his  tread, 

Returning  from  a  distant  shore. 
Here,  where  his  fruitful  days  were  sped, 
The  friend  beloved  is  seen  no  more. 

Truly,  it  was  a  gracious  gift 

That  Greece  vouchsafed  us,  when  he  came 

With  buoyant  step  and  heart  alight 
To  win  an  enviable  fame. 


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The  oracles  of  Hellas  old, 

The  dream  of  glories  yet  to  be 
Had  taught  his  spii-it,  frank  and  bold, 

The  price  and  worth  of  liberty. 

He  entered  where  a  champion  crowned 

His  noble  conquests  still  pursued. 
For  him  the  clarion  blast  did  sound 

That  stiiTed  the  elder  Hero's  blood. 

Where  souls  in  shadows  dim  abode 

Ungladdened  by  the  hght  of  day. 
His  tutelary  guidance  showed 

The  light  of  Truth's  all  conquering  ray ; 

For  they  should  know  the  world  so  fair, 

Its  record  brave,  its  wondrous  plan, 
And,  though  despoiled  of  Nature,  share 

The  great  inheritance  of  man. 

Oh !  friends  who  gather  in  the  class 

The  welcome  word  to  hear  and  tell. 
Take  with  you,  as  you  onward  pass, 

The  thought  of  him  who  loved  you  well. 

That  love  which  doth  all  ills  redeem, 
Which  seals  man's  noblest  promise  true. 

The  prophet's  pledge,  the  poet's  dream, 
Be  that  his  legacy  to  you. 

Address  of  Bishop  Lawrence, 
Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  —  Wlierever  a  man  has 
done  a  normal,  strong  and  beautiful  work,  there  one  may  find  in 
the  background  a  woman,  who  has  loved,  comforted  and  inspired 
him. 

I  cannot  refrain  at  this  moment  from  reminding  you  how  be- 
hind the  genius  of  Dr.  Howe  there  was  always  the  presence  of 


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Mrs.  Howe,  and  how  supporting  Mr.  Anagnos  was  a  daughter  of 
them  both,  to  whom  —  the  one  with  us —  (the  other  we  trust  is 
with  us  spiritually)  — we  give  grateful  recognition,  affection 
and  regard. 

Eeminded,  as  we  often  are,  of  the  material  elements  in  our 
civilization,  our  second  sober  thoughts  lead  us  again  and  again 
to  the  consciousness  that  self-sacrifice  is  at  the  foundation  of 
our  institutions,  our  civilization  and  our  homes.  We  know  that 
beneath  the  great  structure  of  our  civic  life  there  are  thousands 
of  devoted  men  and  women  who  are  giving  of  their  very  best 
toward  the  support  of  the  superstructure  and  whose  joy  is  the 
saving  of  others.  It  is  in  memory  of  one  of  the  finer  types  of 
these  upbuilders  of  Christian  civilization  that  we  meet  today. 

The  name  of  Mr.  Anagnos  has  not  been  spread  in  great  head- 
lines before  the  people,  but  it  is  treasured  in  the  hearts  of  thou- 
sands of  the  blind,  and  many  thousands  of  their  friends  through- 
out the  land,  and  this  was  to  him  the  richest  reward. 

Others  can  speak  more  intelligently  than  I  of  his  great  qualities 
as  an  educator  and  administrator.  It  is  enough  to  compare  the 
conditions  of  the  Perkins  Institution  when  its  great  originator 
and  leader  had  handed  to  Mr.  Anagnos  the  reins  of  administra- 
tion, with  its  present  estate,  to  appreciate  what  his  creative  power 
and  painstaking  care  has  accomplished. 

The  kindergarten  is  his  monument.  The  most  interesting 
study,  however,  is  not  of  men  and  women  in  the  mass,  but  as 
individuals.  Martyrs,  charity  workers  and  upbuilders  of  the 
institution  have  very  little  interest  as  we  group  them  together, 
but  each  studied  by  himself  reveals  peculiar  qualities  of  tempera- 
■  ment,  character  and  work. 

Who  would  have  thought  that  the  young  Greek,  born  in  the 
valleys  of  Thessaly,  educated  in  the  literature  of  Greek  and  other 
languages,  saturated  with  the  philosophy  of  the  university,  would 
have  become  the  sympathetic  friend  of  the  little  blind  children  of 
Puritan  Massachusetts,  the  head  of  a  great  New  England  educa- 


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tional  institution,  and  the  man  to  plead  successfully  with  Yankee 
legislators  for  aid  in  his  work  ? 

It  is  interesting  to  us,  for  we  are  receiving  from  eastern  Europe 
thousands  upon  thousands  of  people.  We  are  wondering,  some- 
times with  dread,  what  their  influence  will  be  in  our  American 
civilization.  Granted  that  the  mass  of  them  have  not  in  them 
the  qualities  of  the  Greek  Anagnos,  nevertheless  the  fact  that  he 
has  lived  here  and  done  his  work  gives  us  hope  and  confidence 
that  from  these  other  thousands  may  arise  those  who  will  make 
noble  contributions  to  our  American  life. 

There  was  one  quality  in  Mr.  Anagnos  which  Dr.  Howe  imme- 
diately recognized  as  of  a  spirit  kindred  to  his  own  —  a  love  of 
freedom.  For  that  Mr.  Anagnos  had  written,  worked  and  suf- 
fered. When,  therefore,  he  came  to  this  land,  he  came  to  his  own. 
Freed  from  the  fret  of  political  bonds,  his  spirit  was  at  liberty  to 
give  himself,  without  check,  to  the  work  that  was  before  him. 
Mr.  Anagnos  brought  with  him  an  inheritance  of  temper  and 
form  of  culture  with  which  we  were  unfamiliar.  He  had,  how- 
ever, that  personality,  strength  of  character  and  self-reliance 
which  enabled  him,  while  learning  from  us,  and  adapting  himself 
to  our  institutions  to  contribute  something  which  they  had  not, 
and  which  gave  them  variety  and  wealth. 

Among  other  qualities,  the  most  marked  was  his  perpetual 
exuberance,  his  perennial  youth ;  it  seemed  to  burst  from  him  in 
his  whole  action  and  voice.  You  could  feel  it  in  his  finger  tips ; 
it  showed  itself  in  his  vivid  and  perhaps  fiorid  language.  Who 
knows  how  valuable  that  quality  was  to  him  in  enabling  him  to 
strike  through  the  blindness  into  the  very  hearts  of  his  scholars, 
to  reach  their  intelligence,  to  kindle  their  spiritual  forces  and  to 
give  nerve  and  vitality  to  their  active  senses?  It  was  this  per- 
sonal quality  that  made  the  Perkins  Institution  and  Kindergarten 
more  than  institutional  —  they  were  the  living  expression  of 
thought,  life  and  sacrifice,  illustrated  in  Mr.  Anagnos,  who,  with 


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his  loyal  teachers  and  helpers,  received  the  newcomer  with  sym- 
pathy and  led  him  into  the  large  family  with  love  and  confidence. 

We  in  America  are  a  little  jealous  sometimes,  are  we  not,  of 
the  love  and  loyalty  which  some  of  those  who  come  to  us  show 
toward  their  old  home  and  nation?  We  want  them  to  become 
fully,  and  completely,  and  suddenly,  American.  Are  we  right  in 
this?  Is  it  not  the  fact  that  a  transplanted  tree  grows  better 
when  with  it  comes  a  great  clod  of  its  native  earth  to  nourish 
and  support  it  until  its  roots  are  thrust  into  the  new  soil?  Is  it 
not  well  that  immigrants  sustain  and  nourish  the  memory  of 
their  old  traditions  and  home  associations,  and  was  it  not  one  of 
the  finer  features  of  Mr.  Anagnos  that  while  he  gave  himself  to 
the  work  in  this  land,  he  so  loved  his  native  people  that  he,  both 
in  his  life  and  death,  gave  an  endowment  and  education  to  them 
and  their  children?  We  are  richer  for  his  continued  association 
with  his  people  and  they  are  richer  for  the  larger  conception  of 
life  which  he  gave  them. 

Thus  we  come  to  the  conclusion  of  it  all :  —  that  in  every  useful 
life  the  best  and  richest  gift  is  not  in  administration,  organiza- 
tion or  endowment,  but  in  the  life  and  character  which  pours  out 
of  its  spiritual  wealth,  inspiration,  blessing  and  comfort  to  others. 

Address  of  Dr.  J.  Irving  Manatt. 
I  have  been  asked  to  speak  from  the  standpoint  of  a  Philhellene, 
and  that  is  my  only  title  to  a  hearing  here.  It  was  in  Athens 
sixteen  years  ago  I  first  met  Michael  Anagnos,  and  common 
Hellenic  sympathies  drew  us  together  then  and  kept  us  in  touch 
to  the  end  of  his  life.  Some  years  since,  when  asked  to  nominate 
visitors  for  the  Greek  department  at  Brown,  his  name  was  the 
first  that  came  to  my  mind;  and  in  that  capacity  he  served  us 
sympathetically  and  helpfully  to  the  last.  I  did  not  know  then 
what  I  have  learned  today  from  Mr,  Sanborn's  address  —  that  he, 
too,  had  aspired  to  the  career  of  a  professor  of  Greek.    Had  he 


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accomplished  that  ambition,  I  cannot  but  believe  that  the  fortune 
of  Greek  in  this  country  would  have  been  better  today  than  it  is. 
For  in  the  thirty  successive  reports  which  he  made  as  head  of  the 
Perkins  Institution,  he  has  left  us  a  body  of  educational  doctrine 
second,  I  think,  to  nothing  produced  in  this  country,  unless  it 
be  in  the  work  of  the  great  President  of  Harvard ;'  and  it  has  the 
further  advantage  of  not  being  heretical.  Had  he  taken  up  the 
work  of  a  Greek  chair  in  this  country  and  applied  to  it  the  same 
broad  and  inclusive  view  of  education  which  he  brought  to  bear 
on  his  problems  at  South  Boston,  I  cannot  but  believe  that  Greek 
studies  would 'fare  better  among  us  today. 

I  am  then  to  speak  of  him,  in  the  few  moments  that  I  can  claim, 
as  a  Greek ;  and  I  would  characterize  him  as  "  a  Greek  with- 
out guile.^'  I  have  in  my  hand  an  Athenian  paper,  dated  soon 
after  his  death ;  and  in  paying  tribute  to  him  it  names  as  the  chief 
characteristics  of  the  man  his  absolute  integrity,  his  love  of  truth, 
and  his  conscientiousness.  It  seems  to  me  his  Athenian  friend 
has  summed  up  his  character  in  terms  that  fully  justify  the  esti- 
mate formed  by  Dr.  Howe  forty  years  ago.  But  the  Athenian 
writer  adds  that  these  are  qualities  so  rare  among  his  countrymen 
that  it  would  require  a  new  Diogenes  with  his  lantern  to  find 
them.  I  have  more  faith  than  that  in  the  living  Greek ;  and  above 
all  the  Greeks  I  have  known  Michael  Anagnos  exemplified  the  best 
qualities  of  the  race. 

It  is  always  sunrise  somewhere  in  the  world,  and  the  heroic  age 
is  always  present  somewhere.  Dr.  Howe  was  born  into  it  here  in 
Boston,  and  in  rude  Epirus  Michael  Anagnos  was  cradled  in  it. 
Listening  to  the  brave  words  said  and  sung  here,  one  could  but 
feel  that  we  have  had  among  iis  a  pair  of  Plutarch's  men;  and 
should  the  sage  of  Chaeroneia  in  a  new  incarnation  resume  his 
parallel  lives  —  let  us  say  at  Concord  —  he  might  well  begin  with 
that  double  star  which,  though  rising  far  apart,  yet  came  to 
"  make  one  light  together."  All  things  considered,  the  romance 
—  not  to  say  the  miracle  —  of  Anagnos'  career  eclipses  that  of 


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his  more  famous  friend.  "  The  poet/'  Aristotle  tells  us,  "  should 
prefer  probable  impossibilities  to  improbable  possibilities."  Now, 
there  could  hardly  have  been  a  more  improbable  possibility  than 
that  a  mischievous  Freshman  at  Brown,  who  there  heard  the 
first  mutterings  of  the  Greek  Eevolution,  should  himself  become 
a  leader  in  that  heroic  struggle.  But  there  surely  was  never  a 
more  probable  impossibility  than  that,  a  dozen  years  after  Howe 
threw  his  young  ardor  into  that  desperate  fight,  there  should  be 
born  in  the  remotest  wilds  of  Greece  one  destined  to  prolong 
through  another  life-time  Howe's  own  great  life-work  in  America. 
I  cannot  forbear  dwelling  on  the  romance  of  his  career,  even  at 
the  risk  of  making  it  a  twice-told  tale.  For  I  fancy  our  best 
lessons  are  those  that  touch  and  kindle  the  imagination;  and  if 
Heaven  has  brought  home  to  us  one  chapter  of  the  Wonder  Book, 
if  a  real  Greek  hero  of  the  antique  type  has  for  forty  years  gone 
in  and  out  of  our  Blessed  House  of  the  Blind  —  shall  not  the 
place  be  transfigured  forever  in  the  halo  of  his  memory?  The 
deliverance  of  Laura  Bridgman  and  of  Helen  Keller  from  the 
powers  of  darkness  were  greater  achievements  than  the  rescue  of 
Andromeda  or  Iphigenia.  Shall  it  not  serve  to  quicken  in  us  all 
that  faith  in  the  ideal  which  is  better  than  the  light  of  common 
day? 

It  was  a  rugged,  savage  land  that  bred  him;  and  yet  a  land  of 
high  renown.  If  not  the  cradle  of  the  Hellenic  race  in  Europe, 
it  gave  to  that  race  both  the  name  it  still  bears  at  home  and  the 
more  familiar  name  the  Eomans  have  handed  down  to  us.  If  his 
native  hamlet,  Papingo,  was  so  obscure  that  one  might  pass  a 
life-time  in  Greece  today  and  never  hear  its  name,  yet  hard  by 
lay  Dodona,  the  oldest  sanctuary  knowm  to  Homer.  Seaward  rose 
the  Thunder-Peaks,  Akrokeraunia,  and  behind  loomed  the  wild 
mountain  wall  of  Pindus;  while  those  storied  rivers,  Acheloos 
and  Acheron,  fiowed  between.  The  Reader's  son  —  and  that  is 
the  meaning  of  "  Anagnostopoulos,"  whether  his  father  or  grand- 
father, who  first  took  the  name  on  the  comparatively  recent  as- 


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sumption  of  surnames  among  the  Greeks,  was  a  Eeader  in  a  com- 
munity where  reading  was  a  distinction  or  titular  Eeader  in  the 
Orthodox  church  —  the  Reader's  son  must  have  been  familiar 
from  his  childhood  with  the  great  figures,  divine  and  human,  that 
peopled  the  dark  baclvward  and  abysm  of  that  ancient  land.  And 
coming  down  almost  to  his  own  day,  his  father  had  lived  under 
the  rule  of  that  savage  Albanian  chief,  Ali  Pasha,  the  involuntan' 
forerunner  of  Greek  independence,  Avho  had  made  ancient  Dodona 
a  sort  of  dual  Graeco-Moslem  university,  "  where  Mohammedan 
poets  composed  Greek  odes  in  celebration  of  his  unspeakable 
cruelties," 

Some  flavor  of  this  learning  must  have  survived  him  and  served 
the  purpose  of  young  Anagnos  when  he  sought  the  Janina  gym- 
nasium  a  quarter  century  later.  There  the  lad.  conning  his 
Homer,  may  have  felt  his  imagination  stirred  by  the  whispering 
oaks  of  Dodona,  which  had  been  the  veritable  voice  of  Zeus  to  his 
forbears  thirty  centuries  before. 

Out  of  that  wild  land,  with  its  rivers  of  Angiiish  and  of  Wailing 
which  emptied  into  Hell,  came  the  youth  to  bright,  sim-bathed, 
violet-crowned  Athens.  There  we  would  fain  follow  him  in  his 
university  career,  delving  deep  in  the  great  classics  of  his  race 
and  in  the  law.  There,  too,  we  find  him  with  his  comrades  in 
study,  now  comrades  in  arms,  in  the  uprising  which  drove  the 
weak  Bavarian  king  from  the  throne  of  Greece,  thus  doing  his 
part  in  the  second  revolution  as  Dr.  Howe  had  done  his  part  in 
the  first. 

I  cannot  go  on  with  this  story,  but  I  want  to  emphasize  the 
fact  to  which  the  Bishop  has  referred:  that,  in  becoming  an 
American  citizen,  Anagnos  remained  a  Hellenic  patriot.  The 
schools  he  has  founded  in  Epirus  are  his  patriotic  tribute  to  his 
native  land.  I  believe  it  is  not  so  well  known  that  it  was  in  his 
heart  to  found  at  Athens,  the  Hellenic  capital,  a  school  for  the 
blind  on  the  lines  laid  down  here ;  but  that  purpose  was  frustrated 
by  his  deep  distrust  of  municipal  government  in  that  oldest  home 
of  democracv  —  a  distrust  we  sometimes  have  sad  cause  to  share 


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in  America.  The  schools  in  Epirus,  whose  endowment  funds  he 
deposited  at  Athens  on  his  last  visit  and  for  which  he  made  his 
final  dispositions  at  Athens  and  Constantinople,  may  have  a  pa- 
triotic mission.  I  have  no  doubt  that  he  thought  of  Eobert  Col- 
lege, out  of  which  has  grown  the  new  nation  of  Bulgaria ;  and,  if 
his  foundations  shall  hasten  the  day  Avhen  his  mountain  village 
and  his  native  land  shall  bask  in  the  simshine  of  Hellenic  free- 
dom, we  shall  all  rejoice.  The  memory  of  Dr.  Howe  binds  old 
Greece  to  young  America :  may  the  memory  of  Michael  Anagnos 
be  a  strong  bond  of  sympathy  between  his  sightless  pupils  here 
and  his  young  compatriots  who  sit  in  deeper  darkness  over  there. 

It  was  a  unique  career  of  this  Greek  among  barbarians.  Greeks 
have  gone  round  the  world  and  in  every  commercial  center  you 
will  find  great  Greek  merchants  and  bankers;  now  and  then  a 
Greek  scholar  like  Sophocles  at  Harvard  or  a  man  of  letters  like 
Bikelas  in  France ;  but  where,  in  the  whole  history  of  Greece,  will 
you  find  another  Greek  who  in  a  foreign  land  has  achieved  a 
career  in  the  service  of  humanity  comparable  to  the  career  of 
Anagnos  in  America  ?  And  what  rarer  reciprocity  of  service  ever 
boimd  two  lands  together !  While  we  recall  ancient  worthies  let 
us  not  forget  this  pair  of  Plutarch's  men  who  have  dwelt  among 
us  in  the  flesh. 

Michael  Anagnos,  hero  of  antique  mould,  Hellene  of  Hellenes, 
yet  modern  and  American  to  the  core,  hail  and  farewell. 

Talav  e;i'o/f,  i/a(ppnv. 

Words  of  the  anthem  sung  by  a  chorus  from  the  girls' 
department  at  the  Memorial  Service  in  honor  of  Mr.  Anag^ios. 

Their  Sun  Shall  no  More  go  Down. 
Their  sun  shall  no  more  go  down ; 
For  the  Lord  shall  be  their  everlasting-  light, 
And  the  days  of  their  mourning  shall  be  ended.  • 
For  the  Lamb  shall  feed  them. 
And  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes. 


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Miss  Bennett,  principal  of  the  girls '  department,  lias 
written  a  brief  sketch  of  the  service  held  in  their  chapel 
in  honor  of  Mr.  Anagnos,  This  heartfelt  and  sincere 
service  was  entirely  a  school  exercise  and  in  its  sincerity 
was  as  informal  and  simple  as  Mr.  Anagnos  himself 
would  have  wished,  and  showed  as  nothing  else  could 
his  influence  and  spirit  in  the  home  life  of  our  school. 
Miss  Bennett's  account  is  given  below:  — 

On  the  morning  of  November  1 ,  the  69th  anniversary  of 
Mr.  Anagnos'  birthday,  the  devotional  exercises  in  the  girls' 
department  were  consecrated  by  a  special  ser^ace  held  in  his 
memory. 

Miss  Marrett  began  the  service  by  reading  this  short 
sketch,  from  the  Girls'  Companion,  Elgin,  Illinois,  October 
6,  1906. 

Hundreds  of  the  blind  in  our  country  and  in  other  lands  had 
their  hearts  saddened  when  the  word  went  forth  that  Michael 
Anagnos  had  died  in  July  of  this  year,  No  man  of  his  time  had 
done  more  for  the  blind  than  had  Mr.  Anagnos,  who  had  for 
many  years  been  at  the  head  of  the  great  institution  for  the  blind 
in  South  Boston.  He  was  a  son-in-law  of  Mrs.  Julia  Ward 
Howe,  and  he  took  up  the  work  his  distinguished  father-in-law 
laid  down  when  he  died.  For  thirty  years  he  has  devoted  himself 
to  the  welfare  of  the  blind  of  America  with  a  singleness  of  pur- 
pose that  won  for  him  the  lifelong  gratitude  of  hundreds  of  the 
blind  whom  he  helped. 

Then  followed  the  reading  of  the  comprehensive  resolu- 
tions which  were  dra^vn  up  soon  after  Mr.  Anagnos'  death, 
by  the  trustees  of  the  school.  After  which  was  read  this 
selection  from  the  tribute  to  Mr.   Anagnos  by  Mr.   T.    T. 


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Timayenis,  talven  from  the  Boston  Erening  Herald,  July  IG, 
1906:—    . 

He  was  the  man  who  established  the  union  of  the  Greeks  in 
America,  he  was  the  man  who  lavished  his  wealth  for  the  good 
of  Macedonia ;  he  was  the  man  who  contributed  lavishly  to  estab- 
lish a  Greek  church  in  Boston,  the  man  who  taught  the  Greeks  to 
learn  and  adopt  everything  that  is  good  in  the  American  charac- 
ter, the  only  man  whom  all  Greeks  revered  and  implicitly  obeyed, 
the  man  who  did  good  for  the  sake  of  the  good,  the  man  who 
conceived  the  idea  of  establishing  a  Greek  school  in  Boston,  the 
man  who  expected  every  Greek  to  do  his  duty  toward  his  adopted 
country  —  America. 

We  lost  our  teacher,  we  lost  our  guide,  we  lost  our  friend,  the 
man  to  whom  every  Greek  looked  up,  the  man  on  account  of  whom 
we  all  felt  proud  to  be  bom  Greeks.  May  his  example  live  among 
my  compatriots  and  may  his  teachings  and  life  never  be  forgotten. 

Miss  Marrett  then  read  this  editorial  from  the  Boston 
Herald,  July  5,  1906:  — 

From  time  immemorial  Greece  has  sent  her  sons  to  carry  the 
torch  of  learning  to  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth.  She  never 
sent  a  better  one  forth  than  Michael  Anag-nos.  He  linked  the 
Athens  of  America  with  the  Athens  of  the  old  world  by  a  stronger 
bond.  To  the  average  Bostonians  M'ho  knew  him  he  seemed  to 
be  the  reincarnation  in  flesh  and  blood  of  the  celebrated  Greek 
philosophers  whom  we  became  acquainted  with  in  our  school 
books.  It  was  said  of  Shakespeare  that  he  was  a  "myriad-minded 
man."  The  same  can  be  said  of  Mr.  Anagnos.  The  blind  have 
lost  a  father,  a  protector  and  teacher,  Boston  a  splendid  type  of 
citizen,  and  the  world  a  truh'  great  man. 

The  readings  were  concluded  with  the  fortieth  chapter  of 
Isaiah :    ''  Comfort   ye,    comfort   ye    my   people,    saith    your 


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God,  —  "a  chapter  peculiarly  sacred  to  us  because  it  was 
read  by  Mr.  Anagnos  on  one  of  the  last  occasions  when  he 
attended  prayers  in  the  girls'  department  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  hymn :  — 

0  Paradise !  0  Paradise ! 

Who  would  not  crave  for  rest? 
Who  would  not  seek  the  happy  land, 

Where  they  that  loved  are  blest? 
Where  loyal  hearts  and  true 

Stand  ever  in  the  light 
All  rapture  thi-ough  and  through 

In  God's  most  holy  sight. 

The  service  was  concluded  with  the  Lord's  prayer. 

Mr.  Frederick  V.  Walsh  the  president  of  the  Howe 
Memorial  Club,  has  written  a  brief  account  of  its  ser- 
vice in  honor  of  Mr.  Anagnos  which  is  given  below :  — 

Memorial   for  Mr.   Anagnos   by  the   Howe  Memorial 

Club. 

For  the  past  few  years,  it  has  been  one  of  the  annual 
duties  of  the  Howe  Memorial  Club  to  commemorate  in  some 
special  manner,  the  birthday  of  Dr.  Howe,  on  or  about  the 
tenth  of  !N"ovember.  This  year  these  exercises  were  of  a 
double  nature,  and  were  held  on  the  afternoon  of  ISTovember 
the  ninth. 

jSTot  only  did  the  club  wish  to  attest  its  fidelity  to  our 
noble  benefactor  and  the  founder  of  our  school,  but  also,  it 
desired  to  pay  a  loving  tribute  of  respect  to  the  lamented 
Mr.  Anagnos,  late  director  of  the  school  and  first  honorary 
president  of  our  club.     Mr.  Anagnos  did  much  toward  the 


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establishment  of  our  club  and  was  never  wanting  in  encour- 
aging and  giving  every  possible  aid  to  the  furtherance  of  its 
objects. 

The  program  of  these  memorial  exercises  consisted  of  re- 
marks, and  original  poems,  commemorative  of  Mr.  Anagnos, 
read  bv  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe,  Mrs.  Laura  E.  Richards, 
Mr.  A.  O.  Caswell  and  a  selected  poem  read  by  Everett 
Davison,  a  member  of  the  club.  Besides  these  the  school 
orchestra  played  Chopin  s  Funeral  March,  Alfred  Heroux 
rendered  a  violin  solo,  and  Richard  Barnard  closed  the  pro- 
gram with  an  appropriate  organ  selection. 

The  following  are  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Howe 
Memorial  Club,  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Anagnos :  — 

Eesolutions  on  the  Death  of  Michael  Anagnos,  by  the 
Howe  Memorial  Club. 

Whereas,  God  in  His  infinite  wisdom  has  seen  fit  to  remove 
from  our  midst  Michael  Anagnos,  our  late  director,  in  the  pride 
of  his  strength  and  the  fullness  of  his  powers. 

Whereas,  By  his  early  labors  in  his  country's  behalf  and  by 
the  liigh  quality  of  his  citizenship  in  the  land  of  his  adoption  he 
displayed  that  pure  patriotism  that  was  the  boast  of  Sparta  in 
the  years  of  her  strength,  and  throughout  all  the  time  of  his  man- 
hood showed  that  Hellenic  culture  that  was  the  pride  of  Athens 
in  the  days  of  her  glory, 

Whereas,  He  took  up  the  great  work  that  Dr.  Howe  laid  down, 
extended  it  far  beyond  the  boundaries  in  which  he  founded  it, 
and  by  his  splendid  labors  in  building  up  the  Kindergarten,  com- 
pleted the  work  of  his  great  predecessor,  be  it  therefore  — 

Eesolved,  That  we,  the  members  of  the  Howe  Memorial  Club, 
an  organization  that  he  did  much  to  bring  about  and  that  was 
ever  dear  to  his  heart,  recognize  that  by  the  death  of  Michael 


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Anagnos,  Hellas  loses  a  noble  and  gifted  son,  America  a  worthy 
citizen,  the  Perkins  Institution  the  guardian  of  nearly  a  half  of 
its  lifetime,  and  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind  its  loving  father. 

Eesolved,  That  we  extend  our  deep  symj^athy  to  the  relatives 
and  friends  of  the  deceased. 

Eesolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  spread  upon  the  records 
of  the  Howe  Memorial  Club,  and  that  copies  be  sent  to  Mrs. 
Julia  Ward  Ho^A-e  and  the  other  members  of  her  family. 

Song  foe  Perkins  Institution. 
By  Edii-in  Stuart,  '01. 

GLORY  TO  PERKINS, 

Come,  all  ye  friends  of  Perkins, 

Let  us  united  stand 
Bearing  the  light  of  knowledge 

That  lights  our  once  dark  land, 
Singing  our  leaders'  praises,  — 

Praises  to  each  and  all  — 
Doing  the  work  they  taught  us, 

Heli:)ing  both  great  and  small. 

Chorus. 
Glory  to  Perkins  I    Long  may  she  stand ! 
There  is  no  greater  within  our  broad  land. 
Her  doors  are  open  to  rich  and  to  poor, 
Glory  to  Perkins,  boys,  evermore ! 

Onward  we  march  in  triumph 

Trusting  our  faithful  guide, 
Keeping  the  path  of  the  leaders 

Who  in  our  cause  have  died. 
Steadily  pressing  foi-ward, 

Marching  so  stanch  and  true, 
Led  by  our  gleaming  standard, 

The  beautiful  Grecian  blue. 

Chorus. 


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First  on  our  roll  of  leaders, 

Blazoned  in  words  of  gold, 
Stands  forth  the  name  of  our  founder, 

A  hero  true  and  bold. 
Come,  let  us  sing  his  praises, 

Sing  of  his  struggles  long. 
Sing  how  with  darkness  he  battled. 

Sing  with  triumphant  song. 

Chorus. 

Slowly  but  surely  he  led  us 

Forth  from  our  prison  drear. 
Truly  and  faithfully  served  us 

Till  Death  with  his  trumpet  clear 
Called  him  to  join  the  heroes, 

(The  heroes  that  fought  so  well), 
Weeping,  the  friends  of  Perkins 

Tolled  his  sad  funeral  knell. 

Chorus. 

Then  from  the  land  of  the  Hellas, 

The  cradle  of  heroes  brave. 
Forth  came  a  leader  speeding, 

Speeding  our  cause  to  save. 
Bravely  he  fought  our  battles. 

Wisely  he  led  us  on, 
Guiding  through  paths  of  danger 

On,  till  his  day  was  done. 

Chorus. 

So  may  our  future  leaders 

Follow  the  path  they  made. 
Bearing  the  light  through  darkness, 

Bringing  the  suffering  aid. 
Remember  the  words  of  our  founder, 

Sound  them  with  trumpet  and  drum : 
"  Obstacles  that  lie  in  our  pathway 

Are  things  to  be  overcome." 


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:n^otices  o^  memorial  services. 


Full  and  exhaustive  accounts  of  the  Memorial  Ser- 
vice were  published  in  all  the  prominent  daily  and 
weekly  papers.  The  speeches  on  the  program  have 
already  been  given  in  full,  therefore  only  short  extracts 
from  these  articles  are  given  below. 

There  is  also  inserted  a  most  interesting  account  of 
a  memorial  service  held  at  the  School  for  the  Blind  in 
Colorado  and  two  extracts  from  Greek  papers. 

Boston  Transcript,  October  22,  1906 — -Editorial. 

The  memorial  exercises  at  Tremont  Temple  Wednesday 
afternoon  for  Michael  Anagnos,  late  superintendent  of  the 
Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind  and  its  great  founder's 
son-in-law  and  only  successor  to  this  time,  will  be  an  occa- 
sion of  rare  interest  for  all  interested  in  the  things  that  have 
always  made  Boston  Boston.  The  principal  address  of  the 
occasion  will  be  appropriately  made  by  Mr.  Frank  B.  San- 
born, a  lifelong  intimate  friend  of  the  Howes  and  of  Mr. 
Anagnos,  and  a  Grecian  in  literary  and  philosophical  tastes 
and  acquisitions.  Professor  Manatt  of  Brown  University, 
for  many  years  American  consul  at  Athens,  will  also  con- 
tribute to  the  exercises ;  and  the  third  speaker  of  first  im- 
portance will  be  Dr.  C.  P.  Fraser,  the  blind  principal  of 
the  famous  school  for  the  blind  at  Halifax,  N^ova  Scotia. 
Mrs.    Julia  Ward   Howe   vrill  contribute   a  poem,   and   the 


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gathering  will  be  a  notable  one  of  the  friends  of  this  and 
similar  Boston  educational  institutions. 

Boston  Evening  Transcript,  October  24,  1906. 
in  memory  of  anagnos. 

"With  words  of  earnest  praise  from  the  lips  of  those  who  knew 
and  loved  him,  the  memory  of  Michael  Anagnos  was  honored 
most  fittingly  by  exercises  held  in  Tremont  Temple  this  afternoon. 
The  auditorium  was  thronged  with  friends  of  the  institution, 
which  stands  in  the  front  rank  of  American  schools  for  the  blind 
and  of  which  Mr.  Anagnos  was  director  for  thirty  years. 

When  the  news  of  the  sudden  death  of  this  noted,  educator 
came  from  Roumania  last  June  many  were  the  tributes  of  affec- 
tion from  his  associates  and  his  pupils,  but  not  until  this  time 
has  there  been  any  public  meeting  or  memorial.  The  occasion, 
which  was  impressive  in  every  way,  was  marked  with  such  sim- 
plicity as  this  most  modest  of  men  would  appreciate. 

At  the  left  of  the  platform  was  a  three-quarters  portrait  of 
Mr.  Anagnos.  This  was  framed  in  quantities  of  laurel.  Palms 
and  potted  plants  were  grouped  about  it  and  beneath  was  a 
wreath  sent  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parmenides.  Another  wreath  of 
asters,  jasmine  and  roses  was  from  the  Greeks  of  Boston,  and  this, 
with  vases  of  the  deep  red  Jacqueminot  roses  among  the  palms 
which  outlined  the  platform,  relieved  any  suggestion  of  som- 
breness. 

Seated  with  General  Francis  Henry  Appleton,  president  of  the 
Corporation  of  the  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School 
for  the  Blind,  under  whose  auspices  the  programme  was  arranged, 
were  Amory  A.  Lawrence,  the  vice-president;  William  Endicott, 
Jr.,  the  treasurer;  Mayor  Fitzgerald,  George  H.  Martin,  Eabbi 
Charles  Fleischer,  Stratton  D.  Brooks,  Hon.  John  Parmenides, 
the  Greek  consul  in  Boston ;  Edward  E.  Allen,  superintendent  of 
the  Pennsylvania  School  for  the  Blind  in  Overbrook,  Pa.;  John 
F.  Bledsoe,  superintendent  of  the  ]\Iaryland  School  for  the  Blind 


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in  Baltimore  and  others.  The  girls  from  the  school  were  seated 
with  their  teachers  in  the  left  lower  balcony.  The  boys  were 
opposite. 

The  programme  opened  with  a  prayer  by  Eev.  Paul  Eevere 
Frothingham,  after  which  the  school  orchestra  played  Chopin's 
Funeral  March,  and  General  Appleton  spoke  a  greeting.  To  this 
Governor  Guild  responded,  and  he  was  followed  by  Mr.  Sanborn. 

The  programme  bore  a  memorial  poem  by  Mrs.  Laura  E. 
Richards.  Her  sister,  Mrs.  Florence  Howe  Hall,  accompanied 
their  mother,  Mrs.  Howe,  to  the  meeting.  A  fine  photogravure 
of  Mr.  Anagnos  was  also  given  to  each  person  who  attended. 

Boston  Herald,  October  25,  1906. 

A  iinique  and  distinguished  assembly  at  Tremont  Temple  yes- 
terday afternoon  honored  the  memory  of  Michael  Anagnos,  for  30 
years  the  director  of  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind  at 
South  Boston,  who  died  suddenly  last  summer  while  on  a  visit  to 
Roumania. 

The  audience  was  made  up  of  the  blind,  who  came  out  of  grati- 
tude to  one  of  their  foremost  sympathizers;  of  Greeks,  who  came 
to  honor  a  famous  countryman,  and  of  distinguished  representa- 
tives of  philanthropy,  letters,  church  and  state,  who  made  common 
tribute  to  the  high  attainments  of  a  noted  friend  and  citizen. 
Mayor  Fitzgerald,  Gov.  Guild,  Bishop  Lawrence,  F.  B.  San- 
born and  Prof.  J.  Irving  Manatt  of  Brown  University  were 
among  the  speakers,  and  an  original  poem  by  Mrs.  Julia  Ward 
Howe,  read  by  the  venerable  woman  herself,  was  the  crowning 
event  of  the  programme. 

The  exercises  were  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Perkins 
Institution,  and  170  pupils  of  the  school  were  present.  The  sales- 
room of  the  school  on  Boylston  street,  the  workshop  at  South 
Boston  and  all  the  schools  connected  with  the  institution  were 
closed  in  honor  of  the  occasion.  Music  was  furnished  by  the 
school  orchestra,  composed  of  blind  musicians,  and  the  school 


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chorus,  consisting  of  blind  girls.  The  pipe  organ  was  plaj^ed  by 
David  Wood,  the  blind  musical  director  of  the  Pennsylvania 
School  for  the  Blind  and  organist  of  the  Eussell  Conwell  Church 
at  Philadelphia. 

Upon  the  stage  was  a  three-quarter  portrait  of  Mr.  Anagnos, 
surrounded  by  laurel,  and  the  platform  was  lavishly  decked 
with  palms  and  Jacqueminot  roses.  Among  the  guests  upon  the 
platform  were  Gov.  Guild,  Ma5ror  Fitzgerald,  Mrs.  Julia  Ward 
Howe,  Edward  E.  Allen,  superintendent  of  the  Pennsylvania 
School  for  the  Blind;  John  F.  Bledsoe,  superintendent  of  the 
Maryland  School  for  the  Blind;  William  Endicott,  Jr.,  treas- 
urer of  the  Perkins  Institution;  the  Hon.  John  Parmenides,  the 
Greek  consvil;  Amory  A.  Lawrence,  vice-president  of  the  corpo- 
ration: G.  H.  Martin,  secretary  of  the  board  of  education,  and 
Prof.  J.  Irving  Manatt  of  Brown  University. 

Each  souvenir  programme  of  the  exercises  contained  a  rare 
photogravure  of  Mr.  Anagnos,  and  a  poem,  "  In  Memoriam,"  by 
Laura  E.  Eichards. 

Boston  Daily  Globe,  Oct.  25,  1906. 

Nearly  2000  people,  including  Gov.  Guild,  Mayor  Fitzgerald, 
Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe  and  other  distinguished  persons,  joined 
in  memorial  exercises  in  honor  of  Michael  Anagnos,  long  director 
of  the  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the 
Blind,  yesterday  in  Tremont  Temple.  The  company  also  in- 
cluded many  students  and  graduates  of  the  institution. 

Michael  Anagnos  was  director  of  the  Perkins  Institution  for 
30  years,  succeeding  Dr.  Howe,  husband  of  Julia  Ward  Howe, 
and  died  Jime  29,  1906,  in  Turn  Severin,  Eoumania. 

Gen.  Francis  Henry  Appleton  presided.  Seated  on  the  plat- 
form at  the  chairman's  right  were  Gov.  Guild,  Mrs.  Howe,  Mayor 
Fitzgerald,  Et.  Eev.  William  Lawrence,  Episcopal  bishop  of 
Massachusetts,  and  Mrs.  Florence  Howe  Hall,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Julia  Ward   Howe.     At  the  chairman's  left  were   F.   B.   San- 


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bom,  Rev.  Paul  Eevere  Frothingham  and  Prof.  J.  Irving  Manatt, 
professor  of  Greek  at  Brown  University.  In  the  audience  were 
John  Howe  Hall  and  Caroline  Minturn  Hall,  nephew  and  niece 
of  Mr.  Anagnos. 

The  programme  was  opened  with  prayer  by  Eev.  Mr.  Frothing- 
ham of  the  Arlington  st.  church,  who  thanked  God  for  the  life 
of  the  man  honored  by  the  gathering,  spent  in  bringing  to  those 
in  darkness  the  knowledge  of  the  beautiful,  good  and  true,  making 
them  sing  for  joy. 

The  school  orchestra,  stationed  in  the  organ  balcony,  played 
effectively  Chopin  s  Funeral  March. 

Gen.  Appleton,  as  president  of  the  Corporation  of  the  Per- 
kins Institution,  welcomed  the  company. 

Gov.  Guild  gave  the  response.  He  said  it  was  a  privilege  to 
participate  in  exercises  honoring  the  memory  of  one  whose  life 
work  was  devoted  to  the  good  of  humanity.  He  said  he  knew 
Mr.  Anagnos,  both  officially  and  personally,  and  had  seen  him  at 
his  work  with  the  blind  children,  with  whom  he  showed  a  patience 
almost  divine. 

In  closing  his  short  speech.  Gov.  Guild  said :  "  Michael  Anag- 
nos' name  belongs  to  Greece;  his  fame  illumines  Massachusetts; 
but  his  service  belongs  to  humanity." 

]\Iayor  Fitzgerald  spoke,  representing  the  city.  He  told  of  the 
life  of  Mr.  Anagnos  as  a  Greek  patriot  and  an  American  teacher, 
and  characterized  him  as  the  shepherd  of  a  sightless  flock. 

F.  B.  Sanborn  made  an  address  in  which  he  said  the  fame 
of  Mr.  Anagnos  and  Dr.  Howe  was  inseparably  linked  in  the 
upbuilding  of  the  Perkins  Institution. 

The  speaker  said  he  had  seen  many  institutions  conducted  by 
many  men,  but  he  had  never  known  one  conducted  so  successfully 
as  this  one  was,  carried  on  by  these  two  men. 

He  said  the  kindergarten  for  the  blind  established  by  Mr. 
Anagnos  at  Jamaica  Plain  was  the  best  institution  of  the  kind 
known  to  him  in  the  world. 


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After  a  selection  on  the  organ  by  David  Wood,  musical  director 
of  the  Pennsylvania  School  for  the  Blind,  a  poetic  tribute  to  Mr. 
Anagnos  was  read  by  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe. 

Bishop  Lawrence  said  he  could  not  refrain  from  reminding  the 
audience  that  wherever  we  find  a  man  doing  a  great,  normal, 
useful  work,  we  find  behind  him  the  sympathy,  encouragement 
and  help  of  a  woman.  Back  of  Dr.  Howe  was  Mrs.  Howe,  and 
back  of  Mr.  Anagnos  was  the  daughter  of  them  both.  The 
Bishop  then  read  his  address,  dealing  with  the  personality  of  Mr. 
Anagnos. 

Prof.  Manatt  said  that  Michael  Anagnos  was  of  such  abso- 
lute integrity,  so  devoted  to  the  practice  and  pursuit  of  truth 
that  if  there  was  any  more  honest  man  it  would  take  a  modern 
Diogenes  with  his  lantern  to  find  him. 

A  chorus  of  young  women  pupils  of  the  school,  gowned  in 
white,  in  the  left  balcony  near  the  stage,  sang  beautifully  Their 
sun  shall  no  more  go  down,  after  which  Eev.  Nestor  Souslides 
pronounced  a  benediction  in  Greek. 

Boston  Advertiser,  October  25,  1906. 
anagnos  memorial. 

The  memory  of  Michael  Anagnos,  who  for  30  years  was  di- 
rector of  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind,  was  beautifully 
extolled  in  Tremont  Temple  yesterday  afternoon  where  friends 
of  the  revered  Greek  assembled  in  large  numbers  to  praise  the 
great  work  and  the  beloved  character  of  this  talented  and  most 
useful  man.  City  and  state  were  represented  in  the  exercises, 
and  distinguished  men  were  seen  on  the  Temple  stage  and  in  the 
audience. 

The  stage  was  decorated  beautifully  with  flowers.  A  large 
portrait  of  Mr.  Anagnos  was  a  conspicuous  feature  of  the  stage. 
It  was  wreathed  in  laurel.  At  the  bottom  was  a  large  wreath 
contributed  by  the  Greek  Orthodox  community  of  Lowell,  which 
was  also  represented  by  a  delegation.    Adorning  the  reading  desk 


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was  a  wreath  contributed  by  the  Greeks  of  Boston.  Another 
wreath  was  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Parmenides,  the  Greek  consul. 

On  the  stage  were  Gov.  Guild,  Mayor  Fitzgerald,  Julia  Ward 
Howe,  who  sat  next  to  Gov.  Guild;  Mrs.  Florence  Howe  Hall, 
Bishop  Lawrence,  Rev.  Paul  R.  Frothinghara,  F.  B.  Sanborn 
and  Gen,  Francis  Henry  Appleton. 

In  the  choir  were  members  of  the  school  orchestra,  which  played 
Chopin's  Funeral  Marcli,  and  sang  Their  sun  shall  no  more  go 
down,  by  Tuckerman, 

Mr.  Appleton,  who  is  president  of  the  Corporation  of  the  Per- 
kins Institution,  presided  over  the  exercises,  greeting  the  audience 
in  a  few  well  chosen  words. 

The  printed  programme  included  a  poem  entitled  "  Michael 
Anagnos,"  by  Laura  E.  Richards,  Telegrams  of  regret  were  read 
from  Pres.  Eliot,  and  H.  S,  Rogers  of  New  London. 

The  Springfield  Daily  Republican,  October  27,  1906, 
The  i\.nagnos  memorial  meeting  on  Wednesday  was  note- 
worthy for  the  interest  of  the  audience  and  the  graceful  part 
taken  by  Mrs.  Howe  and  her  daughters.  It  is  not  often  that 
a  poetess  and  two  poetess  daughters  unite  in  tributes  to  a 
character  at  once  so  romantic  and  so  practical  as  that  of  this 
American  Greek.  Dr.  Howe  himself  combined  these  distinct 
and  often  opposite  qualities,  and  it  is  truly  singular  that  he 
and  his  son-in-law  should  have  directed  this  Boston  institu- 
tion from  its  first  foundation  seventy-four  years  ago.  Of  the 
two,  Anagnos  had  the  greater  power  of  calling  forth  the 
practical  beneficence  of  Boston  in  aid  of  the  blind,  although 
Dr.  Howe  could  smite  the  rock  of  munificence  in  aid  of  other 
causes  with  greater  effect.  The  speakers  divided  the  aspects 
of  the  life  of  Anagnos  among  them  rather  skilfully,  —  the 
first  confining  himself  chiefly  to  his  relation  to  Dr.  Howe 
and  the  blind;  Dr.  Manatt  taking  up  his  relation  to  Greece 


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and  the  Greeks  and  others  dwelling  on  special  traits.  The 
Alumnce  of  the  institution  have  expressed  better  than  any 
others  his  work  as  it  came  to  their  notice,  and  Mr.  Sanborn 
made  this  part  of  their  tribute  a  part  of  his  address :  — 

By  founding  and  building  up  the  kindergarten  for  the  blind 
in  Jamaica  Plain  and  securing  its  endowment,  by  establishing 
the  Howe  Memorial  Press,  and  improving  the  type  in  which  our 
books  are  printed,  by  grading  and  extending  the  course  of  study 
in  all  departments  of  the  school,  by  securing  books,  specimens 
and  appliances  such  as  no  similar  institution  possesses,  by  choos- 
ing teachers  of  noble  character  and  exceptional  ability  and 
adopting  such  progressive  methods  of  training  as  tend  toward 
the  best  physical,  mental  and  moral  development  of  the  pupil,  — 
that  by  all  this  Mr.  Anagnos  has  preserved  to  blind  children  and 
youth  their  right  to  a  liberal  common-school  education  and  that 
by  fostering  and  giving  his  personal  attention  to  the  home  train- 
ing of  the  adult  blind  and  by  promoting  the  social  and  industrial 
undertakings  of  our  association,  he  has  helped  to  give  cheer  and 
comfort  to  the  aged  and  new  courage  to  the  hopeless. 

While  others  have  been  talking  and  scheming,  this  self- 
denying  man  has  converted  his  school  into  a  self-helping 
university  for  the  blind,  with  a  library  in  its  specialties  such 
as  exists  nowhere  else  in  the  world.  His  helpfulness  in  other 
directions  will  never  be  fully  made  known,  so  constant  and 
unannounced  were  his  gifts  and  services. 

Colorado  Index.  Colokado  Springs,  aSTovember  2,  1906. 
Colorado  School  for  the  Blind. 
On  last  Sunday  morning  according  to  an  announcement 
made  in  chapel  on  the  morning  of  the  23rd  a  memorial  ser- 
vice was  held  in  commemoration  of  the  life  of  Dr.  Michael 
Anagnos. 


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After  an  opening  hymn  by  the  audience  of  Nearer  My 
God  to  Thee,  the  conductor  of  these  columns  gave  a  brief 
sketch  of  Mr.  Anagnos'  life,  the  substance  of  which  he  has 
handed  the  printer  and  will  be  found  in  this  column. 

Mr.  A.  L.  Bohrer  of  the  Department  for  Music  who  had 
met  Mr.  Anagnos  upon  several  occasions  and  considered  him 
the  foremost  educator  for  the  blind  in  this  country,  spoke  of 
his  progressive  work  and  especially  of  Mr.  Anagnos  as  the 
person  who  introduced  and  perfected  tuning  as  a  profession 
for  the  blind. 

Superintendent  W.  K.  Argo,  who  visited  the  Perkins  In- 
stitution about  four  years  ago,  confined  his  remarks  largely 
to  his  two  days'  stay  at  the  famous  school.  He  spoke  with 
enthusiasm  of  the  sterling  character  of  the  man,  of  his 
modesty,  of  his  methods  of  discipline  and  general  manage- 
ment of  his  institution. 

One  by  one  these  men  who  have  laid  the  foundation  are 
passing  away  and  one  cannot  help  but  pause  in  order  to  con- 
sider the  question  :  —  "  "What  of  the  Future  ?  " 

We  believe  that  all  those  who  attended  the  service  on  last 
Sunday  morning  left  with  a  stronger  resolve  to  imitate  the 
"  Great  Educator  "  in  his  unselfish  and  strenuous  devotion 
to  the  cause  to  which  he  gave  his  life. 

MICHAEL    ANAGNOS. 

Death  is  not  a  pleasant  contemplation  at  any  time,  but  when 
one  has  filled  his  life  with  unselfish  and  arduous  work  for  others, 
and  has  lived  to  witness  the  fruits  of  his  labors,  he  may  lay  down 
his  vigorous  activities  and  rest  from  his  toil  with  the  conscious- 
ness that  it  will  bear  fruit  hereafter. 

"  There  is  doubtless  a  greater  proportion  of  really  self-support- 
ing blind  persons  in  the  United  States  than  in  any  other  country. 
This  is  owing  mainly  to  the  public  institutions  for  their  education 


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and  training,  especially  to  the  pioneer  school,  the  Perkins  Insti- 
tution, on  which  the  others  are  modeled  to  a  great  extent,  to  its 
director  for  forty-five  years,  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,^'  and  to 
Mr.  Michael  Anagnos,  the  son-in-law  of  Dr.  Howe,  who  acted 
as  his  secretary  during  the  most  strenuous  days  of  the  building 
up  of  the  institution  and  who  finally  upon  the  death  of  Dr.  Howe, 
became  the  director  and  continued  as  director  up  to  the  time  of 
his  death  last  July. 

Dr.  Anagnos  whose  life  we  are  to  commemorate  this  morning, 
was  born  in  Epirus,  Greece,  ISFovember  1837.  His  father  was 
poor  but  that  did  not  prevent  his  son  from  securing  an  education. 
By  means  of  hard  work  the  zealous  student  was  ready  to  enter 
the  National  University  of  Athens  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  He 
mastered  the  classics,  modern  languages  and  philosophy.  Four 
years  he  was  a  student  in  the  school  of  philosophy,  during  which 
time  he  was  obliged  to  practise  the  strictest  economy  in  order  to 
pay  his  way.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  became  an  editor  of  a 
newspaper  and  through  its  columns  he  fought  the  cause  of  his 
countrymen  who  were  then,  as  now,  under  the  oppression  of  the 
Turks. 

Dr.  Howe  was  also  a  defender  of  the  Greeks  and  it  was  in  this 
cause  that  in  1867  he  enlisted  the  services  of  Mr.  Anagnos,  ap- 
pointing him  as  a  disbursing  agent  for  the  funds  he  had  secured 
in  America  for  the  Greek  cause.  Upon  Dr.  Howe's  return  to 
this  country  Mr.  Anagnos  accompanied  him  and  was  associated 
with  him  in  his  work  at  the  Perkins  Institution.  It  was  in  1870 
that  Mr.  Anagnos  married  Dr.  Howe's  daughter. 

Upon  one  occasion  Mr.  Anagnos  raised  a  fund  of  $100,000  for 
the  purpose  of  establishing  a  printing  plant  and  later  still  he 
raised  another  $100,000  as  an  endowment  fund  for  a  kindergar- 
ten thus  making  it  possible  to  train  the  blind  from  the  ages  of 
six  to  nine.  Although  not  a  man  of  wealth  he  gave  $20,000  for 
the  founding  of  schools  in  his  native  land.  Thousands  of  dollars 
were  raised  bv  him  from  time  to  time  in  order  to  further  the 


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interests  of  his  institution.  In  a  brief  sketch  of  his  life  it  will 
be  impossible  to  even  touch  upon  the  various  phases  of  his  work, 
such  as  the  introduction  of  tuning  as  a  profession  and  his  admira- 
ble work  for  the  deaf -blind. 

He  died  in  Eoumania  after  having  visited  Greece.     It  seems 
to  be  universally  accepted  that  "  this  son  of  a  far-away  land "  ■ 
did  more  for  the  blind  of  America  than  any  other  American  had 
done  with  the  exception  of  Dr.  Howe,  and  nothing  appealed  to 
him  with  such  power  as  a  blind  child. 

It  has  always  been  an  inspiration  to  catch  the  spirit  of  this 
eminent  educator  from  his  writings,  especially  from  his  volu- 
minous annual  reports.  Listen  to  his  words  as  he  closes  a  recent 
report : — 

Encouraged  by  the  achievements  of  the  past,  we  take  up  hopefully 
the  duties  of  another  year,  iirmly  resolved  to  carry  forward  this 
beneficent  enterpi-ise  until  we  reach  the  shining  goal  at  which  we  aim, 
namely,  the  illumination  by  education  of  the  mind  and  life  of  every 
child  whose  eyes  are  closed  to  the  light  of  day.  We  are  aware  that 
the  path  of  progress,  which  we  have  chosen  to  pursue,  is  full  of  diffi- 
culties ;  but  let  us  keep  our  faces  always  toward  the  sunshine,  and  the 
shadows  will  fall  behind  us. 

-  H.  E.  Chapman. 


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"ENQSIS,"   ^d^^arov,  3   Noefi/3piov  1906. 
Lowell,  Massachusetts,  November  3,  1906. 


MIXAHA    ANArNfiSTOHOYAOS 

"  The  name  of  Michael  Anagnos  belongs  to  Greece,  the  fame  of 
him  to  the  United  States,  but  his  services  to  humanity.'* 

Gov.  Curtis  Guild,  Jr. 

"  To  6vo|xa  Tov  Mixa'fiX  'Ava'yvwoToirovXov  dv/jKci  tls  Tf|v  'EXXciSo, 
f|  4>T|H>''n  ^ov  *^s  Tois  'Hvwu^vas  IIoXiTcfas,  dXXd  to  ^p-yov  tov  tls 
ri\v  dv0pwir6TT|Ta." 

Me  Tas  Ae^ets  avras  £KAeto-e  rrjv  davfiaa-iav  ovtws  6/x,i\t'av  tov  rj  Avtov 
E^o;^OT>;s  o  Kv/3epvi]T7]<;  r^s  IIoAiTctas  Macraa)^ov(T€TTr]<;  Kara  to  TeXccrOkv 
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AvayvMCTTOTTovXov  ttoXltikov  [xvrjfxocrvvov, 

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8ev  rjSvvaTO  va  )^apa)(Oy  irepl  rou  dSo/CT^rtos  cKAtTrdi^ros  /AcydAou  rj/xCtv 
o-u/xTToAiTOv,  TOV  (Te/SacTTOv  KOL  i^6)((xi<;  (^lAoTrdrptSos  Ilpoe'Spov  t^s  'E^vtKiys 
Evwcrews  kol  t^s  Koivott/tos  Bootcovt^s,  toi)  irrl  TpLaKovTaeTiav  SlcvOvvtov 
T^s  7r€pL(j>rifx.ov  UepKLViiov  ^^oXrj<;  tojv  tix^Awv.  'Orav  8e  roiowos  ^apa- 
KT7]picrfJi,6s  aTToSiSerat  t/c  /xepovi  Trpoaomov  toctou  iTno-rjfjLov,  Ik  /j.epov<;  tt}? 
dvajraTT/s  cipx^^  '''^^  IloAiTeias  ravriys,  alcrOavofxeOa  oXrjv  ttjv  Tijxyjv  rj 
oTToia  TTpocryiverai  cis  to  EAAtjj/ikov  ovop.a,  dAA'  alaOavofXiOa  trvyvpovw^ 
KOL  Trjv  BvcravairXy^pwTov  diTrwAciav  t^v  oiroiav  to  "E^vos  tj/xwv  koI  tStws 
6  ev  A/xepLKrj  EAAT^vio^/ios  vTricTTT)  8td  toJ)  OavaTov  tov  T£Tt/x,r//x€vov  tovtov 
T€Kvou  T^?  ITarpiSos  rj/xwy. 

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o-tf  €K  TOi;  TrXr]<TLOv  TOV  M.Lxa.r)X  Avayvota-TOTrovXov  kol  va  Oavp-da-iDO-L  Tci? 
e&'>)(^ov^  avTOv  ap€Ta<;,  Srjixocruvcrova-a  o-rj/xepov  ttjv  eiKova  avTOv  TrXrjpoZ 
cf>opov  evyvwixoavvr]^  eis  ttjv  ^vrffxiqv  tov  fjnyaXoiSeaTov  dvSpos  tov  ottolov 
TTjv  aTTtuAciav  Oprjvct  fxeTo.  tov  HaveXXrjvtov. 


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SHMAIA,   Nea  'TopKrj.  Aevrepa  29  'OKTO^piov  1906. 
New  York,  October  29,  1906. 


TIMAI    EI2    MNHMHN   TOY  MIXAHA   ANArNflSTOnOYAOY 

'Ev  iirifiX-qTiKOT-qTi  [XiyaX-q  kreXidOq  Tr)v  irapeXOovaav  TerdpT-qv  ev  rrj 
KaXXtTrpeTrci  aWovarj  toG  Tremont  Temple,  ev  Bocttwvt;,  to  irpoayyiXOkv 
ttoXltlkov  ixvrjfjLoa-vvov  Trpos  rt/x^v  tou  aXrjcrfA.ovrJTOv  Mtxa^rjX    AvayvuKTTO- 

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Trev^iyu-ws  Steo-Keuacr/xcV?;  ctti  8e  rf/?  e'^e'Spa?,  ^rts  ^ro  KeKoa-fxYj/xevr)  8ta 
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Kai  vw  KaOrjy-qTf]';  tov  iv  PrOvideilCe  7rave7rtcrT7;p.tou  MTrpaouv  Kai  yvto- 
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TOV  fjLeydXov  (f)LXeXXr]vos  "Sa/xovrjX  "Kdov  Kai  Trev^epct  rov  fiaKapiTov^  6 
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'EXXaSos  K.  'Iw.  Ilap/ACvtST/s  Kat  ot  k.k.  E.  "AXXev  Kai  BXe'8o-w,  6  p,€v 
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ycyovos  otl  KatVoi  Trapa/AeiVas  evri  recrcrapaKOVTaeTLav  Iv  A/xepLK-^  virrjp^e 
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FRIEDRICH    FROEBEL. 


OFFICERS   OF   THE   CORPORATION. 


1906-1907. 


FRANCIS  HENRY  APPLETON,  President. 
AMORY  A.  LAWRENCE,  Vice-President. 
WILLIAM  ENDICOTT,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
ALMORIN  0.  CASWELL,  Secretary  pro  tern. 


BOARD   OF   TRUSTEES 
FRANCIS    HENRY   APPLETON. 
WALTER  CABOT    BAYLIES. 
WM.   LEONARD   BENEDICT. 
WILLIAM   ENDICOTT. 
Rev.  p.   R.  FROTHING  ham. 
CHARLES   P.  GARDINER. 


N.   P.   HALLOWELL. 
Rev.   HERBERT   S.   JOHNSON. 
GEORGE  H.   RICHARDS. 
WM.   L.   RICHARDSON,   M.D. 
RICHARD  M.  SALTONSTALL. 
S.  LOTHROP  THORNDIKE. 


LADIES'    VISITING   COMMITTEE. 
Mrs.  John  Chipman  Guav,  President. 
Miss  Annie  C.  Warren,   Vice-President. 


Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motlev,      .  December. 
Mrs.  Harold  J.  Coolidge,  .  January. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Mack February. 

Miss  Annie  C.  Warren,   .    .  March. 
Miss  Ellen  Bullard,  .    .    .  April. 


Mrs.  John  Chipman  Guav,  .  May. 
Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,     .    .  June. 
Miss  Agnes  Brooks,  .     .     .  September. 
Mrs.  George  A.  Drapek,     .  October. 
Mrs.  George  H.  Monks,      .  Nocember. 


Miss  Annie  Norton  Ward. 

Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott,  Honorary  Member. 

Mrs.  Kingsmill  Marrs,  Honorary  Member. 


OFFICERS   OF   THE   KINDERGARTEN. 


ACTING   DIRECTOR. 

ALMORIN  0.  CASWELL. 


ATTENDING  PHYSICIAN. 

HENRY  W.  BROUGHTON,  M.D. 


OPHTHALMIC   SURGEON. 

FRANCIS  I.  PROCTOR,  M.D. 


Boys'  Section. 
Miss  Nettie  B.  Vose,  Matron. 
Miss  Flora  C.  Fountain,  Assistant. 
Miss  Ellen  Reed  Mead,  Kinder garlner. 
Miss  Minerva  Lyon,  Substitute. 
Miss  L.  Henrietta  Stratton,  Teacher. 
Miss  Minnie  C.  Tucker,  Music  Teacher. 
Mrs.  CORDEN  Sagar,  Special  Teacher. 


Girls'  Section. 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Hill,  Matron. 
Miss  Cornelia  M.  Loring,  Assistant. 
Miss  W.  Humbert,  Kinder gartner. 
Miss  Alice  M.  Lane,  Teacher. 
Miss  Helen  M.  Hinolf,  Music  Teacher. 


Miss  Laura  A.  Brown,  Teacher  of  Manual  Training. 


PRIMARY   DEPARTMENT. 


Miss  Mary  J.  Jones,  Matron. 

Miss  Margaret  F.  Hughes,  Assistant 

Miss  Angie  L.  Tarbell,  Teacher. 


Boys'  Section. 

Miss  M.  ESTELLE  Ramsdell,  Teacher. 
Miss  Susan  A.  Bourne,  Music  Teacher. 
Miss  Sigrid  Sjolander,  Sloyd. 


Girls'  Section. 


Miss  Blanche  Barrett,  Matron. 
Miss  Ada  S.  Bartlett,  Assistant. 
Miss  Bertina  Dyer,  Teacher. 
Miss  Bertha  M.  Buck,  Teacher. 


Miss  Xaomi  K.  Gring,  Music  Teacher. 
Miss  Katharine  I.  Fish, 

Music  Teacher. 
Miss  Gerda  L.  Wahlberg,  Sloyd. 


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GIFTS  IN  LIFE  AS  WELL  AS  IN  DEATH. 
Dear  Friend  :  —  Are  yoii  thinking  of  making  your  will  and 
of  disposing  of  the  whole  or  a  part  of  your  estate  for  edu- 
cational and  benevolent  purposes?  If  so.  do  not  forget  the 
Kindergarten  for  the  Blind  in  Jamaica  Plain.  Pray  bear  in 
mind  the  fact  that  this  institution  is  doing  a  holy  work  for  the 
needy  little  sightless  children,  its  object  being  to  mitigate  the 
sad  effects  of  their  affliction,  to  improve  their  condition  physi- 
cally, intellectually  and  morally,  and  to  free  them  from  the 
fetters  of  helplessness  and  dependence. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST. 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  corporation  of  the  Perkins 
Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind.  Boston, 
Mass.,  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  tlie  Kindergarten  for  the 
Blind,  tlie  sum  of  dollars. 


FORM  OF  DEVISE  OF  REAL  ESTATE. 
I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the -corporation  of  the  Perkins 
Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  Boston, 
Mass.,  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  Kindergarten  for  the 
Blind  (here  describe  the  real  estate  accurately),  with  full  power 
to  sell,  mortgage  and  convey  the  same,  free  of  all  trusts. 


■i^'Ct'Titn  ten   f^<xiX.A  'Od-  t^^  titt't'tci.tn'a . 


KINDERGAETEN  FOR  THE  BLIND. 


EEPORT   OF   THE   TRUSTEES. 


To  the  Members  of  the  Corporation. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  :  —  In  presenting  our  annual 
report  for  the  year  ending  on  the  thirty-first  day  of 
August,  1906,  we  are  glad  to  assure  the  many  friends 
and  supporters  of  this  beneficent  institution  that  the 
past  year  has  been  one  of  progress  and  the  most  suc- 
cessful year  in  its  history. 

The  affairs  of  the  school  have  been  conducted  in  the 
spirit  and  according  to  the  wishes  of  its  great  founder, 
our  late  director,  and  the  kindergarten  stands  as  a 
monument  to  him  more  enduring  than  metal  tablet  or 
marble  shaft. 

Every  convenience  has  been  provided  that  science 
could  dictate  or  a  careful  consideration  for  the  physical 
health  or  mental  and  moral  well-being  of  the  children 
could  suggest.  There  are  acres  of  beautiful  play- 
grounds for  the  children  in  the  warmer  months,  and  a 
wealth  of  pictures,  statuary  and  flowers  in  all  the 
schoolrooms,  to  render  them  homelike  and  beautiful  to 
teachers  and  pupils  alike. 

The  teaching  and  training  of  the  blind  are  at  their 
best  here,  and  visitors  will  be  deeply  impressed  by  the 
patience  and  consecration  of  the  teachers  and  the  spirit 
of  happiness  and  contentment  displayed  by  the  children. 


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E-ECOED  OF  Health. 

There  have  been  several  cases  of  illness  during  the 
year,  as  follows :  appendicitis,  one  case ;  scarlatina,  one ; 
jaundice,  one;  whooping  cough,  five  cases;  mumps, 
eleven;  and  measles,  two,  of  which  the  last-named 
proved  fatal. 

Little  Gertrude  May  Holberton  of  Slocumville,  R.  I., 
died  at  the  City  Hospital',  April  3,  1906,  at  the  age  of 
five  years,  of  measles.  She  was  a  dear  little  girl,  a 
favorite  with  matrons  and  teachers  at  the  kindergarten, 
where  her  untimely  death  was  sincerely  mourned  by 
all,  teachers  and  pupils  alike. 

Stephen  H.  Martin  of  Plainfield,  Vt.,  one  of  the  little 
boys  at  the  kindergarten,  died  of  measles  followed  by 
diphtheria,  at  the  City  Hospital,  March  22,  1906,  aged 
six  years. 

The  Significance  of  the  Work  of  the  Kindeegarten. 

Life  is  made  up  of  compensations,  and  a  striking 
and  beneficent  one  is  the  fact  that  these  helpless,  sight- 
less children,  shut  in  from  the  sunny  world  about  them, 
isolated,  timid  and  inert,  needing  more  than  any  others 
the  help  of  kind  hearts  and  intelligent  minds  devoted 
to  their  emancipation,  should,  by  the  very  extremity 
of  their  helplessness,  appeal  more  strongly  than  any 
others  to  the  sympathies  of  those  who  have  the  means 
to  help  unlock  their  prison  house. 

The  kindergarten  for  the  blind,  like  the  kindergarten 
for  the  seeing,  had  its  origin  in  neglect  on  the  part  of 
the  parents,  and  a  tender-hearted  man's  observation 
of  that  neglect  and  its  effect  on  the  child  victims,  — 


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altliough  the  neglect  of  the  blind  children,  sometimes  of 
exactly  the  same  sort  as  that  of  the  seeing,  was  often 
exactly  opposite  in  character.  Froebel  saw  that  the 
orderly,  natural  unfolding  of  the  child-soul,  to  be  se- 
cured through  happy  play  in  an  atmosphere  of  love  and 
trust,  was  impossible  under  constant  repression  in  an 
environment  of  fear  and  suspicion.  The  founder  of 
our  kindergarten  for  the  blind  had  learned,  in  the 
course  of  his  work  with  the  sightless,  that  many  of 
them  had  been  neglected  and  allowed  to  reach  their 
teens  absolutely  untaught,  or  with  little  mental  training 
worthy  the  name,  with  no  initiative  or  self-reliance, 
their  minds  and  bodies  undeveloped,  all  through  a  mis- 
taken idea  of  tenderness  on  the  part  of  the  parents.  If 
to  teach  normal  seeing  children  before  the  days  of  the 
kindergarten  was  a  difficult  task,  then  to  teach  and 
train  these  neglected  blind  children  was  well-nigh  a 
hopeless  one.  But  the  kindergarten  for  the  blind  is 
established,  and  for  otherwise  normal  children  the 
problem  is  solved. 

The  little  boys  and  girls  come  to  the  kindergarten  at 
five  or  six  years  of  age,  they  enjoy  a  cheerful  home, 
where  all  their  physical  wants  are  looked  after  with 
loving  care.  Here,  by  mingling  with  other  children  in 
healthy,  joyous  play,  they  gradually  overcome  their 
natural  shyness  and  timidity,  and  the  inertia  so  charac- 
teristic of  the  neglected  blind.  Here,  at  the  hands  of 
trained  kindergartners,  these  little  folks  receive,  in  the 
guise  of  games,  delightful  lessons  in  form,  language, 
number  and  harmony,  their  reasoning  powers  are  de- 
veloped, their  imaginations  trained,  their  manners  re- 
fined, and,  what  is  of  far  more  importance,  their  sense 


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of  right  and  fairness  quickened  and  developed.  It  is 
an  ideal  preparation  for  the  work  of  the  grades  that 
follows. 

Exercises  at  the  Boston  Theatee. 

At  the  commencement  exercises  of  the  school,  held 
in  Boston  Theatre  on  the  afternoon  of  Tuesday,  June 
5,  the  little  people  of  the  kindergarten  were,  as  always, 
the  centre  of  attention,  and  formed  a  pretty  group  at 
the  front  of  the  stage.  Such  a  bevy  of  white-clad  little 
figures !  Such  plump  cheeks  and  dimpled  hands,  ready 
to  investigate  all  that  came  within  touch!  Such  rows 
of  flaxen  or  darker  polls,  the  feminine  half  of  them 
crowned  with  a  brave  array  of  butterfly  bows !  It  is  no 
wonder  that  the  children  seemed  so  attractive  to  their 
friends  wlio  filled  the  auditorium. 

All  the  little  ones  listened  in  absolute  silence  and  with 
evident  appreciation  to  the  beautiful  strains  of  the 
opening  orchestral  selection,  and  then  an  added  alert- 
ness in  their  attitude  showed  that  the  time  for  their 
share  in  the  afternoon's  entertainment  had  arrived. 
Four  of  the  tiniest  pupils  went  to  the  tables  which  had 
been  placed  at  the  front  of  the  stage,  and  were  soon 
busily  at  work  upon  the  moist  clay  which  they  found 
awaiting  their  deft  touch.  While  the  little  fingers 
were  molding  the  material  into  shape.  Dr.  William  T. 
McElveen  gave  the  following  earnest  address  upon 
the  work  of  the  kindergarten :  — 

Mr.  Chairman  and  Friends:  As  the  program  intimates,  I 
am  a  preacher;  but  please  do  not  hold  that  against  me.  I 
really  can't  help  it.  But  because  I  am  a  preacher,  I  would  like 
to  tell  you  what  I  purpose  saying,  by  the  annoimcement  of  a 
Scripture  text.    I  think  I  will  feel  more  comfortable  if  I  do  so; 


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but  don't  you  feel  uncomfortable,  because  I  am  not  going  to  preach 
any  sermon.  There  is  just  this  difference  between  a  sermon  and 
an  address :  A  sermon  ought  to  have  something  of  the  dignity 
and  the  stateliness  of  a  Eoman  chariot;  but  an  address  may 
have  something  of  the  freedom  and  the  informality  of  an  Irish 
jaunting  car.  One  does  not  need  to  stick  to  his  text  if  he  makes 
an  address,  but  if  he  preaches  a  sermon,  he  ought  to.  In  fact, 
I  heard  of  a  very  well-known  clergyman  who  was  asked  very 
suddenly  to  address  the  young  women  at  AVellesley  College. 
Thinking  an  old  sermon  on  Personal  Influence  might  be  appro- 
priate he  spread  it  on  the  desk.  He  had  not  looked  at  the  text, 
and  was  much  chagrined  and  embarrassed  when  he  stood  before 
the  young  women,  in  their  chapel,  and  read  "  Be  ye  fishers  of 
men,"  as  his  verse  which  was  to  guide  his  thought. 

I  want  to  preface  what  I  have  to  say  with  this  text,  because 
this  particular  statement  briefly  expresses  just  what  I  wish  to  say. 
It  states  tersely  some  of  the  principles  of  this  holy  art  of  kinder- 
gartening  about  which  I  am  to  speak  to  you  this  afternoon. 
This  is  the  text,  —  most  familiar  words  they  are :  ''  Train  up  a 
child  in  the  way  he  should  go." 

Now,  while  that  old  proverb  was  penned  many  centuries  ago, 
I  venture  to  say  it  is  still  abreast  of  the  best  theories  of  our 
time  in  matters  of  child  culture.  Note  this  ancient  wise  man 
said  training,  not  teaching.  Training  is  a  finer  art  tlian  teach- 
ing. To  teach  is  to  feed  the  mind;  to  train  is  to  feed  body 
and  mind  and  spirit.  Teaching  gives  information,  but  training 
gives  skill  and  strength;  it  unfolds  capacities,  develops  faculties, 
shapes  habits,  and  makes  for  character.  Teaching  addresses  it- 
self to  the  intellectual  side  of  the  child's  nature;  training  ad- 
dresses itself  to  the  child  in  the  child's  entirety,  and  aims  to 
develop  every  possibility  and  to  cover  every  phase  of  the  child's 
life  and  experience.  A  baby  is  but  a  bud,  with  all  its  petals  yet 
unfolded;  and  the  true  kindergartner  would,  like  the  glad  sun- 
shine, kiss  every  petal  of  the  flower  wide  open. 

True  education  is  not  information,  it  is  formation.    It  is  forma- 


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tion  of  life  and  character,  and  the  kindergartner  begins  her 
process  of  forming  the  child  at  the  child's  most  formative  period. 
Education  is  not  construction,  it  is  inspiration.  It  is  not  fill- 
ing the  child's  mind  with  a  gi-eat  encyclopedia  of  facts,  it  is 
strengthening  the  child  mind,  it  is  increasing  the  child's  power 
of  initiative,  it  is  developing  the  child's  character.  The  brain 
is  not  the  only  organ  of  knowledge  with  which  the  child  is 
equipped.  The  child  comes  to  know  by  different  ways  than  via 
the  intellect.  There  are  many  gateways  to  the  city  of  child- 
soul,  and  the  true  kindergartner  would  open  wide  every  gate- 
way, because  there  are  not  only  the  eyes  of  the  intellect,  but  the 
eyes  of  the  heart,  to  be  opened.  She  would  awaken  the  slumber- 
*ing  esthetic  sense;  she  would  arouse  the  dormant  musical  sense; 
aye,  do  more,  —  she  would  make  active  that  sense  by  which  the 
Unseen  Eternal  is  perceived. 

And  so  the  true  kindergartner  endeavors  to  harmoniously  un- 
fold, not  to  mechanically  instruct.  The  true  kindergartner  helps 
the  child  to  make  discoveries  for  himself,  not  to  pour  into  the 
child's  mind  certain  facts.  The  true  kindergartner  draws  out 
of  the  child;  she  does  not  pack  the  child's  memory  with  a  great 
mass  of  items  and  rules  and  tables.  The  true  kindergartner 
leads,  she  never  drives;  she  brings  the  boys  or  girls  into  com- 
mand of  their  own  powers;  she  does  not  command  those  powers. 
She  lives  with  the  children,  not  beyond  them,  not  above  them. 

And  so  I  say  that  training  is  a  finer,  deeper,  larger  process 
than  teaching.  Training  does  not  simply  mean  school-room  drill 
and  discipline;  training  means  more  abundant  life.  It  means 
the  broadening  and  deepening  of  mind  and  power  and  spirit. 
It  means  the  enrichment  of  the  entire  personality.  It  means 
the  development  of  every  latent  energy,  every  quality  hitherto 
dormant,  coming  naturally,  through  effort,  to  flower.  It  means 
the  proportionate  culture  of  all  the  powers,  the  harmonious 
development  of  all  the  faculties. 

Training  does  not  mean  filling  the  child's  personality  with  a 
few  social  amiabilities  and  superficial  accomplishments;  it  means 


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bringing  the  child  into  the  possession  of  a  kind  heart  and  a  fine 
soul,  right  imagination  and  strong  reason,  and  large  faith  in 
and  deep  love  for  God  and  for  man.  In  a  word,  kindergarten- 
ing,  which  is  really  child  training,  is  helping  the  child  to  arrive 
at  his  real  self,  his  best  possible  self.  Gone  are  the  years  when 
men  regarded  education  as  simply  the  mental  acquisition  of 
facts.  Even  brain  education  is  not  loading  the  memory  with  a 
great  dead  mass  of  mental  accumulations.  It  is  power  to  work 
with  the  brain.  It  is  ability  to  think  straight.  It  is  capacity  to 
discriminate  between  the  seeming  and  the  real.  A  walking, 
talking  encyclopedia  is  no  more  an  educated  man  than  a  cata- 
logue is  a  library.  Many  people  know  botany,  but  they  do  not 
know  flowers.  Many  people  know  astronomy,  but  do  not  know 
stars.  And  I  am  very  sorry  to  say  many  people  know  theology, 
but  they  do  not  Icnow  God :  "  Many  a  man  has  his  memory  full, 
but  his  understanding  empty." 

Solomon,  who  had  the  reputation  of  being  the  wisest  man  of 
the  world,  said  that  "  with  your  getting  knowledge,  get  under- 
standing;" and  he  saw  the  difference  between  simply  teaching, 
which  is  informing,  and  training  which  is  unfolding  all  the 
powers  latent  in  the  child. 

Some  regard  the  kindergarten  as  a  kind  of  educational  mil- 
linery. They  consider  it  as  a  sort  of  trimming,  which  you  can 
add  on  when  the  fad  is  popular,  and  which  you  can  discard  when 
the  tax-payer  begins  to  cry  loudly.  But  they  who  regard  the 
kindergarten  as  educational  trimming  do  not  quite  see  the  mean- 
ing, the  purpose,  underlying  all  kindergarten  work.  These  songs 
that  you  will  hear  are  not  simply  kindergarten  jingles.  By  them 
the  good  master  goes  forth  to  sow  the  seed  again ;  and  the  seed  is 
always  good,  and  the  ground  is  always  fertile ;  and  a  great  harvest 
will  be  gathered  of  virtue  and  reverence,  when  the  boys  and 
girls  who  have  sung  these  songs  about  God  and  man  and  the 
soul,  the  sun  and  moon  and  flowers,  come  to  manhood  and 
womanhood. 

And  these  games  you  shall  see  on  the  platform  in  a  moment 


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or  two  are  not  merely  games  for  children,  but  they  reproduce 
the  lives  of  plants,  of  animals,  and  lives  of  human  beings,  and  so 
the  children  come  into  conscious  kinship  with  the  great  world  of 
men  and  of  things.  And  these  so-called  occupations  which  you 
saw  just  now,  kindergarten  occupations,  they  are  not  simply 
doing  these  little  things  to  pleasantly  occupy  time  —  no,  no  I 
In  mimicry  these  children  do  what  men  the  wide  world  over  do, 
and  so  come  into  sympathetic  co-operation  with  ever}^  tradesman, 
professional  man  and  every  handicraft  everywhere. 

I  said  that  training  was  a  deeper  and  a  finer  process  than 
teaching.  jSTote  this,  also.  Training  can  antedate  teaching. 
Long  before  the  child  knows  the  meaning  of  words,  —  looks, 
smiles  and  gestures  are  clear  to  him.  You  can  begin  to  train 
a  child  to  go  to  sleep  without  rocking,  —  I  did  not  read  that, 
I  know  it.  You  can  train  a  child  to  expect  and  accept  his  food 
at  a  certain  definite  hour,  and  train  him  to  do  a  hundred  and 
one  things  that  will  add  wonderfully  to  the  joys  of  motherhood, 
when  we  could  not  teach  him  a  single  thing,  because  he  could 
not  understand  what  was  said.  The  word  "  traiti "  in  that  verse 
I  quoted  is  rather  a  peculiar  and  picturesque  word.  Literally 
it  means  to  rub  the  gullet,  and  refers  to  an  old  Jewish  cus- 
tom and  practice  still  prevalent  among  primitive  people,  of 
opening  the  throat  of  the  first-born  babe  and  anointing  that 
throat  with  some  fluid;  in  the  older  times  usually  it  was  the 
saliva  of  the  nurse.  It  was  done  to  show  this  new  babe  how  to 
swallow  and  breathe  correctly.  And  just  let  me  say  that  nine- 
tenths  of  the  people  of  today  do  not  know  how  to  breathe,  though 
some  of  us  look  as  though  we  had  swallowed  a  good  deal.  The 
kindergartner  does  advocate  the  old  verse  of  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes,  that  "  education  begins  a  hundred  years  before  the 
child  is  born."  The  kindergartner  does  insist  that  what  we  are 
early  schooled  in  exerts  a  powerful  influence  over  all  our  after- 
lives. 

Teaching  the  children !     "  It  is  painting  and  fresco,"  said 


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Emerson,  and  fresco,  real  fresco,  —  we  haven't  very  much  of  it 
now,  —  real  fresco  cannot  be  taken  from  the  wall  until  you  take 
down  the  plaster.  A  good  deal  of  the  teaching  is  kalcimining,  I 
sometimes  thinly  preaching  is  kalcimining  —  but  training  chil- 
dren, that  is  the  painting  and  fresco  —  that  is  doing  an  abiding 
and  eternal  work. 

There  is  just  one  other  thing  I  want  to  say,  for  I  see  our 
little  friends  are  through  with  their  task,  and  I  should  be  through 
with  mine.  This  wise  man  says :  "  Train  up  a  child  in  the  way 
lie  should  go."  Not  that  he  should  have  his  own  way,  —  no ; 
but  that  in  training  him  we  should  have  regard  for  his  individ- 
uality. That  our  friends  are  doing,  as  you  see,  in  this  fine 
school.  Children  are  difl'erent;  they  are  not  alike.  There  is 
just  one  point  in  which  all  children  are  alike,  and  that  is  that  they 
are  difi^erent!  Creative  wisdom  seems  to  have  gone  to  infinite 
pains  to  have  made  the  points  of  difference,  not  as  few,  but  as  nu- 
merous, as  possible.  There  is  one  quality  everywhere  pervasive  in 
life,  and  that  is  inequality.  We  all  know  this  variation  serves 
some  wise  end,  just  as  a  change  in  the  air  keeps  stagnation  out  of 
water  and  dead  calm  out  of  air.  But  I  want  to  emphasize  that 
the  kindergartner  recognizes  this  great  fact  in  human  nature, 
—  that  two  brothers  may  be  totally  different  as  the  oak  and 
geranium;  one  child  is  a  sack  to  fill,  another  is  a  plant  to  grow. 
"  Alike  as  two  peas,"  they  say  of  the  baby  twins.  Exactly ;  but 
look  at  the  two  peas  under  the  microscope,  and  see  that  peas 
differ.    So  do  the  baby  twins. 

And  so  education  must  be  as  individual  as  temperament  and 
life.  We  must  lead  these  boys  and  girls  to  the  highest  expres- 
sion of  their  possibilities;  but  the  highest  expression  of  this 
one's  possibilities  is  not  the  highest  expression  of  that  one's 
possibilities.  The  mark  of  the  blue  pencil  upon  the  yellow 
paper  looks  blue,  and  the  mark  of  the  blue  pencil  upon  the  red 
paper  looks  purplish.  After  all,  it  is  only  upon  real  white  paper 
that  it  makes  an  exact  blue  mark.     All  children  vary,  even  the 


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teachers  of  these  children  would  acknowledge  that,  much  as 
they  love  them;  and  you  must  acknowledge  that  about  your  own 
children  at  home.  They  are  alert  and  active,  or  indolent,  over- 
generous  and  pitiably  selfish.  Some  characteristics  must  be 
changed,  some  curbed,  others  coaxed  into  larger  and  richer  life. 
That  is  the  task  of  the  parent,  and  that,  more  especially^  is  the 
task  of  the  kindergartner.  She  must  study  the  child;  she  must 
make  a  careful  and  accurate  diagnosis  of  the  child;  she  must 
know  the  faults  to  be  remedied,  and  she  must  know  the  virtues 
that  are  in  excess.  She  must  use  tact,  and  arrange  her  scheme 
of  kindergarten  training  so  as  to  bring  that  boy  and  girl  into 
full  possession  of  their  best  possible  selves.  "  Train  up  a  child 
in  the  way  he  should  go.'^  That  is,  discover,  and  then  project 
into  life  a  breathing  reality  of  that  child's  real  self. 

I  covet  for  each  one  of  you  the  privilege  that  I  enjoyed  a  week 
or  so  ago,  of  going  out  to  Jamaica  Plain  and  living  with  these 
little  people  for  three  or  four  hours;  I  saw  them  doing  the  little 
things  they  are  doing  before  you  today,  but  doing  it  better,  T 
fancy,  because  then  there  was  no  audience  present,  no  one  to 
interfere  with  their  freedom,  joy  and  happiness.  Nimble  fingers, 
nimble  intellects,  kind  hearts,  good  judgment,  —  all  these  powers 
are  being  developed  in  these  little  ones;  and  I  think  I  should 
speak  for  you,  and  for  you  express  your  gratitude  and  thankful- 
ness to  these  men  and  women  who  are  giving  their  lives  to 
training  up  these  children  in  the  way  they  should  go. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Dr.  McElveen's  eloquent  re- 
marks, which  elicited  the  heartiest  applause,  the  chil- 
dren exhibited  their  clay  work,  and  explained  what  they 
had  made.  One  had  molded  a  pumpkin,  symbolic  of  one 
of  the  chief  pleasures  of  Thanksgiving  Day.  A  drum 
signalized  the  fervor  of  the  patriotic  holidays,  and  a 
trumpet  heralded  the  joys  of  Christmas;  while  the 
fourth  little  tot  had  formed  a  cylinder,  cube  and  ball, 


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and  had  reared  them  in  a  stately  monument  in  com- 
memoration of  Froebel's  birthday.  These  were  ex- 
plained by  appropriate  verses,  and  served  to  usher  in 
the  children's  exercises,  illustrative  of  Festival  Days 
in  the  Kindergarten. 

Happy  indeed  is  the  celebration  of  these  festal  occa- 
sions that  indicate  the  passing  of  the  year,  if  we  are  to 
judge  by  the  merry  songs  and  pretty  games  by  which 
the  children  expressed  the  pleasures  of  Christmas,  St. 
Valentine's  Day,  Washington's  Birthday,  Patriots' 
Day  and  May  Day,  Their  sweet  young  voices  rang  out 
clearly  in  the  tuneful  melodies,  and  in  their  thorough 
enjoyment  of  singing  it  looked  as  if  they  might  continue 
all  day  without  tiring  of  the  fun.  In  their  games  they 
ran  about,  marched  and  danced  with  a  charming  lack 
of  self -consciousness  and  with  complete  freedom  of  mo- 
tion. As  the  crowning  point  of  the  festivities  a  May- 
pole was  erected  in  their  midst,  and  eight  of  the  children 
with  a  pretty  little  skipping  step  wound  it  with  the  gay 
strands  of  green  and  yellow.  The  applause  which 
greeted  this  achievement  was  well  merited  by  the  grace- 
ful little  performers  of  the  feat. 

This  marked  the  close  of  the  exercise,  and  the  tiny 
entertainers  marched  off  the  stage  much  to  the  regret 
of  their  auditors,  who  had  entered  heartily  into  the 
children's  happiness  in  their  play,  and  who  must  have 
rejoiced  that  this  excellent  form  of  training  the  tiny 
hands  and  developing  the  childish  brain  could  have 
been  brought  within  the  reach  of  these  unfortunate 
little  ones. 

The  kinder  orchestra  then  played  a  spirited  walzer, 
by  Miss  Katharine  I.  Fish,  in  excellent  time  and  tune, 


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and  with  a  full  complement  of  all  the  bird  calls  and 
other  childish  instruments.  The  performance,  though 
interesting  and  pleasing  in  itself,  gained  importance  in 
view  of  what  the  later  years  and  more  extended  musical 
education  may  build  upon  this  foundation  so  excel- 
lently laid. 

Thus  the  presence  of  the  little  kindergarten  children 
on  this  annual  occasion  oifers  an  impressive  object  les- 
son, proving  the  value  of  this  early  beneficent  training 
as  a  preparation  for  the  good  scholarly  work  of  the 
older  pupils,  which  was  exhibited  through  their  suc- 
ceeding exercises. 

In  conclusion,  we  take  this  opportunity  again  to  ex- 
press our  sense  of  gratitude  to  all  the  generous  friends 
and  supporters  of  the  kindergarten,  through  whose 
kindness  of  heart  and  consideration  of  the  unfortunate 
this  beneficent  work  has  been  made  possible. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

FEAXCIS  HEXEY  APPLETOX, 
WALTER  CABOT  BAYLIES, 
WILLIA^il  L.  BENEDICT, 
WILLIAM  EXDICOTT, 
PAUL  EEVEEE  FEOTHIXGHAM, 
CHAELES  P.  GAEDIXEE, 
X.  P.  HALLOWELL, 
HEEBEET  S.  JOHXSOX, 
GEOEGE  H.  EICHAEDS, 
WILLIAM  L.  EICHAEDSOX, 
EICHAED  M.  SALTOXSTALL, 

S.  LOTHEOP  THOEXDIKE, 

Trustees. 


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EEPORT  OF  THE  ACTING  DIRECTOR. 


To  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Gentlemeist  :  —  It  is  with  a  new  conception  of  the 
work  in  which  we  are  engaged,  and  in  the  light  of  a 
larger  revelation  that  I  come  to  speak  of  the  work  of 
the  kindergarten  for  the  year  just  closed.  The  portion 
of  my  work  that  has  called  me  to  Jamaica  Plain  has 
ever  been  delightful ;  for  one  is  transj^orted  to  a  beau- 
tiful suburban  estate  with  extensive  green  lawns,  lovely 
flowers,  wide  spreading  trees  and  inviting,  homelike 
houses,  where  more  than  a  hundred  sightless  children 
are  studying,  reciting,  practising  or  exercising  in  the 
school-houses  in  an  atmosphere  of  peace  and  order,  or 
romping  freely  about  the  grounds.  He  must  indeed  be 
hard  of  heart  who  would  not  be  stirred  to  pity  as  he 
thought  of  the  fate  of  these  hapless  babies  without  this 
city  of  refuge,  slow  of  heart  he  who  could  not  rejoice 
that  their  city  of  refuge  had  been  found. 

Here  these  children  move  about  in  an  environment 
of  love  and  sympathy  and  all  their  needs,  physical, 
mental  and  spiritual,  are  cared  for  by  a  group  of  con- 
secrated women;  here  they  have  a  home  better  than 
many  of  them  have  ever  known.  Here  they  receive  an 
ideal  physical  and  intellectual  training,  and  are  fitted 
for  the  school  work  that  is  to  follow  in  later  years ;  but 


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the  finest  thing  about  it  all  is  the  fact  that  these  hapless 
children  have  found  a  home,  and  a  mother's  love  and 
care ! 

And  all  this  because  one  tender  hearted  man  had  a 
vision,  and  kind,  true  hearted,  helpful  men  and  women 
helped  him  to  transmute  the  evanescent  fabric  of  his 
dream  into  the  enduring  structure  of  reality. 

If  these  conditions  exist  today  it  is  because  they  first 
existed  in  the  vision,  and  were  welded  into  the  iron 
purpose  of  Michael  Anagnos,  and  because  this  place  of 
habitation  had  already  taken  shape  in  his  vision  and  in 
that  of  the  gentle  lady  whose  last  message  was  "  take 
care  of  the  little  blind  children,"  and  the  walls  of  this 
city  of  refuge  had  towered  aloft,  beautiful  for  situation, 
on  the  hilltops  of  their  dreams. 

Eneolment  of  Blind  Persons  at  the  Kindergaeten. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  17  of  the  more 
advanced  pupils  were  transferred  to  the  Perkins  Insti- 
tution at  South  Boston.  At  present  there  are  118  chil- 
dren registered.  Of  these  the  boys'  primary  school, 
the  girls'  primary  school  and  the  boys'  kindergarten 
have  30  each,  and  28  are  at  the  girls'  kindergarten. 

Health  of  the  Pupn.s. 

There  have  been  several  cases  of  illness  during  the 
year,  as  follows :  —  api3endicitis,  one  case ;  scarlatina, 
one;  jaundice,  one;  whooping  cough,  five;  mumps, 
eleven;  and  measles,  two,  of  which  the  last  named 
proved  fatal. 

Little  Gertrude  May  Holberton  of  Slocumville,  E.  I., 


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died  at  the  City  Hospital,  April  3,  1906,  at  the  age  of 
five  years,  of  measles.  She  was  a  dear  little  girl,  a 
favorite  with  matrons  and  teachers  at  the  kindergarten, 
where  her  nntimely  death  was  sincerely  mourned  by 
all,  teachers  and  pupils  alike. 

Stephen  H.  Martin  of  Plainfield,  Vt.,  one  of  the  little 
boys  at  the  kindergarten,  died  of  measles  followed  by 
diphtheria,  at  the  City  Hospital,  March  22,  1906,  aged 
six  years. 

Two  Buds  in  the  Child's  Gaeden. 

The  following  sketch  of  two  recent  arrivals,  written 
by  Miss  Anna  Gardner  Fish,  is  presented  in  the  belief 
that,  while  a  fairly  just  estimate  of  the  work  of  our 
institution  can  be  based  on  some  familiarity  with  the 
finished  product,  a  far  truer  judgment  must  result  if 
to  this  familiarity  there  be  added  an  occasional  glimpse 
of  the  raw  material :  — 

As  has  frequently  been  mentioned  the  doors  of  the  kindergar- 
ten for  the  blind  stand  wide  open,  ready  to  receive  all  educable 
sightless  children  of  whatever  nationality  or  degree  of  mentality, 
the  only  proviso  being  that  they  sliall  be  free  from  any  contagious 
trouble.  It  is,  indeed,  a  family  of  many  varying  characteristics, 
which  is  gathered  together  under  each  hospitable  roof,  taxing 
heavily  the  patience  and  capabilities  of  the  caretakers  and  in- 
structors who  must  find  a  new  solution  for  each  separate  problem 
presented  by  the  many  little  individuals.  But  never  does  the 
patience  fail  and  never  does  the  resourceful  ingenuity  come  to  an 
end. 

It  Avould  be  impossible  for  one,  not  closely  connected  with  the 
work,  to  imagine  some  of  the  difficulties  which  must  be  sur- 
mounted by  these  earnest,  whole-souled  women  in  the  daily  per- 
formance of  their  duties,  and  therefore  it  mav  not  be  amiss  to 


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give  a  few  of  the  details  relating  to  two  of  the  new  pupils  who 
came  to  us  at  the  beginning  of  the  present  year. 

The  older  of  these,  Louis  Yott  of  North  Adams,  adds  another 
to  the  ranks  of  the  deaf-blind  pupils.  Of  French  Canadian 
parentage,  he  was  born  on  the  19th  of  February,  1898,  already 
possessing  the  germs  of  the  disease  which  has  gradually  robbed 
him  of  two  of  his  senses.  He  is  now  totally  deaf  and  has  so  little 
sight  that  it  is  of  no  practical  advantage  to  the  child,  and  there- 
fore he  has  been  admitted  to  the  kindergarten  with  a  special 
teacher  in  the  person  of  j\Irs.  Corden  Sagar,  a  young  woman  of 
fine  character  and  sweet  disposition  and  an  instructor  of  experi- 
ence among  the  deaf. 

As  the  child's  home  was  so  far  from  Boston,  all  preliminary 
measures  were  taken  through  correspondence.  His  papers  showed 
that  the  little  boy  was  suffering  from  a  serious  trouble,  and  letters 
in  regard  to  him  mentioned  the  fact  that  "he  has  several  spots 
of  pigmental  ichthyosis  on  his  body  and  two  small  patches  on  his 
face.  This  is  congenital,  absolutely  non-contagious  and  was 
materially  helped  by  treatment.'"  This  statement,  even  when 
interpreted  through  dictionary  definitions  of  the  term,  hardly 
gave  adequate  preparation  for  the  reality  which  the  unfortunate 
child  presented  upon  his  arrival  at  school.  He  was  found  to  be 
almost  entirely  covered,  —  head,  body,  hands  and  feet,  —  with 
large  irregular  patches  of  dark  brown,  leathery  skin,  rendering 
him  utterly  impervious  to  communication  through  the  means  of 
touch. 

Obviously  the  prime  necessity  in  this  case  was  an  alleviation  of 
this  dreadful  physical  condition.  An  application  to  the  Chil- 
dren's Hospital  proved  unavailing,  because  every  bed  was  then 
taken,  and  so,  in  a  spirit  of  noble  self-forgetfulness,  the  task  has 
been  undertaken  at  the  kindergarten  where,  although  we  do  not 
claim  to  offer  hospital  service,  the  orders  of  the  physician  are 
being  faithfully  carried  out.  Plans  for  the  little  boy's  instruction 
must  remain  in  abeyance  while  he,  swathed  in  bandages  from 
head  to  foot,  lies  quietly  in  bed  or  sits  up,  for  a  brief  period,  in 


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his  little  chair,  hugging  the  doll  upon  which  his  affection  is 
lavished  or  holding  silently  and  happily  a  bright  flower  from  the 
garden  beds.  He  responds  with  a  pleasant  smile  to  the  friendly 
pats  which  are  bestowed  upon  him,  but  beyond  this  no  method  of 
communication  with  the  poor  child  has  been  established.  His 
future  cannot  be  foretold,  but  we  earnestly  hope  that  his  pliysical 
condition  may  be  greatly  benefited  and  that  he  may  prove  to  be 
a  worthy  addition  to  the  number  of  deaf-blind  students  who  have 
been  successfully  trained  and  well  educated  at  the  Perkins 
Institution. 

The  youngest  member  of  the  kindergarten  family  is  little 
Ivhoren  Menasian,  for,  although  his  papers  proclaim  him  to  be 
five  years  old,  his  face,  manner  and,  above  all,  his  tiny  untrained 
hands  bespeak  the  mere  infant,  at  least  a  year  younger  than  his 
stated  age. 

This  little  Armenian  baby  represented  almost  complete  isola- 
tion, for  to  his  total  lack  of  vision  must  be  added  utter  ignorance 
of  the  English  tongue,  which  was  evidently  quite  unknown  in  his 
home.  But  the  little  fellow  understood  the  language  of  love  and, 
with  the  appeal  of  his  clinging  arms,  his  soft  yielding  body  and 
his  confidently  cuddling  head,  he  walked  straight  into  the  hearts 
of  the  kindergarten  ladies  who,  realizing  fully  what  it  meant  to 
add  this  problem  to  the  twenty-seven  others  already  before  them, 
cried  courageously :  "  We  cannot  give  him  up.'^ 

He  has  received  absolutely  no  training  of  any  kind  at  home, 
and  it  seems  altogether  probable  that  he  never  sat  at  a  table  to 
eat  but,  huddled  in  a  corner,  like  an  animal,  gnawed  his  hunch 
of  bread  and  drank  his  milk,  and  then  curled  up  anywhere  for  a 
nap,  like  a  little  puppy,  doul)t]ess  touching  only  his  knees  and 
little  black  liead  (now  close-cropped),  as  he  still  prefers  to  take 
his  rest  in  bed.  He  certainly  thrived  under  these  conditions,  for 
his  plump,  ruddy  cheeks  are  aglow  with  health.  "  How  Mr. 
Anagnos  would  have  loved  him,"  is  the  wistful  thought  that 
comes  often  to  mind  and  lips. 

An  earlv  difficultv  arose  in  his  inability  to  sleep  at  night,  and 


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the  moans  and  cries  of  the  poor  homesick  baby  were  a  most  dis- 
turbing element  in  the  kindergarten  household.  Then  by  day 
he  would  fall  to  sleep  in  any  place  or  posture,  thus  renewing  his 
vigor  for  another  wakeful  night. 

As  eternal  vigilance  seemed  to  offer  the  ouly  cliance  of  success 
in  his  training,  it  was  found  necessary  to  procure  a  special  at- 
tendant for  the  little  fellow,  until  he  shall  have  learned  to  care 
for  himself  and  gained  some  knowledge  of  the  language.  It  is 
"  line  upon  line  and  precept  upon  precept,"'  but  good  results  have 
already  been  attained.  By  constant  watchfulness  during  the 
daytime,  Khoren's  sleeping  time  has  been  made  to  agree  more 
closely  with  that  of  the  rest  of  the  kindergarten  world,  and  he  is 
learning  to  eat  properly  and  to  observe  some  forms  of  good 
behavior.  He  still  flies  into  funny  little  baby  passions  when  his 
will  is  crossed,  but  in  the  main  he  is  a  happy  little  fellow  and 
seems  to  feel  that  he  is  among  friends.  He  is  undoubtedly  edu- 
cable  and  offers  abundant  promise  of  future  mental  development 
when  this  rudimentary  training  shall  have  been  accomplished. 

Changes  in  the  Teaching  Force. 
We  regret  to  be  obliged  to  record  the  temporary  re- 
tirement from  service  of  Miss  Ellen  Reed  Mead,  for 
five  years  the  efficient  and  enthusiastic  kindergartner 
at  the  Boys'  Kindergarten.  Miss  Mead  was  forced  by 
nervous  break-down  to  leave  the  institution  in  Febru- 
ary of  the  present  year.  Complete  rest  and  change  of 
scene  have  wrought  much  improvement  in  the  state  of 
her  health,  but  on  the  advice  of  her  physician,  she  de- 
cided to  remain  out  the  present  year  in  the  hope  of  a 
complete  recovery,  a  hope  in  which  we  most  earnestly 
share.  Miss  Mead  is  now  with  friends  in  Placentia, 
Cal.  Miss  Mead's  work  has  been  taken  up  by  Miss 
Minerva  Lyon  of  Peru,  Vermont,  a  graduate  of  Miss 


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Symonds'  Training  School.  Miss  Lyon  is  a  young 
woman  of  excellent  training,  rare  strength  of  character 
and  sound  common  sense  and  is  succeeding  admirably 
in  her  work. 

Reference  has  been  made  elsewhere  to  the  admis- 
sion of  Louis  Yott,  a  little  deaf -blind  boy  from  North 
Adams,  Mass.  His  coming  made  necessary  the  employ- 
ment of  another  special  teacher  and  we  have  been  for- 
tunate in  securing  the  services  of  Mrs.  Corden  Sagar, 
a  lady  who  is  especially  fitted  for  the  work  by  several 
years  of  practical  experience  in  teaching  the  deaf  in  an 
English  institution. 

Miss  Isabel  C.  Bixby,  teacher  in  the  literary  depart- 
ment of  the  Boys'  Primary  school,  resigned  at  the  end 
of  the  winter  term  to  enter  a  different  field  of  service. 
Miss  M.  Estelle  Ramsdell  of  Eastport,  Maine,  an  ex- 
perienced and  successful  teacher,  was  appointed  to  fill 
the  vacancy. 

Miss  Lydia  Howes,  who  has  made  a  fine  record  as 
teacher  of  music  at  the  Boys'  Primary  school,  during 
the  five  years  of  her  service  there,  resigned  at  the  close 
of  the  year.  Her  place  has  been  taken  by  Miss  Susan 
A.  Bourne  of  Foxboro,  Massachusetts.  Miss  Bourne 
gomes  well  recommended  and  gives  promise  of  capacity 
and  efficiency  in  service. 

Miss  Margaret  F.  Hughes  of  Elora,  Ont.,  a  lady  of 
gracious,  cultured  manner  and  excellent  ability,  has 
been  appointed  assistant  matron  of  the  Boys'  Primary 
school. 

Miss  Maria  L.  Church,  a  literary  teacher  in  the  Girls' 
Primary  school,  resigned  her  position  in  June  after 
three  years  of  service.     Her  position  has  been  taken 


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by  Miss  Bertha  M.  Buck  of  South  Chatham,  Mass. 
Miss  Buck  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  School  at 
Bridgewater  and  was  personally  recommended  by  Prin- 
cipal A.  G.  Boyden.  She  is  a  young  lady  of  quiet,  un- 
assuming manners,  possessed  of  sympathy  and  tact 
and  is  doing  excellent  work  in  the  school  room. 

Miss  Bertha  C.  Chamberlain,  teacher  of  music  in 
the  Girls'  Primary  school,  resigned  her  position  at  the 
close  of  last  year.  Miss  Chamberlain's  place  has  been 
filled  by  the  election  of  Miss  Naomi  K.  Gring,  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Woman's  College,  Frederick,  Maryland. 
Miss  Gring  is  a  young  woman  of  fine  presence  and  is  a 
well  trained,  competent  teacher. 

Miss  Inger  Wiik,  teacher  of  sloyd  in  the  Girls'  Pri- 
mary school  for  several  years,  resigned  at  the  end  of 
June.  Her  place  has  been  filled  by  the  appointment  of 
Miss  Gerda  Wahlberg  of  Boston,  a  young  woman  pos- 
sessed with  force  of  character,  sound  training  and 
experience  in  the  work. 

Annual  Reception  at  the  Kindekgaeten. 

The  hospitable  doors  of  the  kindergarten  were  swung 
wide  open  on  the  afternoon  of  Monday,  the  23d  of 
April,  to  admit  those  friends  of  the  little  school,  who, 
undeterred  by  threatening  clouds  and  piercing  winds, 
found  sunshine  and  good  cheer  abundant  within  the 
walls  of  the  children's  garden  and  radiating  from 
every  group  of  the  little  workers. 

At  three  o'clock  the  opportunity  was  given  to  the 
guests  to  see  the  children  at  their  customary  tasks  in 
the  pleasant  classrooms,  seated  in  their  little  chairs 
before  the  low  tables  and  engaged  in  such  every-day 


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pastimes  as  stringing  beads,  weaving  bright  strips  of 
paper  into  mats,  building  block  houses  or,  among  those 
farther  advanced,  writing,  reading  and  solving  arith- 
metical problems  by  means  of  the  type  slate.  It  was  an 
attractive  scene  of  busy  little  people,  finding  so  much 
keen  enjoyment  in  these  occupations,  which,  quite  with- 
out their  consciousness,  are  training  the  little  fingers 
to  be  deft  and  sensitive  and  developing  the  childish 
minds  to  grasp  ever  larger  and  more  complex  things. 
In  going  from  the  kindergarten  room  to  that  of  the 
connecting  class  and  on  to  the  primary  building,  it  was 
easy  to  trace  the  true  process  of  education  which  is 
gradually  unfolding  a  world  of  beauty  and  wonder  to 
these  little  sightless  boys  and  girls. 

At  3.30  o'clock  children,  teachers  and  friends  re- 
paired to  the  hall,  where  the  exercises  of  the  afternoon 
took  place.  The  children  were  the  principal  entertain- 
ers, and  they  performed  their  important  part  with 
great  credit  to  themselves  and  their  instructors  and 
with  a  degree  of  zest  and  happiness  which  was  pleasant 
to  see. 

As  an  opening  number  the  kinder  orchestra  played 
with  spirit  and  in  excellent  time  a  waltz  written  for  the 
occasion  by  Miss  K.  I.  Fish,  and  this  was  followed  by  a 
chorus  by  Sharpe,  Come  Away,  sung  by  a  class  of  boys, 
whose  voices  rang  out  sweet  and  true.  Next  Herbert 
Brownell,  a  proud  little  musician,  went  to  the  piano- 
forte and  very  creditably  rendered  The  Robin's  Lullaby 
by  Krogmann.  The  flower  recitation  by  Margaret 
Galvin,  one  of  the  tiniest  pupils,  was  a  charming  bit  of 
the  afternoon's  entertainment.  She  recited  the  rhyth- 
mical lines  in  a  most  pleasing  manner,  with  excellent 


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inflection  and  modulation,  and  the  littfe  song  which  was 
introduced  was  a  sweet  little  melody  prettily  sung  by 
the  little  girl. 

Next  a  class  of  boys  showed  in  their  song  The  Cater- 
pillar and  the  Butterfly  what  fun  the  kindergarten 
games  are  to  these  little  fellows  and  how  their  concep- 
tions of  the  world  of  nature  are  enlarged  by  this  means. 

The  Eev.  Samuel  McComb,  who  had  kindly  consented 
to  speak  in  behalf  of  the  kindergarten,  was  then  intro- 
duced and  claimed  the  earnest  attention  of  the  audience 
by  the  following  eloquent  remarks :  — 

Dear  Friends:  —  As  yon  have  just  heard,  and  as  you  have 
gathered  from  the  niimber  on  the  program,  Mr.  Billings  of  St. 
Paul's  Church  should  have  been  here  to  make  an  address  this 
afternoon.  About  two  hours  ago  he  called  me  up  on  the  tele- 
phone and  issued  a  command,  which  he  put  in  the'  form  of  a 
request,  that  I  should  come  here  and  take  his  place,  and  deliver  a 
speech,  Kow  as  I  had  several  other  engagements  between  the 
moment  at  which  he  called  me  on  the  telephone  and  the  time  at 
which  I  was  able  to  start  for  this  place,  you  can  understand  the 
state  of  my  mind,  —  that  it  is  about  as  empty  and  as  vacant  of 
ideas  as  it  can  possibly  be,  or  as  it  has  ever  been  throughout  all 
its  checkered  history. 

I  have  been  thinking  that  everyone  here  who  has  a  heart  to  be 
touched  —  as  I  know  we  all  have  —  must  have  felt,  as  they 
listened  to  these  dear  children,  first  of  all  a  sense  of  pathos,  a  sense 
of  sorrow  and  of  grief  at  the  sad  affliction  under  which  they  all 
live.  But  if  anyone  would  rest  content  with  that  thought,  or 
would  think  that  that  is  the  final  state  of  mind  which  should 
come,  surely  he  would  be  hopelessly  mistaken. 

After  what  we  have  just  heard  we  must  all  be  convinced  of  the 
infinite  skill  and  the  infinite  patience  here  displayed,  which  have 


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enabled  these  teachers  to  produce  seemingly  impossible  results. 
To  me  it  is  a  revelation ;  it  is  a  positive  revelation  of  what  modern 
scientific  achievement  is  able  to  do  in  the  line  of  alleviating  one 
of  the  saddest  afflictions  under  which  our  poor  humanity  can 
possibly  suffer. 

Now  that  suggests  another  thought  to  my  mind,  and  that  is, 
that  after  all  the  secret  of  happiness  does  not  lie  in  any  external, 
outside  source;  it  does  not  even  lie  in  the  possession  of  our  five 
senses.  It  is  a  very  striking  and  strange  thing,  but  it  is  a  true 
one,  that  there  are  thousands  of  children  at  this  moment  in  the 
city  of  Boston  who  are  not  as  happy,  no,  nor  half  as  happy,  as 
the  children  seated  upon  this  platform.  There  are  thousands  of 
children  who  are  in  full  possession  of  their  eyesight,  and,  for 
that  matter,  of  every  other  human  faculty,  and  yet  they  are 
devoid  of  those  elements  of  happiness  in  which  these  dear  chil- 
dren prove  themselves  so  rich. 

That  seems  to  prove,  does  it  not,  that,  after  all,  our  happiness 
lies  in  sources  that  are  within  ourselves.  These  children  find  the 
sources  of  their  happiness  within  themselves;  and  these  sources 
have  been  trained,  drawn  out,  educated  by  the  highest  scientific 
skill  of  our  time. 

Another  thought  that  came  to  my  mind  as  I  sat  upon  this 
platform  is,  that  it  would  be  a  grand  thing  if  we  not  only  came 
ourselves  to  these  annual  meetings,  and  on  other  occasions  when 
an  opportunity  may  be  given  us  to  visit  this  home  —  but  also 
brought  our  own  children  to  these  meetings,  that  they  may  see 
little  boys  and  girls  like  themselves,  and  may  learn  how  they 
are  able  to  rise  above,  and  triumph  over,  all  the  serious  troubles 
under  which  they  labor. 

ISTow  I  do  not  Imow  that  I  can  say  very  much  to  the  children 
themselves,  because  they  probably  have  been  taught  over  and  over 
again  any  commonplace  truth  that  I  might  bring  to  them.  But 
if  I  might  say  one  word  to  tliem,  I  will  say  this,  —  that  surely 


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the  one  thing  that  ought  to  fill  all  their  minds  is  gratitude  and 
love  and  everything  that  is  beautiful  and  true  and  pure,  when 
they  consider  all  that  is  being  done  for  them  and  all  that  has 
been  done  in  this  home.  They  owe  reverence,  obedience  and 
affection  to  the  teachers  who  are  so  kind,  who  are  so  self-sacri- 
ficing, and  who  have  given  of  their  time  and  of  their  talent  so 
unstintingly  in  order  that  their  children  may  get  the  benefit 
that  has  come  so  freely  and  so  fully  to  tlie  other  children  in  our 
homes.    That  is  one  thing  that  they  ought  to  carry  with  them. 

And  there  is  another  thing  that  I  would  like  to  say  to  them, 
and  that  is  this,  —  that  even  though  they  thus  suffer  under  a 
serious  deprivation  from  wliich  other  children  are  free,  at  the 
same  time  God  has  compensated  to  them  in  many  other  direc- 
tions. He  has  given  them  skill,  He  has  given  them  powers  of 
mind  many  times  and  in  many  ways,  and  He  has  increased  to  a 
large  extent  the  range  of  their  powers  and  their  other  senses,  in  a 
way  that  He  has  not  done  in  the  ease  of  the  other  children  who 
have  the  benefit  of  their  eyesight. 

They  owe,  therefore,  love  and  gratitude  to  their  teachers,  and 
they  owe,  also,  love  and  gratititde  to  God,  who,  while  He  has 
given  them  this  one  affliction,  has  made  it  up  to  them  in  other 
ways.  It  may  become  to  them  all  a  source  of  blessing,  a  source 
of  comfort  and  strength  later  on  in  life.  If  God  has  thus  laid 
His  hand  upon  them,  He  has,  I  believe,  laid  His  hand  upon  them 
for  good. 

I  want  to  tliank  those  who  are  in  authority  here  for  the  priv- 
ilege which  they  have  given  me  of  coming  in  this  hasty  way,  and 
seeing  the  splendid  work  which  is  being  done  in  this  place.  T 
only  regret  that  our  audience  is  not  larger,  as  it  would  have  been 
but  for  the  threatening  weather.  I  know  that  there  will  not  be 
any  lessening  of  the  interest  taken  in  the  work  that  is  being 
carried  on  here,  and  I  wish  to  assure  the  teachers,  and  those  that 
are  in  authority  in  this  place,  that  this  is  amongst  the  noblest 
and  the  most  splendid  of  all  our  philanthropic  activities  in  Boston 


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and  its  vicinitv.  I  wish  them  to  feel  in  their  hearts  that  we  are 
all  with  them,  body  and  soul,  and  that  we  wish  them  all  success 
in  the  work  to  which  they  have  put  their  hands. 

I  thank  you  once  again  for  giving  me  tlie  opportunity  of  being- 
present  and  of  saying  even  these  few  words. 

These  warm  and  sympathetic  words,  spoken  from 
the  heart,  elicited  a  burst  of  applause  which  showed 
that  they  had  touched  a  responsive  chord  in  every  one 
of  his  auditors,  and  the  children  to  whom  he  had  given 
such  a  lieljDful  and  thoughtful  suggestion  were  quick  to 
share  in  the  tribute  accorded  him. 

Then  the  children  were  ready  once  more  to  please  and 
interest  their  friends  through  their  childish  efforts.  A 
class  of  girls  sang  a  chorus  by  Kinross,  Merry  Song- 
sters, in  which  their  sweet  young  voices  were  heard  at 
their  best,  and  Olin  Robertson  recited  with  fine  em- 
phasis What  I  hear  in  April.  A  chorus  of  boys  gave  a 
melodious  rendering  of  Summer  by  Furey,  and  this  was 
followed  by  an  exceedingly  tine  musical  number,  a  solo 
by  Loretta  Noonan,  who  possesses  a  beautiful  soprano 
voice  and  has  already  received  special  instruction  in 
the  vocal  art.  Her  two  selections,  Bye  Baby  Bye  by 
Johns  and  The  Bee's  Courtship  by  D'Hardelot,  were 
charmingly  and  melodiously  sung  by  the  little  girl.  It 
was  a  delightful  performance  and  a  real  treat  to  all  the 
music-lovers  present,  who  were  not  slow  to  give  evi- 
dence of  their  appreciation.  The  merry  chorus  by  boys 
and  girls.  Welcome  Spring,  brought  to  a  close  exercises 
of  more  than  usual  merit,  which  serve  alike  to  increase 
the  children's  power  of  giving  pleasure  and  to  cement 
more  strongly  the  friendship  which  binds  the  stanch 


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supporters  of  the  kindergarten  to  the  cause  of  the  little 
sightless  children. 

The  following  account  of  the  affair  is  reprinted  from 
the  Boston  Transcript  of  Tuesday,  April  24,  1906 :  — 

Happy  Blind  Children. 
Pleasing  Programme  for  the  Reception  at  the  Kindergarten. 

One  hundred  and  twenty  little  blind  children !  A  pitiful  pic- 
ture it  is,  and  yet  the  first  thought,  that  it  is  too  sad  to  bear  with 
calmness,  gives  way  to  a  different  one  as  the  boys  and  girls  go 
through  a  programme  of  exercises  with  cheery  voices  and  happy 
faces. 

Michael  Anagnos,  who  is  sojourning  in  Greece,  his  native  land, 
was  greatly  missed,  but  the  annual  reception  at  the  Kindergarten 
for  the  Blind  was  an  inspiring  occasion  to  the  large  company  of 
friends  who  went  to  Jamaica  Plain  yesterday  afternoon.  .  .  . 

The  exercises  in  the  central  hall  were  opened  by  a  kinder  sym- 
phony. Some  of  the  "  littlest "  tots  took  part  in  this  and  the 
enjoyment  of  the  young  performers  Avas  beautiful  to  behold. 
Then  a  class  of  boys  sang  a  chorus,  "  Come  Away,"  and  Herbert 
Brownell  gave  a  piano  solo,  "  The  Eobin's  Lullaby." 

A  group  of  small  lads  played  a  kindergarten  game  and  a  class 
of  girls  sang  a  chorus,  "  Merry  Songsters ; "  Olin  Robertson  re- 
cited "  What  I  Hear  in  April ; "  a  chorus  of  boys  sang  again  and 
Loretta  iSToonan,  a  dainty  little  maiden  with  a  clear,  true  soprano 
voice,  sang  "  Bye,  Baby,  Bye,"  and  "  The  Bee's  Courtship." 
Margaret  Galvin,  one  of  the  youngest  pupils,  told  the  story  of 
spring,  her  wee  hands  filled  with  blossoms.  A  stirring  chorus 
by  the  entire  school,  called  "  "Welcome  Spring,"  was  the  finale. 

Between  the  numbers,  Eev.  Samuel  McComb,  D.D.,  curate  of 
Emmanuel  Church,  spoke  briefly.  .  .  . 

All  this  time  the  children  were  quiet  as  could  be.  The  music, 
which   they   dearly   love,   was   applauded   with   zest,    and   their 


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pathetic  little  faces,  turned  towards  those  taking  part,  had  no 
trace  of  discontent  nor  restlessness.  Back  to  their  pleasant  class- 
rooms they  went  when  the  guests  had  departed,  and  they  had 
done  their  share  of  the  entertainment  bravely. 

These  classrooms  are  fascinating  places.  Stolid  and  indifferent 
must  he  be  who  can  watch  these  children  at  their  work  of  learn- 
ing without  taking  to  himself  a  serious  lesson  of  patience  and 
tenderness.  It  is  not  only  in  their  studies  that  they  are  interest- 
ing in  their  development;  their  changed  appearance  as  the 
months  pass  by  is  nothing  short  of  wonderful.  From  groping 
their  way  about  in  homes  of  poverty  and  ignorance,  many  of 
them  have  come  to  have,  even  at  the  age  of  five,  when  the  young- 
est are  admitted,  a  helplessly  indifferent  expression  of  body,  as 
well  as  of  face.  Those  who  recall  Tommy  Stringer  when  he 
came  to  this  beautiful  place,  more  sorely  afflicted  than  any  there 
now,  and  who  have  watched  his  re-creation  to  sturdy  young  man- 
hood, must  always  be  reminded  of  him  when  visiting  the  boys' 
classes.  If  he,  deaf  and  dumb,  as  well  as  blind,  can,  by  infinite 
patience  and  love  be  brought  to  his  present  state,  the  same  miracle 
must  come  to  these  who  are  only  sightless.  With  the  happy  gifts 
of  Froebel,  these  little  creatures  learn  quickly,  and  the  days  pass 
happily  as  they  mount  from  one  stage  of  development  to  another. 

Interesting  as  all  the  classes  are  to  an  onlooker,  there  is  some- 
thing specially  attractive  about  the  method  of  teaching  geography. 
Little  fingers  tracing  mountain  range  or  winding  river,  picking 
out  the  West  Indies  or  Alaska  at  a  touch,  would  put  to  blush 
many  an  older  student  with  perfect  vision.  Every  nook  and 
corner  of  these  cheerful  buildings  is  appealing  in  its  radiation  of 
happiness.  It  is  easy  to  feel  as  the  visitor  strolls  from  one  house 
to  another,  or  about  the  grounds  where  the  boys  and  girls  romp 
in  freedom  between  lessons,  the  gracious  benediction  of  the  beau- 
tiful woman  whose  last  words  in  this  world  were :  "  Take  care  of 
the  little  blind  children." 


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Legacies  axd  Gifts  to  the  Kindergarten. 

We  acknowledge  with  deep  gratitude  the  receipt  of 
the  sum  of  $100  from  Mary  D.  Balfour. 

From  "  A  friend  "  who  has  been  a  friend  indeed  in 
past  years  and  a  most  generous  annual  contributor  we 
have  received  tlie  sum  of  $1000  which  we  acknowledge 
with  sincere  gratitude. 

To  Mrs.  Margaret  A.  Holden  we  are  indebted  for  the 
sum  of  $2360.67,  the  kindergarten's  share  of  this  gen- 
erous hearted  woman's  bequest  of  $5000  to  the  cause 
of  the  blind. 

We  acknowledge  with  sincere  gratitude  the  receipt 
of  $50  from  Mrs.  Helen  A.  Porter. 

Mrs.  William  Appletox. 

The  sum  of  $5000,  the  bequest  of  the  late  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Appleton,  has  been  paid  into  our  treasury  during 
the  year. 

Mrs.  Appleton  was  one  of  the  earliest  friends  and 
most  generous  givers  to  the  cause  of  the  kindergarten. 
The  total  amount  of  her  gifts  in  money  is  the  sum  of 
$18,000.  The  value  of  her  services,  as  a  member  of 
the  Ladies '  Visiting  Committee  and  then  as  its  honored 
president,  is  not  to  be  measured  in  words. 

Mrs.  Appleton  died  at  her  residence.  No.  76  Beacon 
street.  May  29,  1905,  at  the  age  of  87  years.  Her  loss 
was  deeply  felt  by  her  associates  of  the  visiting  com- 
mittee and  the  great  loss  to  the  kindergarten  in  the 
death  of  this  noble  and  consecrated  woman  is  keenly 
appreciated. 


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Mrs.  Helen  G.  Cobuen. 

Mrs.  Helen  Gr.  Coburn,  widow  of  George  W.  Cobiirn, 
of  Boston,  died  December  10,  1905,  and  among  the 
bequests  was  one  of  the  snm  of  $10,000  to  the  Kinder- 
garten for  the  Blind.  The  list  of  the  public  bequests  of 
this  generous  woman  is  a  long  one,  including  more 
than  a  score  of  worthy  educational,  religious  and  char- 
itable institutions ;  and,  in  the  generous  amounts  be- 
stowed as  well  as  in  the  discriminating  care  displayed 
in  choosing  the  beneficiary  institutions  is  reflected  the 
public  spirit  that  guided  her  life,  the  unselfishness  that 
found  time  amid  pressing  social  duties  to  do  so  much 
for  others  and  the  rare  wisdom  with  which  she  di- 
rected her  efforts  for  the  betterment  of  those  around 
her. 

Mrs.  Coburn  had  been  a  regular  annual  subscriber 
to  the  kindergarten  for  a  number  of  years  and  this 
crowning  benefaction,  coming  after  years  of  generous 
interest  and  support,  makes  her  one  of  the  great  friends 
of  the  little  blind  children  to  be  remembered  with 
lasting  gratitude. 

Appeal  to  Annual  Subsceibers. 
To  the  friends  of  the  little  blind  children: 

It  is  our  high  privilege  to  express,  on  behalf  of  the 
kindergarten,  our  sense  of  gratitude  to  you  who  have 
stood  by  us,  and  by  your  sympathy  and  encouragement 
as  well  as  by  your  contributions  helped  in  this  great 
work  for  another  year.  Without  your  active  aid  and 
support  the  dream  of  the  founder  must  have  remained 
unrealized,  and  we  are  confident  that  when  the  present 


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needs  of  the  kindergarten  are  made  clear  you  will  come 
to  our  support  during  the  coming  year  as  in  the  past. 

Already  the  number  of  pupils  taxes  the  capacity  of 
the  buildings  to  the  limit  of  comfort  and  safety  and  we 
have  been  obliged  to  keep  a  few  applicants  on  the  wait- 
ing list.  The  numbers  are  likely  to  increase  as  time 
goes  on  and  it  is  only  a  question  of  two  or  three  years 
when  another  building  will  become  an  absolute  neces- 
sity, and  we  must  not  use  the  endowment  fund  for  this 
purpose.  The  cost  of  fuel  and  food  supplies  has  in- 
creased rapidly  within  the  last  few  years  and  we  need 
additional  funds  to  meet  this  increase  in  the  cost  of 
living. 

Friends  of  the  sightless,  this  is  a  holy  work,  and  we 
must  not  let  it  languish  for  want  of  money.  We  appeal 
to  you  who  in  the  past  have  so  nobly  rallied  to  the  sup- 
port of  our  great  leader  who  has  gone,  and  have  never 
failed  to  respond  to  his  call !  Will  you  not  assist  us  as 
generously  during  the  coming  year  to  meet  the  growing 
demands  on  the  resources  of  the  institution  and  make 
possible  the  erection  of  a  new  building  in  the  near 
future  ? 

Mes.  Jane  Robeets. 

One  of  the  earliest  and  stanchest  friends  of  the  kin- 
dergarten was  Mrs.  Jane  Roberts  of  Jamaica  Plain, 
who  died  in  November  1889. 

The  following  sketch  of  Mrs.  Roberts  and  her  son, 
William  Henry  Roberts,  is  reprinted  from  the  institu- 
tion report  for  1905 :  — 

She  was  the  daughter  of  Mary  Dawson  Curran  and  Eobert 
Curran  of  Whitehaven,  England,  and  was  born  January  29,  1801. 


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Her  father  was  a  ship  captain  and  commanded  the  Lapiving, 
which  was  captured  by  the  Spaniards  in  1809.  He  was  released 
and  returned  to  Ijiverpool,  but  on  a  subsequent  voyage  he  was 
probably  shipwrecked^  as  he  was  never  heard  from  again.  His 
daughter  Jane  was  married  in  Liverpool  in  1S2T  to  Mr.  William 
B.  Eoberts  of  Merriontshire,  Wales,  and  soon  afterwards  the 
young  couple  came  to  this  country,  arriving  and  settling  in  New 
York.  In  1838  tliey  moved  to  Jamaica  Plain,  where  Mr.  Eoberts 
soon  became  well  known  as  an  expert  gardener  and  florist,  many 
of  the  older  estates  bearing  testimony  to  his  skill.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Eoberts  were  regular  attendants  at  the  Baptist  church  and  were 
everywhere  respected  for  their  integrity  and  public  spirit.  Mr. 
Eoberts  died  in  October,  1887,  and  his  wife  survived  him  for  only 
two  years. 

In  her  will,  provision  was  made  for  a  son  who  had  not  been 
heard  from  for  many  years  and  was  believed  to  be  dead,  but  the 
bulk  of  her  property  was  left  in  trust  to  her  son,  William  Henry 
Eoberts,  who  had  been  the  stay  and  comfort  of  his  mother's 
declining  years,  with  the  proviso  that  at  his  death  "  the  remainder 
of  the  trust  shall  be  paid  or  conveyed  to  the  Perkins  Institution 
for  the  Blind  to  be  expended  or  invested  for  the  benefit  of  and 
support  of  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind." 

Mr.  William  Henry  Eoberts,  the  son  of  the  testatrix,  was  of  a 
roving  disposition  in  his  younger  days  and  spent  many  years  at 
sea;  but  later  he  lived  quietly  with  his  parents  and  engaged  in 
business  as  an  upholsterer.  He  was  very  much  attached  to  his 
mother,  and  at  her  death  he  closed  the  house  entirely,  refusing 
to  allow  any  change  in  the  arrangement  of  any  article  of  furni- 
ture. He  placed  a  cot  for  himself  in  his  workshop  making  tliat 
his  home,  and  the  closed  house  on  Green  street,  showing  no  signs 
of  life,  gave  no  hint  of  this  single  occupant  at  its  rear,  who 
made  use  only  of  the  back  entrance  on  Seaverns  avenue.  Always 
of  a  retiring  nature,  he  became  more  and  more  a  stranger  to  his 
kind.     He  was  seldom  seen  upon  the  street  and  to  the  younger 


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generation  was  practically  unknown ;  bnt  to  bis  acquaintances 
and  friends  he  showed  himself  to  be  of  a  kindly  disposition,  and 
he  could  talk  most  entertainingly  of  his  early  adventures.  His 
death  occurred  on  the  25th  of  January,  1905,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-four  years. 

During  the  year  1905  we  received  from  Mrs.  Eoberts* 
estate  $13,693.55  and  during  the  past  year  the  balance, 
$71,932.00,  lias  been  paid  to  our  treasurer,  so  that  the 
total  proceeds  of  Mrs.  Eoberts'  estate,  up  to  date, 
amounts  to  $85,625.55.  This  legacy  will  be  held  as  a 
permanent  fund,  and  only  the  income  will  be  used  for 
current  expenses.  The  i^rincipal  will  remain  a  splendid 
memorial  to  this  devoted  friend  of  the  little  blind 
children. 

The  annual  list  of  the  generous  benefactors  of  the 
blind  comprises  the  honored  names  of  Mrs.  Annie 
B.  Matthews,  Friend  F.,  Miss  Mary  S.  Ames,  Mrs. 
Charles  W.  Amory,  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  Mrs.  Jo- 
seph Brewer  of  Milton,  Mrs.  Z.  Marshal  Crane  of 
Dalton,  Mr.  Zenas  Crane  of  Dalton,  Mrs.  George  A. 
Draper,  Friend  H.  H.  F.,  Mrs.  Francis  C.  Foster  of 
Cambridge,  Mrs.  John  Chipman  Gray,  Mr.  George  A. 
Gardner,  Miss  Clara  Hemenway,  Miss  H.  AV.  Kendall, 
Mrs.  Marcus  M.  Kimball,  Mr.  Charles  Larned,  Mrs. 
Joseph  Lee,  Mrs.  Thornton  K.  Lothrop,  Mrs.  Rosa  C. 
Metcalf,  Miss  Fanny  E.  Morrill,  Mrs.  Leopold  Morse, 
Mr.  Charles  H.  Newhall  of  Lynn,  Mr.  George  F.  Park- 
man,  the  Misses  Peabody  of  Cambridge,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Perry,  Mrs.  S.,  Mrs.  Winthrop  Sargent,  Mrs.  Mahlon 
D.  Spaulding,  the  Misses  Sohier,  Mrs.  Bayard  Thayer 
of  Lancaster  and  Mrs.  William  F.  Weld. 


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There  are  many  others  who  have  given  regularly  and 
generously  year  after  year  and  so  stamped  our  benefi- 
cent work  with  the  seal  of  their  approval.  The  entire 
list  of  annual  subscribers,  with  the  amounts  of  their 
contributions,  are  duly  acknowledged  elsewhere  in  these 
pages.   . 

3ltt  Mtmovmm, 

Mrs.  Samuel  Eliot. 

We  wish  to  give  expression  to  our  feeling  of  sorrow 
and  our  sense  of  the  institution's  loss  in  the  death  of 
Mrs.  Samuel  Eliot,  wife  of  the  late  President  of  the 
Corporation.  Mrs.  Eliot  passed  away  at  her  home,  44 
Brimmer  street,  March  6,  1906.  For  many  years,  up  to 
the  time  of  her  husband's  death,  Mrs.  Eliot  had  nobly 
seconded  and  assisted  him  in  the  manifold  philan- 
thropic and  charitable  interests  of  his  splendidly  useful 
life.  Mrs.  Eliot  was  specially  interested  in  the  cause  of 
the  little  sightless  children,  and  was  for  years  a  regular 
and  generous  giver  to  the  kindergarten  fund,  and  was 
one  of  the  stanchest  friends  of  the  little  school. 

Mrs.  Eliot  enjoyed  a  wide  circle  of  friends,  was  an 
active  worker  in  the  Episcopal  church  and  an  enthusi- 
astic member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution and  other  organizations. 

One  daughter,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Morison,  survives.  The 
funeral  services  were  in  Trinity  Church,  the  rector.  Dr. 
Mann,  officiating,  and  the  burial  was  in  Mount  Auburn. 


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Conclusion. 

We  are  grateful  to  all  the  friends  of  the  kindergarten 
for  their  help  and  encouragement  during  the  year. 
Fortunate  indeed  is  the  institution  that  has  such  loyal, 
devoted  friends ! 

We  are  sure  that  the  formal  work  of  the  school  has 
been  faithfully  and  well  done  and  we  rejoice  that  all 
these  children  with  a  special  need  have  found  here  a 
solace  for  the  darkened  lamp  of  sight  in  the  candle 
lighted  in  the  mind  and  the  torch  enkindled  in  the  soul. 
But  we  must  also  see  the  vision  and  heed  the  call  and 
while  rejoicing  in  the  success  of  the  present  never  lose 
sight  of  the  larger  hope  of  future  years  and  the  grander 
institution  yet  to  be. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

Almorin  0.  Caswell. 


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WOKK   OF   THE   KINDERGARTEN. 


Extracts  from  the  Reports  of  the  Teachers. 
The  place  of  the  kindergarten  has  long  been  firmly 
established  as  a  potent  agency  in  the  amelioration  of 
the  condition  of  little  blind  children ;  but,  as  a  clear  and 
cogent  recital  of  its  practical  valne,  we  present  here  a 
summary  of  the  reports  of  the  teachers  engaged  in  the 
work  of  the  little  school,  emphasizing  its  aims,  efforts 
and  results. 

KiNDEEGARTEN. 

The  first  efforts  to  penetrate  the  childish  minds  must 
come  through  the  training  of  the  tiny  hands  in  the 
beloved  occupations  of  the  kindergarten,  and,  through 
systematic  progress  from  one  gift  to  another,  to  estab- 
lish relations  between  the  little  pupils  and  the  objects 
of  the  world  about  them.  This  combines  with  the  games 
and  songs  to  brighten  the  path  by  which  the  little  feet 
must  ascend  the  road  to  learning.  The  teachers  speak 
of  their  year's  work  as  follows  :  — 

The  work  of  the  kindergarten  during  the  past  year  has  shown 
steady  progress  and  satisfactory  results,  and  the  delight  of  the 
children,  in  work  and  in  play,  offers  a  gratifying  testimonial  to 
its  worth  and  value. 

The  aim  of  all  education  is  liberation,  to  make  the  child  master 
of  himself,  self-reliant,  helpful,  cheerful  and  sympathetic;  and 


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the  stimulation  of  these  qualities  is  even  more  important  for  the 
blind  child  than  for  the  seeing.  Knowledge  comes  through  ex- 
perience, and  the  experiences  of  these  children  are  exceedingly 
limited  when  they  enter  the  kindergarten. 

It  is  the  privilege  of  the  kindergartner  to  reveal  to  these  sight- 
less little  ones  the  world  around  them,  to  bring  them  into  con- 
nection with  things  of  life  through  games,  walks,  songs,  stories 
and  occupations. 

Depaetmext  of  Primary  Studies. 
The  promotion  to  literary  studies  means  the  success- 
ful completion  of  the  kindergarten  course  and  the  in- 
auguration of  more  advanced  work.  There  is  now  no 
dalliance  along  the  sunny  and  flowery  paths  which  have 
led  to  this  point,  but  the  eager  little  pupils  march  stead- 
ily forward  and  upward,  proudly  keeping  step  with 
their  more  fortunate  brothers  and  sisters  who  are  en- 
dowed with  sight.  The  teachers  have  thus  character- 
ized the  results  of  the  year 's  efforts :  — 

The  attendance  during  the  jiast  year  has  been  very  regular, 
and  therefore  the  progress  in  the  classroom  has  been  steady  and 
satisfactory.  The  course  of  study  has  followed  closely  that 
adopted  in  the  public  schools,  and  has  included  arithmetic,  read- 
ing, writing,  language,  geography,  history,  zoology  and  botany. 
But,  aside  from  the  regular  lessons  in  these  subjects,  every  pos- 
sible effort  is  expended  toward  developing  the  moral  nature  of 
the  little  pupil,  as  well  as  training  his  mental  faculties,  awaken- 
ing his  intelligent  interest  in  all  the  forms  of  life  around  him 
and  in  the  natural  objects  within  his  grasp,  and  seeking  to  in- 
culcate a  love  for  the  finest  in  literature  and  in  the  lives  of  the 
noblest  and  best  among  mankind.  The  children  have  responded 
well  to  the  demands  made  upon  them,  and  the  results  of  tlie 
j^ear's  work  have  met  fully  all  reasonable  expectations. 


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Music  Department. 
Tlie  work  in  music  affords  a  welcome  change  from 
close  application  to  literary  studies,  and  claims  many 
devotees  among  these  children,  who,  thorough  music- 
lovers  that  they  are,  never  begrudge  the  time,  labor  and 
patience  which  must  be  expended  in  acquiring  some 
knowledge  of  this  art  and  skill  in  execution.  The  begin- 
ning here  made  on  a  firm  basis  is  of  inestimable  value 
throughout  their  later  years  of  musical  training.  The 
instructors  in  music  have  given  the  following  account 
of  what  has  been  accomplished  by  their  pupils  during 
the  past  year :  — 

All  the  pupils  are  given  an  opportnnitv  to  study  music,  and 
are  encouraged  to  make  the  most  of  their  ability  in  this  direc- 
tion, whether  they  show  any  special  aptitude  for  it  or  not.  In 
the  kindergarten  the  children  have  ear-training,  become  familiar 
with  the  keyboard,  perform  exercises  in  rhythm  and  finger-exer- 
cises, and  begin  to  learn  the  Braille  musical  notation.  On  this 
solid  foundation  real  progress  has  been  made  in  the  study  of  the 
pianoforte  both  in  the  kindergarten  and  in  the  primary  depart- 
ment, and  seventeen  of  the  children  received  instruction  in  play- 
ing the  violin.  The  results  from  this  year's  efforts  have  been 
quite  as  creditable  as  those  of  any  corresponding  period,  if  not 
even  more  so.  The  pupils  have  evinced  a  deep  interest  in  their 
work  and  ia  the  concerts  and  recitals  which  it  has  sometimes  been 
their  good  fortune  to  attend,  and  through  which  they  have  be- 
come acquainted  with  the  tone  quality  of  the  different  instru- 
ments. 


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Department  of  Manual  Training. 
It  would  indeed  be  an  unsymmetrical  and  one-sided 
education  which  was  devoted  to  the  cultivation  of  the, 
mental  powers  through  literary  studies  alone,  without 
the  development  of  the  brain  which  comes  through 
training  the  hand.  Such  instruction  is  especially  bene- 
ficial to  blind  children,  whose  hands  must  always  be  the 
means  of  conveying  empirical  knowledge  to  their  minds. 
The  teachers  in  this  department  have  thus  summarized 
the  achievements  of  the  past  year :  — 

The  work  in  manual  training  has  proceeded  along  the  well- 
established  lines,  involving  pedagogical  principles  and  calculated 
to  supply  the  much-needed  systematic  training  for  the  childish 
hands.  The  youngest  pupils  began  with  the  course  in  knitting, 
and  many  completed  articles  at  the  end  of  the  year  attested  to 
their  skill  in  this  branch.  The  older  girls  learned  to  sew,  using 
different  stitches  on  various  materials,  from  coarse  to  fine.  Pil- 
low-cases made  by  them  and  towels  neatly  hemmed  gave  evi- 
dence of  the  excellence  of  their  work.  Among  all  the  older 
pupils  wood-sloyd  played  an  important  part,  and  every  one, 
even  to  the  least  capable,  showed  some  benefit  from  this  work. 
The  original  articles  planned  and  executed  by  some  of  the  boys, 
such  as  a  whip-stock,  flag-staff  and  foot-rule,  offered  the  most 
gratifying  proof  of  the  value  of  this  method  of  training  the 
hands. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


We  record  with  heartfelt  thanks  our  deep  obligation  to  Dr.  E. 
G.  Brackett,  Dr.  E.  A.  Crockett,  Dr.  A.  W.  Fairbanks,  Dr. 
F.  I.  Proctor  and  Dr.  James  Stone  for  the  services  which  ihey 
have  so  freely  and  generously  given  to  such  of  our  children  as 
needed  their  aid.  We  are  exceedingly  grateful  to  them  and  to 
the  physicians,  officers,  and  employes  of  the  Faulkner  Hos- 
pital and  the  Massachusetts  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  In- 
firmary, where  our  little  pupils  have  been  received  and  greatly 
benefited  by  the  care  and  attendance  given  them. 

One  of  our  little  girls  enjoyed  a  visit  of  six  weeks  at  the 
Children's  Island  Sanitarium  in  Marblehead,  thanks  to  the  kind- 
ness of  Miss  Helen  W.  Aubin  and  Miss  Lucy  W.  Davis. 

A  welcome  contribution  of  $25  from  Miss  Mary  Carleton 
Larned,  who  is  a  steadfast  friend  to  our  little  school,  has  been 
the  means  of  adding  greatly  to  the  comfort  and  pleasure  of  the 
children.  Other  donations  of  money,  in  furtherance  of  the  wel- 
fare of  our  little  ones,  have  been  received  from  the  Lend  a  Hand 
Club  of  Belmont,  Mass.,  which  sent  $5,  and  from  Miss  Atwood 
of  Somerville,  Mrs.  James  Galvin  of  Wakefield  and  the  pupils 
of  Derby  Academy  of  Hingham. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  have  again  given  great  happi- 
ness to  the  children  by  entertaining  them  at  Christmas  time  with 
a  tree  and  refreshments.  These  annual  occasions  are  indeed 
red-letter  days  to  our  little  pupils,  who  heartily  enjoy  the  kind- 
ness and  hospitality  thus  kindly  extended  to  them. 

The  joys  of  the  Christmas  season  were  still  further  enhanced 
at  the  kindergarten  by  the  welcome  gifts  of  ice-cream  and  cake 


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from  Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motley  and  fruit  from  Mrs.  John  Chip- 
man  Gray. 

These  same  thoughtful  benefactors,  Mrs.  Motley  and  Mrs. 
Gray,  made  memorable  the  Easter  season  by  gifts  of  fruit  and 
Easter  eggs;  while  a  beautiful  Easter  lily,  donated  by  the  Her- 
FORD  Club  of  the  Arlington  Street  Church,  added  greatly  to.  the 
brightness  of  the  holiday. 

The  day  devoted  to  St.  Valentine  was  duly  celebrated  at  the 
kindergarten  by  means  of  the  pretty  valentines  which  Mrs.  Lew 
C.  Hill  was  so  good  as  to  send  to  every  little  boy  and  girl  in  the 
several  households:  while  toys,  donated  by  Master  Edwin  B. 
Benedict,  added  gaiety  to  playtime  throughout  the  year. 

Another  beloved  friend,  Mrs.  Thomas  Mack,  sent  a  bountiful 
supply  of  oranges,  which  the  children  enjoyed  thoroughly,  as 
they  did  also  the  bags  of  candy  sent  by  the  Margaret  Shepard 
Church  Society  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Cam- 
bridge. Generous  gifts  of  ice-cream  and  cake  from  ]\Irs.  George 
A.  Draper  on  Washington's  Birthday,  confectionery  from  Miss 
Isabel  H.  Murray,  and  fruit  and  vegetables  from  Mrs.  Pres- 
cott  Bigelow  and  the  Misses  Slocum  of  Jamaica  Plain,  have 
also  been  very  thankfully  received. 

We  are  indebted  to  Mrs.  Mack  also  for  twenty-four  tickets  to 
Mrs.  Cheatham-Tliompson's  morning  of  songs  for  children.  Dr. 
John  Dixwell  again  afforded  great  pleasure  to  the  members  of 
the  kindergarten  households  through  the  entertainment  provided 
by  means  of  the  "  Hospital  Music  Fund,"  and  the  additional 
treat  of  flowers  for  all  the  children.  The  kind  gift  of  tickets 
from  Miss  Helen  D.  Orvis  for  a  series  of  concerts  and  from  the 
Ben  Greet  Company  of  Woodland  Players  for  some  of  their 
performances  of  Shakespeare's  plays  found  grateful  and  appre- 
ciative recipients  amoug  the  little  pupils  and  those  who  had  them 
in  charge. 

The  cliildren  had  a  very  happy  day  at  the  Lakeshore  Home  in 
Sharon,  through  the  kindness  of  the  Eev.  M.  E.  Deming  and 


345 

other  friends.  Special  cars  were  provided  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  the  little  ones  and  their  teachers,  and  a  bonntifnl  lunch 
was  served  at  the  big  farm,  where  the  children  were  able  to  run 
abont  freely  and  play  in  the  invigorating  fresh  air  amid  delight- 
ful and  novel  surroundings. 

Welcome  additions  to  the  library  have  been  made  by  our  good 
friends.  Miss  Harriet  B.  Hazeltine,  who  gave  The  Golden 
Goose  and  Tommy's  Post  Office,  and  Mr.  C.  B.  E.  Hazeltine, 
the  donor  of  Timhoo  and  Joliba  and  Hector,  My  Dog.  The  pub- 
lishers of  the  West  Roxbury  News  have  very  kindly  sent  tliat 
paper  to  the  kindergarten  throughout  the  year. 


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LIST   OF   THE  CHILDREN. 


Abbott,  Edna  May. 
Ahlgren,  Alice  L.  E. 
Andrews,  Hattie  M. 
Baker,  Mary  M. 
Barrabessi,  Lucy. 
Bartlett,  Priscilla. 
Benoit,  Josephine. 
Bickford,  Yera  E. 
Boland,  Annie. 
Brannick,  Elizabeth. 
Burnham,  Ruth  E. 
Carlson,  Helen  J. 
Chesson,  Marion. 
Cody,  Rachel. 
Connelly,  Elsie  M. 
Daicy,  Gertrude  C. 
Dolan,  Grace  G. 
Drake,  Helena  M. 
Driscoll,  Margaret. 
Duffy,  Nelly. 
Evarson,  Elvera  J. 
risk,  Mattie  E.  L. 
Flynn,  Marie  E. 
Fullerton,  Hattie  ]\I. 
Gadbois,  Roselma. 
Gagnon,  Albertina. 
Galvin,  Margaret  L. 
Galvin,  Rose. 
Goold,  Claudia  K. 
Gorman,  Marie  T. 
Gray,  Nettie  C. 


Guild,  Bertha  H. 
Hamilton,  Annie  A. 
Holbrook,  Carrie  F. 
Irwin,  Helen  M. 
Johnson,  Ellen  T. 
Kimball,  Eleanor. 
Lincoln,  Maud  E. 
Ljungren,  Elizabeth. 
MacPherson,  Mary  H. 
McGill,  Marie. 
Miller,  Freda  G. 
Miller,  Margaret. 
Minahan,  Annie  E. 
Olsen,  Mabel  T. 
Pinto,  Minnie  P. 
Randall,  Helen  I. 
Ross,  Lena. 
Sanders,  Olive  B. 
Sibley,  Marian  C. 
Smith,  Elena. 
Spencer,  Olive  E. 
Stevens,  Gladys  L. 
Terry,  Annie  B, 
TJhrig,  Mary  G. 
Wallochstein,  Annie. 
Welch,  Ellen. 
Wilson,  R.  Edris. 
Andrews,  Thomas. 
Barry,  Thomas. 
Brown,  Arthur  F. 
Brown,  A.  Stanley. 


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Brownell,  Herbert  iST. 
Buck,  Arthur  B. 
Busby,  George  H. 
Clarke,  Jerold  P. 
Cloukia,  Eoy. 
Cobb,  Malcolm  L. 
Conboy,  George  A. 
Cowan,  John  W. 
Cuervo,  Adolfo. 
Cushman,  Ealph. 
Deane,  C.  Eoland. 
Devine,  Joseph  P. 
Dexter,  Ealph  C. 
Dodge,  George  L. 
Dow,  Basil  E. 
Duncan,  Wilbert. 
Fitzgerald,  Cornelius. 
FitzSimmons,  Joseph  E. 
Hadley,  Kenneth  G. 
Harris,  Clifton  W. 
Hart,  D.  Frank. 
Hawkins,  A.  Collins. 
Holmberg,  Arvid  N". 
Hopwood,  Clarence  A. 
Irish,  Clifford  H. 
Jacobs,  David  L. 
Lambert,  Frederick  A. 
Leach,  Averv  E. 


LeBlanc,  I.  Medee. 
Lindsey,  Perry  E.  S. 
Macdonald,  Jolin  F. 
Main,  Lewis  E, 
McFarlane,  Francis  P. 
Menasian,  Khoren  J. 
Moore,  Henry  A. 
Pearce,  Sidney  A. 
Eiley,  Fred  0. 
Eobertson,  David  0. 
Eodrigo,  Joseph  L. 
Salesses,  Adrian. 
Salmon,  P.  Joseph. 
Schoner,  Emil. 
Sebastiano,  Angelo. 
Sharp,  William  F. 
Stearns,  Allen  C. 
Tansey,  Frederick. 
Tobin,  Paul. 
Tousignant,  Arthur. 
Vance,  Alvin  L. 
Walker,  Eoger  T. 
Wallochstein,  Jacob. 
Ward,  Frederick. 
Whitcomb,  Samuel  W. 
Wilcox,  Joseph  E. 
Williams,  Edward. 
Woods,  Eichard  E. 


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ANALYSIS  OF  MAIN  TEX AT^CE  ACCOUNT. 


Meats,  fish  and  vegetables. 

Batter  and  milk. 

Bread,  flour,  meal,  etc., 

Fruits,  fresh  and  dried, 

Sugar,  tea  and  coffee, 

Groceries, 

(ias  and  oil. 

Coal  and  wood. 

Sundry  articles  of  consumption.     . 

Wages,  domestic  service. 

Salaries,  superintendence  and  instruction, 

Medicines  and  medical  sundries,   . 

Furniture  and  bedding,  . 

Musical  supplies, 

Manual  training  supplies. 

Stationery,  printing,  etc.. 

Construction  repairs, 

Taxes  and  insurance, 

Sundries, 


f  2,51 9  06 

1,822  01 

712  10 

199  35 

385  29 

618  60 

337  34 

2,419  65 

674  30 

5,787  78 

10,425  12 

57  31 

367  61 

81  16 

124  63 

903  96 

777  29 

225  00 

208  77 

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The  following  account  exhibits  the  state  of  property  as  en- 
tered upon  the  books  of  the  kindergarten,  September  1,  1906 :  — 


Building.  288-290  Devonshire  street 
Building,  250-252  Purchase  street, 
Building,  150-152  Boylston  street, 
Building,  379-385  Boylston  street, 
Building,  383-385''  Centre  street, 
Real  estate,  corner  Day  and  Centre  streets, 
Real  estate,  72  Wachusett  street,  Forest 
Hills  (subject  to  life  annuity). 

Real  Estate  used  by  the  Kindergarten. 
Real    estate    used    lor    school    purposes, 
Jamaica  Plain,  ...... 

Mortgage  notes,    ...... 


Stocks  and  Bonds. 
30  shares  Boston  &  Providence  R.R., 
91  shares  Boston  &  Albany  R.R., 

30  shares  Old  Colony  R.R  , 

25  shares  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford R.R,  

31  shares  Boston  &  Maine  R.R.,  i^referred, 
100  shares  Boston  &.  Maine  R.R.,  common, 
100  shares  West  End  Street  Railway,  com- 
mon,   

68  shares  United  States  Hotel  Company, 
100  shares  Albany  Trust, 

5  shares  Calumet  &  Hecla  Mining  Com 

Pany 

152   shares  American   Telephone  &  Tele- 
graph Company,        .... 

4  shares  Central  Vermont  R.R.,  ( 
85,000,  Central  Vermont  R  R.,  4s,  \      ' 
191,000,  Northern  Pacific  «fc  Great  Northern 

R.R.  (C,  B.  &Q.),4s,       . 
$23,000,  Chicago,  Burlington  &  QuincyR.R 

(Illinois  division),  3ds,      ... 
f  6,000,  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  RR 

(Denver  Extension),  4s,   . 
$10,000,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 

R.R.  (Lake  Shore),  3is,    . 
$10,000,  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  F6  R.R. 

general  mortgage  4  s, 
$25,000,  Long  Island  R.R.,  refunding  4s, 
$20,000,  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern 

R.R.,  debenture  4s 

Amcunts  carried  forward, 


Book  Value. 

$69,800  00 

76,800  00 

125,000  00 

110,000  00 

5,400  00 

22,500  00 

7,600  00 


$9,000  00 

22,750  00 

6,000  00 

5,000  00 

5,400  00 

16,500  00 

9,800  00 
10,800  00 
10,000  00 

2,600  00 

21,300  00 
4,400  00 

91,000  00 

20,000  00 

6,000  00 

9,500  00 

10,000  00 
25,000  00 

20,000  00 


$305,050  00 


$417,100  00 


279,000  00 
25,000  00 


$721,100  00 


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Amounts  brought  forward,     . 

$35,000,  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford R.R.,  4s,     

$5,000,  Louis^-ille  &  Jeflfersonville  Bridge 
Company,  4s, 

f2,0U0,  Ainerican  Telephone  &  Telegraph 
Company,  4s.     .....         . 

$50,000,  Western  Telephone  &  Telegraph 
Company,  5s, 


Cash,     ....... 

Household  furniture,  Jamaica  Plain,  . 
Provisions  and  supplies,  Jamaica  Plain, 
Coal,  Jamaica  Plain,    .... 


Music  Department. 
Nineteen  pianofortes,  . 
Twentv-one  orchestral  instruments. 


$305,050  00 

35,945  00 
5,000  00 
1,930  00 

50,000  00 


$3,800  00 
200  00 


$721,100  00 


397,925  00 

16,521  93 

17,600  00 

8U0  00 

1,145  00 


4,000  00 


$1,159,091  93 


Mem,orandum. 
The  following  was  received  as  a  legacj'  and  is  not  included  in  the 
above  list :  — 
Land,  northeast  side  of  Seaverns  avenue,  Jamaica  Plain. 


The  foregoing  property  represents  the  following  funds  and 
balances  and  is  answerable  for  the  same :  — 


KINDERGARTEN   FUNDS. 
Mrs.  William  Appleton  fund, 
Nancy  Bartlett  fund,     .... 
In    memory    of    William    Leonard 

Benedict,  Jr., 

Miss  Helen  C,  Bradlee  fund, 
Miss  Harriet  Otis  Cruft  fund,     . 
Mrs.   M.  Jane  Wellington  Danforth 

fund, 

Amount  caiTied  forioard, .... 


813,000  00 

500 

00 

1,000  00 

140,000 

00 

6,000 

00 

11,000 

00 

$171,500 

00 

353 


Amon7it  hroiirjM  forward, 

Mrs.  Helen  Atkins  Edmands  fund, 
Mrs.  Eugenia  P.  Parnham  fund, 
Miss  Sarah  M.  Pay  fund, 
Albert  Glover  fund. 
In  memoriam  A.  A.  C, 
Moses  Kimball  fund, 
Mrs.  Emeline  Morse  Lane  fund, 
Mrs,  Annie  B.  Matthews  fund,  . 
Miss  Jeannie  Warren  Paine  fund, 
George  P.  Parkman  fund,    . 
Mrs.  Warren  B.  Potter  fund, 
John  M.  Rodocanaehi  fund, 
Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Botch  fund,    . 
Memorial  to  Prank  Davison  Rust, 
Mary  Lowell  Stone  fund, 
Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  fund, 
Transcript  ten  dollar  fund, 
Mrs.  George  W.  Wales  fund, 
In  memory  of  Ralph  Watson,     . 


Legacies:  — 
Mrs.  Harriet  T.  Andrew, 
Mrs.  William  Appleton, 
Mrs.  Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker, 
Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Baker, 
Miss  Mary  D.  Balfour,  . 
Sidney  Bartlett, 
Thompson  Baxter,  . 
Robert  C.  Billings,  . 
Samuel  A.  Borden, . 
Mrs.  Sarah  Bradford,     . 
Miss  Harriet  Tilden  Browne, 
John  W    Carter, 
Mrs.  Adaline  M.  Chapin, 
Benjamin  P.  Cheney, 

Amount  carried  forioard,  . 


$171,500  00 

5,000 

00 

1,015 

00 

13,000 

00 

1,000 

00 

500 

00 

1 ,000 

00 

500 

00 

13,000 

00 

1,000 

00 

3,500 

00 

30,000 

00 

1,250 

00 

8,500 

00 

6,000  00 

1.500 

00 

622 

81 

5,666 

95 

10,000 

00 

237 

92 

5,000 

00 

5,000 

00 

2,500 

00 

13,040 

65 

100 

00 

10,000 

00 

322 

50 

10,000 

00 

4,675 

00 

100 

00 

2,000 

00 

500 

00 

400 

00 

5,000 

00 

$332,430 

83 

354 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Mrs.  Helen  G,  Coburn, . 
Charles  H.  Colburn, 
Miss  Sarah  Silver  Cox,  . 
Miss  Susan  T.  Crosby,  . 
Miss  Caroline  T.  Downes, 
George  E.  Downes, 
Mrs.  Lucy  A.  Dwight,   . 
Mary  B.  Emmons,    . 
Miss  Mary  Eveleth, 
Mrs.  Susan  W.  Farwell, 
John  Poster, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  W.  Gay, 
Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Gifford,  . 
Joseph  B.  Glover,    . 
Miss  Matilda  Goddard, . 
Mrs.  Mary  L.  Greenleaf, 
Mrs.  Josephine  S.  Hall, 
Mrs.  Olive  E.  Hayden,  . 
Mrs.  Jane  H.  Hodge, 
Mrs.  Margaret  A.  Holden, 
Miss  Ellen  M.  Jones, 
Mrs.  Ann  E.  Lambert,   . 
Elisha  T.  Loring, 
Augustus  D.  Manson,     . 
Miss  Sarah  L.  Marsh,     . 
Miss  Rebecca  S.  Melvin, 
Mrs,  Mary  Abbie  Newell, 
Miss  Anna  R.  Palfrey,  . 
Miss  Helen  M.  Parsons, 
Mrs.  Richard  Perkins,   . 
Edward  D.  Peters,  . 
Mrs.  Mary  J.  Phipps, 
Mrs.  Caroline  S.  Piekman, 
Mrs.  Helen  A.  Porter,    . 
Francis  S.  Pratt, 

Amount  carried  forioard,  . 


$332,430  83 

9,963  20 

1,000  00 

5,000  00 

100  00 

12,950  00 

3,000  00 

4,000  00 

1,000  00 

1,000  00 

500  00 

5,000  00 

7,931  00 

5,000  00 

5,000  00 

300  00 

5,157  75 

3,000  00 

4,622  45 

300  00 

2,360  67 

500  00 

700  00 

5.000  00 

8,134  00 

1,000  00 

23,545  55 

500  00 

50  00 

500  00 

10,000  00 

500  00 

2,000  00 

1,000  00 

50  00 

100  00 

$463,195  45 

355 


Amount  brovghtforivard, 

.       #463,195 

45 

Mrs.  Mary  S.  C.  Reed,  . 

5,000 

00 

Mrs.  Jane  Roberts, .... 

85,625 

55 

Miss  Dorothy  Roffe, 

500 

00 

Miss  Rhoda  Rogers, 

500 

00 

Miss  Edith  Roteh,   .... 

10,000 

00 

Miss  Rebecca  Salisbury, 

200 

00 

Joseph  Scholflleld,    .... 

3,000 

00 

Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Seymour, 

5,000 

00 

Benjamin  Sweetzer,        .        .        .        . 

2,000 

00 

Miss  Sarah  W.  Taber,    .        .       . 

1.000 

00 

Mrs.  Cornelia  V.  R.  Thayer, 

10,000 

00 

Mrs.  Delia  D.  Thorndike,     . 

5,000 

00 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  Tilton, 

300 

00 

Mrs.  Betsey  B.  Tolman, 

500  00 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Turner,    . 

7,582 

90 

Royal  W.  Turner, 

24,082 

00 

Miss  Rebecca  P.  Wainwright,    . 

1,000 

00 

George  W.  Wales,  .... 

5,000 

00 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Ware,  . 

4,000 

00 

Mrs.  Jennie  A.  (Shaw)  Waterhouse, 

565 

84 

Mary  H.  Watson,    .... 

100 

00 

Mrs.  Julia  A.  Whitney, 

100 

00 

Miss  Betsey  S.  Wilder, 

500 

00 

Miss  Mary  W.  Wiley,     . 

150 

00 

Miss  Mary  Williams, 

5,000 

00 

Almira  F.  Winslow, 

306 

80 

Funds  from  other  donations, 

199,816 

46 

$840,025  00 

Cash, 

16,521  93 

Land,  buildings  and  personal  property  in  us( 

;  of  the  kinder- 

garten,  Jamaica  Plain, 

- 

302,645  00 

ei, 169,091  93 

356 


KINDERGARTEN   ENDOWMENT   FUND. 

List  of  Contributors 
From  August  31,  1905,  to  September  1,  1906. 


All  Souls  Sunday-school  of  Roxbury, 

Anderson,  Mrs.  Larz, 

Archer,  Miss  E.  A.,         .         .         . 

Bacon,  Mrs.  F.  E.,  . 

Berthold,  Mrs.  Selma  E.,  Cambridge, 

Bissell,  H.,  West  Medford,      . 

Borland,  M.  W.,       .... 

Brett,  Miss  Anna  K., 

Brewster,  Miss  Sarah  C, 

Bryant,  Mrs.  Annie  B.  Matthews,   . 

Bullard,  Miss  Katherine, 

Crafts,  Mrs.  James  M.,   . 

Draper,  Mrs.  George  A., 

Duncan,  Mrs.  S.  W.,        . 

Eaton,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Newton  Centre, 

Fairbanks,  Miss  Caroline  L.,  . 

Farnham,  The  Misses, 

Friend  H.  H.  F.,    . 

Hammond,  Miss  Ellen,    . 

Harris,  Herbert,  Portland,  Maine,  . 

Hazeltine,  Charles  B.  R., 

Hemenway,  Miss  Clara,  . 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$25  00 

100  00 

1  00 

15  00 

1  00 

15  00 

10  00 

10  00 

5  00 

20  00 

20  00 

30  00 

50  00 

.  3  00 

25  00 

10  00 

5  00 

100  00 

5  00 

10  00 

10  00 

100  00 


$570  00 


357 


Amount   brought  forward,         ....        $570  00 

Hodgdon,  Mrs.  Susan  M., 5  00 

In  memory  of  Miss  Alice  M.  C.  Matthews,    .         .  100  00 

Inslee,  Miss  Mary  C,      .....         .  5  00 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Mary  J.,   .         .         .^        .         ,         .  8  00 

Kendall,  Miss  H.  W., 50  00 

Lamed,  Charles, 100  00 

Lombard,  The  Misses, 10  00 

Metcalf,  Mrs.  Eosa  C, 1,000  00 

Moors,  J.  B., 5  00 

Morse,  Mrs.  Leopold, 50  00 

Motley,  Mrs.  E.  Preble, 25  00 

Monlton,  Mrs.  Louise  Chandler,      .         .         .         .  25  00 

Nichols,  Miss  Sarah  H., 10  00 

Noyes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B., 5  00 

Peabody,  The  Misses,  Cambridge,    ....  50  00 

Pratt,  R.  M., 25  00 

Primary  Department  of  the   First   Congregational 

Church  Sunday-school,  Cambridge,      .         .         .  10  00 
Primary  Department  of  the  Union  Congregational 
Church  Sunday-school  of  Weymouth  and  Brain- 
tree,      .         .         . 15  00 

Proceeds  of  entertainment  given  by  the  pupils  of 

Perkins  Institution,  February  22d,  1906, 
Raymond,  Fairfield  Eager, 
Sampson,  Mrs.  C.  P.,  . 
Schmidt,  Arthur  P.,  .  .  . 
Seabury,  The  Misses,  New  Bedford, 
Smith,  Ellen  V.,  . 
Social  Club  of  West  Newton  (Barbara  C.  Lamson, 
Marion  Marvin,  Marjorie  Marvin,  Barbara  Mat- 
lack,  Ada  H.  Whitmore,  Ethel  P.  Woods),  .         .  60  00 


46 

50 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward. 


$2,224  50 


358 

Amount   brought  forward, 

S  oilier,  The  Misses,          .         .         .         .         . 
Sunday-school  of  the  Arlington  Street  Church,  Bos- 
ton,       

Sunday-school  of  the  First  Church,  Boston,     . 
Sunday-school   of  the   Second   Church,  Dorchester 
Van  Nostrand,  Mrs.  Alonzo  G.,       . 
Walnut  Avenue  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Eoxbury,       . 
Warner,  Robert  L.,  ..... 

Whitehead,  Miss  Mary,  Dorchester, 

Williams,  Ralph  B., 

Wood,  Mrs.  Ellen  A., 


$2,234 

50 

50 

00 

10 

00 

94 

27 

10 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

20 

00 

J,456  77 


359 


CONTRIBUTIONS   FOR   CURRENT 
EXPENSES. 


Annual  subscriptions  through  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary 

Society,  Miss  S.  E.  Lane,  treasurer,     .         .         .     $4,970  00 

Cambridge  Branch,  through  Miss  Elizabeth  G.  Nor- 
ton,  treasurer, 543  00 

Dorchester  Branch,  through  Mrs.  J,  Henry  Bean, 
treasurer,      ........ 

Lynn  Branch,  through  Mr.  L.  K.  Blood, 

Milton  Branch,  through  Mrs.  William  Wood,  treas- 
urer,      

Worcester  Branch,  through  Mrs.  Edith  Noreross 
Morgan,  treasurer,        ...... 

$6,172  00 


12-4 

00 

189 

00 

199 

00 

147 

00 

All  contributors  to  the  fund  are  respectfully  requested  to  peruse 
the  above  list,  and  to  report  either  to  William  Endicott,  Jr.,  Treas- 
urer, No.  115  Devonshire  street,  Boston,  or  to  the  Acting  Director, 
South   Boston,  any   omissions   or  inaccuracies  which   they  may  find 

in  it. 

WILLIAM  ENDICOTT,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 

No.   115  Devonshire  Street,  Boston. 


360 


DOIS^ATIONS   THROUGH    THE   LADIES' 
AUXILIARY. 


H, 
I. 


A  friend,  Brookline, 

Amsden,  Mrs.  Mary  A.,  Eoxbury,  . 

Annie  L.  F., 

Anomonous,      .         .         .         .         . 

Anonymous, 

Anonymous, 

Bailey,  Miss  Elizabeth  H.,  Peterboro,  N 

Ballard,  Miss  Elizabeth, . 

Barstow,  Mrs.  Grace  P.,  Providence,  E 

Bartlett,  The  Misses,  Eoxbury, 

Baylies,  Mrs.  Walter  C, 

Bemis,  Mr.  J.  M.,   . 

Bigelow,  Miss  Mary  A.,  . 

Blake,  Mrs.  Arthur  W.,  Brookline, 

Bowditch,  Mr.  William  I., 

Bowers,  Mrs.  Henry  E., 

Bramhall,  Miss  Elizabeth  S., 

Bryant,  Mrs.  John  D.,    , 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.,    . 

Carj^,  Miss  G.  S.,     . 

Children  of  Miss  Jennie  L.  Baker's  Sunday 

class,   Williamsburg, 
Cochran,  Mrs.  A.  F.,       . 
Collar,  Mr.  William  C,  Eoxbury,    . 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


school 


$2  50 
1  00 
5  00 
1  00 

1  00 

2  00 
5  00 
5  00 

2  00 
5  00 

15  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
5  00 
5  00 

3  00 
2  00 
5  00 

•9  00 

1  00 
5  00 

2  00 


$111  50 


361 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Cotting,  Mrs.  C.  E.,       .        .        . 

Crane,  Mrs.  Z.  Marshal,  Dalton,     . 

Crocker,  Mrs.  Uriel  H.,  . 

Cumings,  Miss,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Jr.,  . 

Dabney,  Mr.  Lewis  S.,     . 

Dabney,  Miss  Eoxana  L.,  Santa  Barbara 

Dana,  Mr.  Frank,  Worcester,  . 

Dana,  Mrs.  James,  Brookline, 

Devlin,  Mr.  John  E.,       . 

DuBois,  Mrs.  L.  G.,         .         .         . 

Ernst,  Mrs.  H.  C,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Eustis,  Mr.  W.  Tracy,  Brookline,    . 

Evans,  Mrs.  Glendower,  . 

"  Every  little  helps," 

Fay,  Mr.  Joseph  S.,  Jr., 

For  the  little  blind  girls, 

Fottler,  Mrs.  Jacob, 

French,  Miss  Cornelia  A., 

Gardner,  Mr.  George  A., 

Gooding,  Mrs.  T.  P.,       . 

Gonlding,  Mrs.  L.  E.,      . 

Gray,  Mrs.  John  Chipman, 

Green,  Mr.  Charles  G.,  Cambridge, 

Guild,  Miss  Harriet  J.,  . 

Hall,  Miss  Laura  E.,       . 

Hallowell,  Miss  Henrietta  T.,  Milton, 

Hill,  Mrs.  Lew  C,  . 

Howe,  The  Misses,  Brookline, 

Hvneman,  Mrs.  Louis,  Brookline,    . 


Cal 


$111  50 


5 

00 

50 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

25 

00 

15 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

25 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

25 

00 

50 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

30 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$464  50 


362 


Amount  brought  forward. 


$464  50 


Junior  Lend-a-Hand  Club,  Belmont,  Mary  L 
lington,  treasurer,  through  Miss  Lucretia  T, 
chard,  ..... 

Keep,  Mrs.  F.  E.,  Brookline,  . 

Kimball,  The  Misses,  Longwood, 

King,  Mrs.  George  P.,     . 

Lang,  Mrs.  B.  J.,    . 

Leavitt,  Mr.  Frank  M.,  Eoxbury 

Lincoln,  Mr.  A.  L.,  Brookline, 

Loring,  Mrs.  Augustus  P., 

Lowell,  Mrs.  George  G.,  . 

Monks,  Mrs.  George  H., 

Morrill,  Miss  Fanny  E., 

Moseley,  Miss  Ellen  F.,  . 

Nickerson,  Mr.  Andrew,  . 

Perry,  Mrs.  Charles  F.,  . 

Perry,  Mrs.  Mary  E., 

Peters,  Mrs.  Francis  A., 

Pierce,  Miss  K.  C,  . 

Porter,  Mrs.  Alex  S.,  Jr., 

Potter,  Mrs.  William  H.,  Brookline 

Putnam,  Mrs.  James  J., 

Eogers,  Mrs.  William  B., 

Eobbins,  Miss  Agnes  Frances,  Brookline 

S.,  Mrs.,  . 

S.  E.  A., 

Sever,  Miss  Emily, . 

Sherwin,  Mr.  Edward, 

Shonk,  Mrs.  George  W., 

Souther,  Mrs.  J.  K., 


Wel- 

Blan- 

5  00 

2  00 

25  00 

5  00 

5  00 

5  00 

5  00 

10  00 

20  00 

20  00 

100  00 

5  00 

10  00 

2  00 

50  00 

5  00 

5  00 

5  00 

3  00 

•  5  00 

3  00 

20  00 

100  00 

1  00 

5  00 

10  00 

5  00 

5  00 

Amount  carried  forward. 


$905  50 


363 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Spaulding,  Mrs.  Mahlon  D.,     . 

Sprague,  Dr.  Francis  P., 

Stevens,  Miss  Alice  B.,  Brookline, . 

Stevens,  Mrs.  H.  H.,       . 

Swift,  Mrs.   Florence  A., 

Tapley,  Mrs.  Anna  S.,     . 

Thayer,  Mr.  Byron  T.,    . 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Ezra  Eipley, 

Tilden,  Mrs.  E.  F.,  Dorchester, 

Tilton,  Mrs.  Joseph  B., . 

Tucker,  Mrs.  William  A., 

Turner,  Miss  Esther  Parkman,  Brookline 

Ward,  The  Misses,  .... 

Ware,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Brookline,  . 

Ware,  Miss  Mary  Lee,    . 

Watson,  Miss  Abby  L.,  Eoxbury,  . 

Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  A.,  Weymouth, 

Wesson,    Miss    Isabel, 

Whitman,  Mr.  James  H.,  Charlestown, 

Whitman,  Mrs.  James  H.,  Charlestown 

Whitney,  Miss  Kate  A., 

Whitney,  Miss  Mary, 

Willson,  Miss  Lucy  B.,  Salem, 

Windram,   Mrs.   Westwood   T., 

Winthrop,  Mrs.  T.  Lindall,     . 

Wood,  Mrs.  E.  W.,  Jamaica  Plain  (since  died) 

Woodman,  Mr.  Stephen  F.,  Jamaica  Plain,     . 


$905  50 


100 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

20 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

25 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

$1,201  50 


364 


a]s^:n^ual  subscriptions. 

Through  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  Society,  Miss  S,  E.  Lane,  Treasurer. 


Abbott,  Miss  A.  F.,  Brookline, 

Abbott,  Miss  G.  E.,  Brookline, 

Abbott,  Mrs.  J.,       . 

Abbott,  Mrs.  P.  W., 

Abel,  Mrs.  S.  C,  Brookline,    . 

Adams,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Jamaica 

Adams,  Mr.  George,  Eoxbury, 

x^lden,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Longwood, 

Alford,  Mrs.  0.  H., 

Allen,  Mrs.  F.  R.,   . 

Allen,  Mrs.  Thomas, 

Allen,  Mrs.  W.  H., . 

Alley,  Mrs.  George  E.,  Brookline, 

Ames,  Eev.  Charles  Gordon,    . 

Ames,  Miss  Mary  S., 

Amory,  Mrs.  Charles  W, 

Amory,  Mrs.  William, 

Anderson,  Miss  Anna  F.,  Lowell, 

Anderson,  Mrs.  J.  F., 

Anthony,  Mrs.  S.  Eeed, 

Appleton,  Miss  Fanny  C, 

Appleton,  Mrs.  Samuel 

Atkins,  Mrs.  Edwin  F.,  Belmont, 


Plain 


$5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

50 

00 

100 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$248  00 


365 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Atkinson,  Mrs.  Edward,  Brookline, 

Ayer,  Mrs.  James  B.,      . 

Bacon,  Miss  Ellen  S.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Bacon,  Miss  Mary  P.,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Badger,  Mrs.  Wallis  B.,  Brookline, 

Baer,  Mrs.  Louis,     .... 

Bailey,  Mrs.  Hollis  E.,  Cambridge, 

Balch,  Miss  Elizabeth  A., 

Balch,  Mrs.  F.  G.,  .         .         . 

Baldwin,  Mr.  E.  L., 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  J.  C.  T.,  Brookline, 

Ballard,  Mrs.  Vincent,  Brookline,    . 

Bangs,  Mrs.  F.  E., . 

Barnard,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  E.,  Dorchester, 

Bartlett,  Miss  Mary  H.,  . 

Bartol,  Miss  Elizabeth  H., 

Bartol,  Mrs.  John  W.,     . 

Bass,  Mrs.  Emma  M.,  Newtonville, 

Basto,  Mrs.  Mary  A.,  Eoxbury, 

Batcheller,  Mrs.  A.  H.,    . 

Batcheller,  Mr.  Eobert,    . 

Bates,  Mrs.  I.  Chapman, 

Bates,  Messrs.  W.  and  S.  W., 

Batt,  Mrs.  C.  E.,  Newton,       . 

Beal,  Mrs.  Boylston  A.,  . 

Beebe,  Mrs.  J.  Arthur,    . 

Bemis,  Mrs.  John  W., 

Berlin,  Dr.  Fanny,  .... 

Berwin,  Mrs.  Jacob, 

Biffelow,  Mrs.  G.  T.,        .         .         . 


$248  00 


10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$415  00 


366 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Henry  M.,  Brookline, 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Prescott,  Brookline,  , 

Billings,  Mrs.  J.  B.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Blacker,  Miss  Eliza  F.,  Allston, 

Blackmar,  Mrs.  W.  W.,   . 

Blake,  Mrs.  Charles, 

Blake,  Mrs.  S.  Parkman, 

Blake,  Mrs.  T.  D.,  Brookline, 

Blake,  Mr.  William  P.,    . 

Bliss,  Mrs.  L.  C,  Brookline,  . 

Boardman,  Mrs.  Alice  L., 

Boardman,  Miss  E.  D.,    . 

Boland,  Dr.  E.  S.,  . 

Bolster,  Mrs.  Wilfred,  Roxbur}', 

Bond,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  . 

Boody,  Mr.  J.  H.,  Brookline, 

Borland,  Mr.  M.  W., 

Bowditch,  Mrs.  Alfred,    . 

Bowditch,  Dr.  Henry  P.,  Jamaica  Plain 

Bowditch,  Dr.  Vincent  Y., 

Bradford,  Mrs.  C.  F.,      . 

Bradford,  Mrs.  Charlotte  T.,  Brookline, 

Bradford,  Miss  Sarah  H., 

Bremer,  Mrs.  J.  L., 

Brewer,  Mrs.  D.  C, 

Brewer,  Mr.  Edward  M., 

Brewer,  Miss  Lucy  S., 

Bridge,  Mrs.  J.  G., 

Brooks,  Mr.  George,  Brookline, 

Brown,  Mrs.  Atherton  T., 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$415  00 


3 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

$574  00 


367 


Amount   brought  forward. 

Brown,  Miss  Augusta  M., 

Brown,  Mr.  C.  H.  C,  Brookline, 

Brown,  Miss  Elizabeth  B,, 

Brown,  Mrs.  Samuel  N., 

Bruerton,  Mrs.  James,  Maiden, 

Bryant,  Mrs.  John  D.,     . 

Bullard,  Mr.  Stephen, 

Bullard,  Mrs.  William  S., 

Bullens,  Miss  Charlotte  L.,  Newton, 

Bumstead,    Mrs.    Freeman    J.,    Cambridge 

died), 

Bunker,  Mr.  Alfred,  Eoxbury, 

Burnett,  Mrs.  Joseph, 

Burnham,  Mrs.  Henry  D., 

Burnham,  Mrs.  John  A., 

Burr,  Mrs.  Allston,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Burr,  Mrs.  C.  C,  Newton  Centre,    . 

Burr,  Mrs.  I.  Tucker,  Jr.,  Eeadville, 

Butler,  Mrs.  Charles  S., . 

Cabot,  Dr.  A.  T.,    . 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Walter  C,  Brookline,  . 

Cabot,  Mr.  John  H.,  Brookline, 

Calkins,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Wellesley,  . 

Carr,  Mrs.  Samuel, 

Carter,  Mrs.  George  E.,  Brookline, 

Carter,  Mrs.  John  W.,  West  Newton, 

Carter,  Miss  M.  Elizabeth, 

Cary,  Miss  Ellen  G.,        .         .         . 

Cary,  Miss  Georgiana  S., 

Caryl,  Miss  Harriet  E.,  . 


(since 


$574  00 


5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

0 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

20 

00 

20 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$788  00 


368 


Amount   brought  forward. 

Case,  Mrs.  James  B., 
Gate,  Mr.  Martin  L.,  Eoxbury, 
Gate,  Mrs.  Martin  L.,  Eoxbury, 
Ghamberlain,  Mrs.  M.  L., 
Ghandler,  Mrs.  Frank  W., 
Ghanning,  Mrs.  Walter,  Brookline, 
Chapin,  Mrs.  Henry  B.,  Jamaica  Plain, 
Chapman,  Miss  E.  D.,  Cambridge, 
Chapman,  Miss  J.  E.  G.,  Cambridge, 
Chase,  Dr.  H.  Lincoln,  Brookline,  . 
Chase,  Mrs.  Snsan  E.,  Brookline,    . 
Chene}^,  Mrs.  Arthur, 
Cheney,  Mr.  G.  W.,  Brookline, 
Chick,  Mrs.  I.  W.,  .... 
Ghoate,  Mr.  Charles  F.,  . 
Clapp,  Miss  Antoinette,  Wellesley  Hills, 

Clapp,  Dr.  H.  C, 

Clapp,  Miss  Helen,  Charlestown,  N".  H., 
Clark,  Mr.  B.  Preston,  in  memory  of  Mrs. 

Clark, 

Clark,  Mrs.  Frederick  S., 

Clark,  Mrs.  J.  J.,    . 

Clark,  Mrs.  John  T.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Clark,  Miss  Sarah  W.,  Beverly, 

Clarke,  Mrs.  Albert, 

Clement,  Mrs.  Hazen, 

Clerk,  Mrs.  W.  F..  Eoxbury,   . 

Cobb,  Miss  Clara  B.,  Quinc}'', 

Cobb,  Mrs.  Charles  K.,   . 

Cobb,  Mrs.  John  E.,  Brookline, 


B.  G 


$788  00 


5 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

0 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$930  00 


369 


Amount  hrought  forward, 

Cochrane,  Mrs.  Alex, 

Codman,  Miss,  .... 

Codman,  Mrs.  Charles  E., 

Coffin,  Mrs.  George  R.,  Brookline,  . 

Collamore,  Miss,      .... 

Comer,  Mrs.  Joseph,  Brookline, 

Conant,  Mrs.  Nathaniel,  Brookline, 

Conant,  Mrs.  William  M., 

Conrad,  Mrs.  David,  Brookline, 

Converse,  Mrs.  C.  C,       . 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Algernon, 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Francis  L., 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  J.  Randolph,    . 

Coolidge,  Mr.  John  T.,    . 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Penelope  F.,  Eoxbury, 

Core}-,  Mrs.  H.  D.,  Newton,    . 

Cotton,  Miss  Elizabeth  A.,  Longwood, 

Covel,  Mrs.  A.  S.,   . 

Cowing,  Mrs.  Martha  W.,  Brookline, 

Cox,  Mrs.  William  E.,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Craig,  Mrs.  D.  R.,  . 

Craigin,  Dr.  G.  A., 

Crane,  Mrs.  Aaron  M.,    . 

Crane,  Mr.  Zenas,  Dalton, 

Crehore,  Mrs.  G.  C, 

Crocker,  Miss  Sarah  H., 

Crosby,  Mrs.  S.  V.  R.,    . 

Cumings,  Miss  Gertrude,  Jamaica  Plain 

Cumings,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Brookline, 

Ciimmings,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,   . 


$930  00 


5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

25 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

50 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$1,149  00 


370 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Cumston,  Mrs.  J.  S., 

Currier,  Mr.  J.  Frank,  Eoxbury, 

Curtis,  The  Misses,  Brookline, 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  P., 

Curtis,  Mr.  George  W.,  Roxbury, 

Curtis,  Mrs.  H.  G., 

Curtis,  Mrs.  J.  F., 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Mary  S.,  Brookline, 

Curtis,  Mr.  William  0.,  Eoxbury, 

Gushing,  Mrs.  H.  W., 

Gushing,  Miss  Sarah  P., 

Cutler,  Mrs.  Charles  F., 

Cutler,  Mrs.  E.  G., 

Cutler,  Mrs.  George  C.,  Brookline, 

Cutter,  Mr.  Edward  L.,  Dorchester, 

Cutter,  Mrs.  Ellen  M.,  Brookline, 

Cutter,  Mrs.  Frank  W.,  Dorchester, 

Dale,  Mrs.  Eben,     . 

Damon,  Mrs.  J.  L.,  Jr.,  Long^'ood. 

Dana,  Mrs.  George  IST.,    . 

Dana,  Mr.  Samuel  B.,     . 

Dane,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Longwood, 

Dane,  Mrs.  Francis, 

Daniels,  Mrs.  Edwin  A., 

Davis,  Mrs.  Edward  L.,  . 

Davis,  Mrs.  Simon, 

Day,  Mrs.  Lewis,  Norwood, 

DeLong,  Mrs.  E.  E., 

Dennison,  Mrs.  E.  W.,     . 

Denny,  Mrs.  Arthur  B.,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$1,149 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

20 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

o 

00 

o 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

0 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

0 

00 

$1,276 

00 

371 


Amount  hrought  forward, 

Denny,  Mrs.  H.  M., 

Denny,  Mrs.  W.  C,  Washington,  D.  C, 

Derby,  Mrs.  Hasket, 

Dickman,  Mrs.  George,    . 

Dixon,  Mrs.  L.  S.,  . 

Doliber,  Mrs.  Thomas,  Brookline, 

Dreyfus,    Mrs.    Carl,    in    memory    of    Hettie 

Shuman,        .... 
Driscoll,  Mrs.  Dennis,  Brookline, 
Drost,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  . 
Drummond,  Mrs.  James, 
Dunbar,  Mrs.  James  R.,  Brookline, 
Dwight,  Mrs.  Thomas,     . 
Eager,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C, 
Edgar,  Mrs.  C.  L.,  Longwood, 
Edmands,  Mr.  H.  H.  W.,  Eoxbnry, 
Edmands,  Mrs.  M.  G.,  Chestnut  Hill, 
Edwards,  Miss  Hannah  M., 
Edwards,  Mr.  John  C,  Brookline, 
Eliot,  Mrs.  Amory, 
Eliot,  Mrs.  W.  R.,  . 
Ellis,  Mrs.  Caleb,  *  . 
Elms,  Mrs.  EdM^ard  C,  Newton, 
Elms,  Miss  Florence  G-.,  Newton, 
Elms,  Mrs.  James  C,  Newton, 
Ely,  ]\rrs.  Harriet  E.,       . 
Emerson,  Miss  Elizabeth,  Brookline, 
Emerson,  Mrs.  Harriet  M., 
Emery,  Mrs.  Edwin  P.,  Brookline, 
Emery,  Mrs.  Mark,  North  Anson,  Me., 


La  no- 


$1,276 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

0 

00 

5 

00 

.   2 

00 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

0 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$1,386  00 


372 


Amount   hrought  forivard, 

Emmons,  Mrs.  E.  W.,  2d, 

Endicott,  Mrs.  Henry,     . 

Endicott,  Mrs.  William  C,      . 

Ernst,  Mrs.  C.  W., 

Estabrook,  Mrs.  Arthur  F.,     . 

Estabrook,  Mrs.  George  W.,     . 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Herbert  H.,  Brookline 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Henry  L.,  Brookline, 

Evans,  Mrs.  Charles, 

Everett,  Miss  Caroline  F.,  Eoxbury 

Ewing,  Mrs.  C.  A.  E.,  Brookline, 

Fabyan,  Mrs.  Francis  Wright, 

Fairbairn,  Mrs.  R.  B.,     . 

Fairbanks,  Mrs.  C.  F.,  Milton, 

Farmer,  Mr.  L.  G., 

Farnsworth,  Mrs.  Edward  M.,  Sr., 

Faulkner,  Miss  Fannie  M., 

Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B., 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  B., 

Fay,  Miss  Sarah  M., 

Ferguson,  Mrs.  Eobert, 

Fernald,  Miss  G.  H., 

Ferrin,  Mrs.  ]\I.  T.  B.,  ISTewton, 

Field,  Mrs.  D.  W.,  Brockton, 

Fisk,  Mr.  Lyman  B.,  Cambridge, 

Fiske,  Mrs.  Joseph  N.,    . 

Fitch,  Miss  Carrie  T.,     . 

Fitz,  Mrs.  Walter  Scott, 

Flagg,  Mrs.  Augustus,     . 

Flint.  !Mrs.  Caroline  E.,  Brookline 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


Brookline 


$1,386 

00 

20 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

15 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

6 

00 

5 

00 

$1,581 

00 

373 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Flint,  Mrs.  D.  B.,   . 

Flood,  Mrs.  Hugh,  Brookline, 

Forbes,  Mrs.  W.  H.,         .         .         . 

Foss,  Mrs.  Eugene  N".,  Jamaica  Plain 

Foster,  Mrs.  Anna  S.,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Frank,  Mrs.  Daniel, 

Freeman,  Mrs.  Louisa  A., 

French,  Mrs.  E.  A.,         .         .         . 

French,  Mrs.  John  J.,     . 

French,  Mr.  Wilfred  A.,  Eoxburj^ 

Friedman,  Mrs.  Max,  Eoxbury, 

Friedman,  Mrs.  S.,  Eoxbury, 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  Lucy  F., 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  Langdon, 

Fr}^,  Mrs.  Charles  (since  died 

Fuller,  Mrs.  E.  B., 

Gardner,  Mrs.  John  L.,  . 

Gaston,  Miss,  . 

Gay,  Mrs.  Albert,  Brookline, 

Gay,  Dr.  Warren  F., 

Gilbert,  Mr.  Joseph  T.,   . 

Gill,  Mr.  Abbott  D.,  Eoxbury, 

Gill,  Mrs.  George  F., 

Gillett,  Mr.  S.  Lewis,  Eoxbury, 

Gilmore,  Mrs.  K.  M., 

Gleason,  Mrs.  Cora  L.,    . 

Goldthwait,  Mrs.  Joel,     . 

Goodhue,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Chestnut  Hill 

Gorham,  Mrs.  W.  H.,      . 

Gowing,  Mrs.  Henry  A.,  Brookline 


$1,581  00 

2 

00 

0 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

00 

2 

00 

0 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$1,691  00 


374 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Grandgent,  Prof.  Charles  H.,  Cambridge, 

Grandgent,  Mrs.  Lucy  L.,  Cambridge, 

Grant,  Mrs.  Eobert, 

Graves,  Mrs.  J.  L., 

Gra}^,  Mrs.  John  Chipman, 

Gray,  Mrs.  Morris,  Chestnut  Hill,  . 

Gray,  Mrs.  Eeginald,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Greeley,  Mrs.  E.  F., 

Greene,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Copley, 

Greenleaf,  Mrs.  Lyman  B., 

Greenough,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Greenough,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  Longwood. 

Grew,  Mrs.  H.  S.,   . 

Griggs,  Mr.  B.  F.,  Eoxbury,    . 

Griggs,  Mrs.  Thomas  B., 

Guild,  Mr.  Frederic, 

Gunsenhiser,  Mrs.  A.,  Brookline, 

Hall,  Mrs.  Anthony  Dennis,    . 

Hall,  Mrs.  Eliza  J., 

Hall,  Miss  Fanny,  .     '    . 

Hall,  Mrs.  Solomon,  Dorchester, 

Hall,  Mr.  William  F.,  Brookline  (since  died) 

Harding,  Mrs.  Edgar, 

Hardy,  Mrs.  A.  H.,         ... 

Harrington,  Mrs.  F.  B.,  . 

Harrington,  Dr.  Harriet  L.,  Dorchester, 

Harris,  Miss  Frances  K.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Hart,  Mrs.  Thomas  N.,   . 

Hartley,  Mrs.  Harry,  Brookline, 

Harwood,  Mrs.  George  S.,  Newton, 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$1,691 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

20 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

$1,839 

00 

375 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Hatch,  Mrs.  Jennie  B.,  Eeading, 

Haven,  Mrs.  Franklin,     . 

Hayden,  Mrs.  Charles  E., 

Hayes,  Mrs.  S.  Dana, 

Hayward,  Mrs.  G.  G., 

Head.  Mrs.  Charles, 

Heard,  Mrs.  J.  Theodore, 

Heath,  Mr.  jSTathaniel,     . 

Hecht,  Mrs.  Jacob  H.,     . 

Hememvay,  Mrs.  C.  P.,  . 

Hering,  Mrs.  H.  S., 

Herman,  Mrs.  Joseph  M., 

Herrick,  Miss  A.  J.,  Eockland,  Maine, 

Hersey,  Mrs.  Alfred  H., . 

Hersey,  Miss  M.  T., 

Higginson,  Miss  E.  C,  Brookline, 

Higginson,  Mrs.  F.  L.,    . 

Higginson,  Mrs.  Henry  Lee,    . 

Hight,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  Longwood, 

Hill,  Mrs.  Hamilton  A., . 

Hill,  Mrs.  S.  A.,  Brookline,    . 

Hills,  Mrs.  S.  E.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Hiscock,  Mrs.  L.  B.,  Eoxbury, 

Hitchcock,  Mrs.  Geraldine, 

Hobbs,  Mrs.  Warren  D., 

Hogg,  Mr.  John, 

Holbrook,  Mrs.  Walter  H.,  Newton, 

Hollander,  Mrs.  Louis  P., 

Hood,  Mrs.  George  H.,    . 

Hooper,  Miss  Adeline  D., 


$1,839  00 


5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

15 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

25 

00 

0 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward,. 


$2,020  00 


376 


Amount   brought  forward. 

Hooper,  Mrs.  James  E.,  . 

Hooper,  Mrs.  JST.  L.,        .         .         . 

Horton,  Mrs.  Edward  A., 

Houghton,  Miss  Elizabeth  G., 

Houston,  Mr.  James  A., 

Howard,  Mrs.  P.  B.,  Brookline, 

Howe,  Mrs.  Arabella, 

Howe,  Mrs.  George  D.,    . 

Howe,  Mr.  George  E.,     . 

Howe,  Mrs.  J.  S.,  Brookline,  . 

Howland,  Mrs.  D.  W.,  Longwood,  . 

Ho}H:,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Brookline,  . 

Hoyt,  Mrs.  J.  C,  Newburyport, 

Hubbard,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,     . 

Hubbard,  Mrs.  Elliot, 

Hudson,  Mrs.  John  E.,   . 

Hunneman,  Miss  Elizabeth  A.,  Eoxbury, 

Hunneman,  Mrs.  S.  W.,  Eoxbury,  . 

Hunnewell,  Mrs.  Arthur, 

Hunnewell,  Mr.  Walter,  . 

Hutchins,  Mrs.  Constantine  F., 

lasigi,  Mrs.  Oscar,  .... 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  Charles  Lowell  Thayer, 

Jacobs,  Mrs.  Fred  W.,  Brookline,    . 

Jelly,  Dr.  George  F.,       . 

Jenkins,  Mr.  Charles, 

Jennings,  Miss  Julia  F.,  Wellesley, 

Jewett,  Miss  Annie, 

Jewett,  Miss  Sarah  Orne,  South  Berwick,  Me. 

Johnson,  Miss  Mary  F., . 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$2,020  00 

15  00 

1  00 

2  00 

10  00 

5  00 

1  00 

2  00 

5  00 

2  00 

5  00 

2  00 

5  00 

5  00 

25  00 

10  00 

5  00 

2  00 

2  00 

25  00 

20  00 

5  00 

10  00 

3  00 

3  00 

10  00 

5  00 

1  00 

2  00 

e., 

5  00 

5  00 

.  $2,218  00 

377 


Amount   hrouglit  forward, 

Johnson,  Mr.  Arthur  S., 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Edward,    . 

Johnson,  Mr.  Edward  C, 

Johnson,  Miss  Fanny  L.,  Wollaston, 

Johnson,  Mrs.  F.  W., 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Herbert  S., 

Johnson,  Mr.  Wolcott  H., 

Jolliffe,  Mrs.  T.  H.,  Brookline, 

Jones,  Mrs.  B.  M.,  . 

Jones,  Mrs.  Jerome,  Brookline, 

Josselyn,  Mrs.  A.  S., 

Joy,  Mrs.  Charles  H., 

Keene,  Mrs.  S.  W.,  Eoxbury, 

Kelly,  Mrs.  E.  A., 

Kennard,  Mrs.  A.  W.,     . 

Kennard,  Mrs.  Charles  W., 

Kidder,  Mrs.  Henry  P., 

Kidner,  Mrs.  Eeuben, 

Kimball,  Mrs.  D.  P., 

Kimball,  Mr.  Edward  P.,  Maiden, 

Kimball,  Mrs.  Marcus  M., 

Kimball,  Miss  Susan  Day, 

King,  Mrs.  D.  Webster, 

Kingsbury,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Brookline, 

Kingsley,  Mrs.  Eobert  C,  Brookline, 

Klous,  Mr.  Isaac,  Eoxbury, 

Koshland,  Mrs.  Joseph,   . 

Kuhn,  Mrs.  Grace  M.,     . 

Lamb,  Miss  Augusta  T.,  Brookline, 

Lamson,  Mrs.  J.  A.,        .         .         . 


$2,318  00 


5 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

0 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

25 

00 

10 

00 

50 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


},439  00 


378 


Amount   brought  forward. 

Lane,  Mrs.  Benjamin  P.,  Eoxbui}-, 

Lane,  Mrs.  Gardiner  Martin,  . 

Larkin,  The  Misses, 

Lavalle,  Mrs.  John, 

Lawrence,  Mr.  Charles  R.,  Brookline, 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  John,  Groton, 

Learnard,  Mrs.  George  E., 

Lee,  Mrs.  George  C,        . 

Lee,  Mrs.  Joseph,    .... 

Leland,  Mrs.  Lewis  A.,  Brookline, 

Lew,  Mrs.  B.,  Brookline, 

Linder,  Mrs.  G.,  Brookline, 

Lius,  Mrs.  Ferdinand,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Livermore,  Mr.  Thomas  L.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Locke,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Loring,  The  Misses, 

Loring,  Mr.  W.  C, 

Loring.  Mrs.  W.  C, 

Lothrop,  Miss  Mary  B., . 

Lothrop,  Mrs.  Thornton  K., 

Lothrop,  Mrs.  W.  S.  H., 

Lovett,  Mr.  A.  S.,  Brookline, 

Lovett,  Mrs.  A.  S.,  Brookline, 

Low,  Mrs.  Gilman  S.,      . 

Lowell,  ]\Irs.  Charles, 

Lowell,  Mrs.  Frederick  E., 

Lowell,  Mrs.  John, . 

Lyman,  Mr.  John  Pickering,  . 

Lyman,  Mrs.  Theodore,  Brookline, 

Mack,  Mrs.  Thomas, 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$2,439 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

100 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

30 

00 

25 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

50 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

20 

00 

10 

00 

$2,820 

00 

379 


Amount   brought   foriuard, 

Magee,  Mr.  J.  L.,  Chelsea, 
Mallory,  Mrs.  P.  B.,  Georgetown 
Mandell,  Mrs.  S.  P., 
IMansfield,  Mrs.  George  S.,  Maiden, 
Mansfield,  Mrs.  S.  M.,     . 
Mansur,  Mrs.  Martha  P., 
Marrs,  Mrs.  Kingsmill,  Wayland, 
Marsh,  Mrs.  Eobert, 
Marshall,  Mrs.  J.  P.  C, 
Matchett,  Mrs.  W.  P.,     . 
McKee,  Mrs.  William  L., 
Mead,  Mrs.  S.  R.,  Dedham, 
Means,  Mrs.  William  A., 
Merriam,  Mr.  Charles, 
Merriam,  Mr.  Prank, 
Merrill,  ]\Irs.  J.  Warren,  Cambridg 
Merrill,  Mrs.  J.  Warren,  2d,. 
Merrill,  Mrs.  L.  M.,  Brookline, 
Merriman,  Mrs.  Daniel,   . 
Messinger,  Miss  Snsan  D.,  Eoxburj 
Mills,  Mrs.  D.  T.,   . 
Mixter,  Miss  M.  A., 
Monks,  Mrs.  George  H., . 
Monroe,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Brookline 
Montgomery,  Mrs.  W.  L., 
Moore,  ]\Irs.  Henry  P.,  Brookline, 
Morey,  Mrs.  Edwin, 
Morison,  Mrs.  John  H.,  . 
Morrill.  Mrs.  Ellen  A.,  Eoxbury, 
Morrill.  Miss  Panny  E., 


$2,820  00 


10 

00 

5 

00 

0 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

■  2 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


},976  00 


380 


Amount  brought  forward, 

]\Iorris,  Mrs.  Frances  Isabel,  IST.  Y.  Citj 

Morse,  Mrs.  Jacob, 

Morse,  Mrs.  S.  A., 

Morss,  Mrs.  Anthony  S.,  Charlestown 

Morss,  Mrs.  Everett, 

Moseley,  Miss  Ellen  F.,  . 

Nathan,  Mrs.  Jacob,  Brookline, 

Nazro,  Mrs.  Fred  H.,  Roxbury, 

Nazro,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Eoxbury, 

Neal,  Miss  Caroline  F.,  Brookline, 

Newell,  Mrs.  James  W.,  Brookline, 

Newell,  Mrs.  M.  A.  M.,  Eoxbury,   . 

Newton,  Mrs.  E.  Bertram, 

Nichols,  Mrs.  E.  H.,  Brookline, 

Nichols,  Mr.  Seth,  New  York  City, 

Nickerson,   Mr.    Andrew, 

Niebuhr,  Miss  Mary  M., 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis, 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis,  Jr., 

North,  Mrs.  James  N.,  Brookline, 

Noyes,  Mrs.  George  D.,  Brookline, 

Oliver,  Miss  Martha  C,  Phila., 

Olmsted,  Mrs.  J.  C,  Brookline, 

Orcutt,  Mrs.  William  Dana,    . 

Osborn,  Mrs.  Anna  F.,  Hartland,  Me., 

Osborn,  Mrs.  John  B.,    . 

Osgood,  Mrs.  John  Felt, 

Page,  Mrs.  Calvin  Gates, 

Page,  Mrs.  L.  J.,  Brookline,   . 

Paine,  Mrs.  William  D.,  Brookline, 


$2,976  00 


5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

9 

00 

2 

00 

0 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

15 

00 

9 

V 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$3,088  00 


381 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Palfrey,  Mrs.  J.  C,         .         .         . 

Parker,  Mrs.  Charles  E., 

Parker,  Miss  Eleanor  S., 

Parsons,  Miss  Anna  Q.  T.,  Eoxbury, 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Anna  P., 

Peabody,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Brookline, 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Oliver  W., 

Peabody,  Mrs.  S.  Endicott, 

Pearson,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  Brookline, 

Pecker,  The  Misses  Annie  J.  and  Mary 

Peckerman,  Mrs.  E.  E.,  . 

Peirce,  Mrs.  Silas,  Brookline, 

Peirson,  Mrs.  Charles  L., 

Percy,  Mrs.  Fred  B.,  Brookline, 

Perry,  Mrs.  Claribel  N., 

Perr}^,  Miss  Elizabeth  H.,  Bridgewater, 

Pfaelzer,  Mrs.  F.  T.,       .         .         . 

Philbrick,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Brookline,     . 

Phillips,  Mrs.  Anna  T., 

Pickert,  Mrs.  Lehman,  Brookline,    . 

Pierce,  Mr.  Phineas, 

Pitman,  Mrs.  Benjamin  F.,  Brookline, 

Plumer,  Mrs.  Avery, 

Pope,  Drs.  C.  A.  and  E.  F.,  . 

Porteous,  Miss  M.  F.,      . 

Porter,  Mrs.  A.  S., 

Porter,  Mrs.  Georgia  M.  Whidden,  Brookline, 

Porter,  Miss  Nellie  E.,  North  Anson,  Me. 

Porter,  Mrs.  P.  G.,  Cambridgeport   (since  died), 

Prager,  Mrs.  Philip, 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$3,088 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

25 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

25 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

25 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

5,26-t  00 


382 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Pratt,  Mrs.  E.  E.,  . 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Elliott  W.,    . 

Prendergast,  Mr.  James  M.,    . 

Preston,  Mrs.  G.  H., 

Priest,  Mrs.  Ashle}',  Brookline, 

Proctor,  Mrs.  Henry  H., 

Punchard,  Miss  A.  L.,  Brookline, 

Putnam,  Miss  Ellen  D., 

Putnam,  Mrs.  George, 

Putnam,  Miss  Georgina  Lowell, 

Putnam,  Miss  Sarah  G., 

Quincy,  Mrs.  George  H., 

Quincy,  Mrs.  H.  P., 

Eand,  Mrs.  Arnold  A.   (for  1905-06), 

Eanney,  Mr.  Fletcher, 

Eatshesky,  Mrs.  Fanny,   . 

Eatshesky,  Mrs.  I.  A.,     . 

Eaymond,  Mrs.  Henry  E., 

Eeed,  Mrs.  Arthur,  Brookline, 

Eeed,  Mrs.  John  H.,  Eoxbury, 

Eeed,  Mrs.  William  H.,  . 

Eeynolds,  Mrs.  John  Phillips, 

Ehodes,  Mrs.  Albert  H., 

Ehodes,  Miss  Florence  E., 

Ehodes,  Mrs.  James  F.,  . 

Ehodes,  Mrs.  S.  H.,  Brookline, 

Eice,  Mr.  David,      .         .         .     . 

Eice,  Mrs.  David,    . 

Eice,  Mrs.  David  Hall,  Brookline, 

Eice,  Mrs.  Francis  B., 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$3,264  00 


3 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

0 

V 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

20 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

0 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

15 

00 

o 

00 

5 

00 

$3,439 

00 

383 


Amount  hrouglit  forward, 

Eice,  Mrs.  Henry  A., 

Eice,  Mrs.  N.  W.,    . 

Eice,  Mrs.  W.  B.,  Quincv, 

Eice,  Mrs.  W.  P.,    . 

Eichards,  Miss  Alice  A.,  in  memory  of  her  mother 

Mrs.  Dexter  N".  Eiehards,     . 
Eichards,  Miss  Annie  L., 
Eiehards,  Mrs.  C.  A., 
Eichardson,  The  Misses,  Eoxbury, 
Eichardson,  Mrs.  Edward  C, 
Eichardson,  Mrs.  Frederick,  Brookline, 
Eichardson,  Mrs.  John,  Chestnut  Hill, 
Eichardson,  Mrs.  Mary  M., 
Eichardson,  Mr.  Spencer  W.,  . 
Eichardson,  Mrs.  T.  0.,  . 
Eiley,  Mr.  Charles  E.,  Newton, 
Eipley,  Mr.  Frederic  H., 
Eobbins,  Mrs.  Eoyal,  Longwood, 
Eobinson,  Mrs.  Henry  H.,  Brookline, 
Eobinson,  Miss  H.  M.,    . 
Eobinson,  Mrs.  H.  W.,     . 
Eodman,  Mr.  S.  W.  (since  died),    . 
Eoeth,  Mrs.  A.  G.,   . 
Eogers,  Miss  Anna  P.,     . 
Eogers,  Mrs.  Henry  M., 
Eogers,  Mrs.  Jacob  C,    . 
Eogers,  Mrs.  J.  F.,  ... 

Eogers,  Mrs.  E.  K.,  Brookline, 
Eogers,  Miss  Snsan  S.,    . 
Eogers,  Mrs.  William  B., 


$3,439  00 


5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

20 

00 

15 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

A  mount  carried  forward, . 


$3,619  00 


384 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Eosenbaum,  Mrs.  L.,        .         .         .         . 

Eoss,  Mrs.  Waldo  0.,       . 

Eotch,  Mrs.  Clara  M.,  New  Bedford,      . 

Eotch,  Miss  Mary  E.,  New  Bedford, 

Eotch,  Mrs.  Thomas  Morgan, 

Eothwell,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  Longwood,  . 

Eowland,  Mrs.  Charles  B.,  New  York  City, 

Eowlett,  Mrs.  Thomas  S.,  Brookline, 

Eussell,  Mrs.  Elliott,        .... 

Eussell,  Mrs.  Henry  G.,  Providence,  E.  I., 

Eussell,  Mrs.  Isaac  H.,  Cambridge, 

Eust,  Mrs.  Nathaniel  J.,  ... 

Eyan,  Miss  Mary  A.,  Quincy, 

Sabin,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,  Brookline, 

Sabine,  Miss  Catherine,  Brookline, 

Sabine,  Mrs.  G.  T\.,  Brookline, 

St.  John,  Mrs.  J.  A.,  Brookline,     . 

Saltonstall,    Mr.    Eichard   M.,    in   memory   of   his 

mother,  Mrs.  Leverett  Saltonstall, 
Sampson,  Mrs.  J.  V., 
Sampson,  Miss  H.  H.,     . 
Sampson,  Mrs.  Oscar  H., 
Sanborn,  Mrs.  C.  W.  H., 
Sanger,  Mr.  Sabin  P.,  Brookline, 
Sargent,  Mrs.  E.  P.,  Brookline, 
Sargent,  Mrs.  F.  W., 
Sargent,  Mrs.  L.  M., 
Sargent,  Mrs.  Winthrop, 
Saunders,  Mrs.  D.  E.,  Brookline, 
Scaife.  Miss  Helen,  North  Cohasset 


,619  00 


1 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

9 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

50 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forivard, . 


$3,788  00 


385 


Amount  hrought  forward, 

Scott,  Mrs.  William  M., 

Scudder,   Mrs.    J.    D.,   in   memory   of  her   mother 

Mrs.  N.  M.  Downer,    . 
Scull,  Mrs.  Gideon, 
Seamans,  Mr.  James  M.,  Brookline, 
Sears,  Mr.  Frederick  E., 
Sears,  Mrs.  Herbert  M., 
Sears,  Mrs.  Knyvet  W.,  . 
Sears,  Mrs.  Philip  H.,     . 
Sears,  Mrs.  Philip  S.,      . 
Sears,  Mrs.  Willard  T.,   . 
Severance,  Mrs.  Pierre  C, 
Sewall,  Mrs.  W.  B.,         .         .         . 
Shapleigh,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Brookline, 
Shattnck,  Mrs.  George  B., 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Benjamin  S., 
Shaw,  Mrs.  G.  Howland, 
Shaw,  Mrs.  George  E.,    . 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Eobert  Gould, 
Shepard,  Mrs.  L.  H.,  Brookline, 
Shepard,  Mr.  0.  A.,  Brookline, 
Shepard,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Brookline, 
Shepard,  Mrs.  T.  P.,  Providence,  E.  I. 
Sherburne,  Mrs.  C.  W.    (since  died), 
Sherman,  Mrs.  George  M.,  Brookline, 
Sias,  Mrs.  Charles  D., 
Sigourney,  Mr.  Henry,     . 
Simpkins,  Miss  Mary  W.,  Jamaica  Plain 
Skinner,  Mrs.  William,  Holyoke, 
Slade,  Mrs.  D.  D.,  Chestnut  Hill, 


$3,788 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

25 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$4,012  00 


38(> 


Amount   brought   forward, 

Slatery,  Mrs.  William,     . 

Smith,  Mrs.  Phineas  B.,  Eoxbury, 

Smith,  Mrs.  Thomas  P.,  Brookline, 

Snow,  Mrs.  F.  E.,  . 

Soren,  Mr.  John  H.,  Eoxbur}^, 

Sprague,  Mrs.  Charles,  Hingham, 

Sprague,  Miss  M.   C,  Brookline, 

Stackpole,  Mrs.  F.  D.,     . 

Stackpole,  Miss  Eoxana, 

Stadtmiller,  ]\rrs.  F.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Standish,  Miss  Adelaide,  Brookline, 

Stearns,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Brook 

Stearns,  Mrs.  R.  H.,       . 

Stearns,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Steinert,  Mrs.   Alex., 

Stetson,  Miss  Sarah  M.,  . 

Stevens,  Mrs.  H.  H., 

Stevenson,  Miss  Annie  B.,  Brookline, 

Stevenson,   Mrs.    Eobert   H.,   . 

Stockton,  j\[rs.   Mary  A., 

Stone,  Mrs.  Edwin  P.,     . 

Stone,  Mrs.  Frederick, 

Stone,  Mrs.  Philip  S.,  Longwood, 

Storer,  Miss  A.  M., 

Storer,  Miss  M.  G., 

Storrow,   Mrs.   James   J., 

Strauss,    Mrs.    Ferdinand, 

Strauss,  Mrs.  Louis, 

Sturgis,  Mrs.   John  H., 

Swan,  Mr.   Charles  H.,   . 


me. 


$4,012  00 


1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

20 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

30 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

15 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$4,201  00 


387 


Amount  hrought  forward. 

Swan,  Miss  Elizabeth  B.,  Dorchester, 

Swann,  Mrs.  John,  Stockbridge, 

Sweetser,  Mrs.  Frank  E.,  Brookline, 

Sweetser,  Miss  Ida  E.,    . 

Sweetser,  Mr.  I.   Homer, 

Symonds,  Miss  Lucy  Harris,  . 

Taft,  Mrs.  L.  H.,  Brookline,  . 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Charles  E.,  Brookline, 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Thomas,  North  Billerica, 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Thomas  Palmer,  Eoxbnry, 

Talbot,  Miss  Leslie,  Eoxbury, 

Talbot,  Miss  Marjorie,  Eoxbury,     . 

Tappan,  Miss  Mary  A.,  . 

Taylor,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  Jr., 

Thacher,  Mrs.  Lydia  W.,  Peabody, . 

Thayer,  Miss  Adela  G.,  . 

Thayer,  Mrs.   Bayard,   Lancaster,    . 

Thayer,  Miss  Harriet  L., 

Thayer,  Mrs.  William  G.,  Southborough, 

Thomas,  Miss  Catherine  C,    . 

Thomson,  Mrs.  Arthur  C,  Brookline, 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  Alden  A., 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  Augustus, 

Thorndike,  Mrs.  Augustus  L., 

Tileston,   Miss   Edith,      . 

Tileston,  Miss  Eleanor, 

Tileston,  Mrs.  John  B.,  . 

Tileston,  Mrs.  Eoger  E.,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Towle,  Mrs.  Harvey  P.,  . 

Traiser,  Mrs.  Eichard  E., 


$4,201  00 


5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

25 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

15 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

50 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward. 


$4,425  00 


388 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Tucker,  Mrs.  James,  Brookline    (since  died), 

Tucker,  Mrs.  J.  Alfred,  Newton,    . 

Tuckerman,  Mrs.  C.  S.,  . 

Turnbull,  Mrs.  William  B.,  Brookline, 

Turner,  Miss  Abby  W.,  Randolph,  . 

Twombly,  Mrs.  J.  F.,  Brookline,     . 

Tyler,  Mrs.  G.  C,  Brookline, . 

Tyler,  Mrs.  Joseph  H.,  . 

Vass,  Miss  Harriett,  Brookline, 

Vickery,  Mrs.  Herman  F., 

Vose,  Mrs.  Charles,  East  Walpole,  . 

Vose,  Mr.  Frank  T.,        .         .         . 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  A.  F., . 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  Oliver  F.,     . 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  William  Austin,  . 

Walker,  Mrs.  J.  Albert,  . 

Ward,  Miss  E.  M.,  . 

Ward,  Miss  Julia  A.,  Brookline, 

Ware,  Miss  Harriot,  Brookline, 

Warner,  Mrs.  Frederick  H.,    . 

Warren,  Mrs.  William  W., 

Wason,  Mrs.   Elbridge,  Brookline,  . 

Watson,  Mrs.  H.  H.,       . 

Wead,  Mrs.  Leslie  C,  Brookline,     . 

Webster,  Mrs.  Edwin  S.,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Webster,  Mrs.   F.   G.,      . 

Weeks,  Mrs.  Andrew  G., 

Weeks,  Mrs.  W.  B.  P.,    . 

Weld,  Mrs.  A.  Davis,  Jamaica  Plain, 

Weld,  Mrs.  A.  W.,  Chestnut  Hill,    . 

Amount  carried  forivard,  . 


$4,425  00 


2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

$4,579 

00 

389 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Weld,  Mrs.  Samuel  M.,  North  Chatham, 

Weld,  Mrs.  William  P.,. 

Wentworth,  Mrs.  0.  M., 

West,  Mrs.  Anna  D.,      . 

West,  Mrs.  Preston  C.  P., 

Weston,  Mrs.  H.  C, 

Whalen,  Mrs.  J.  E.,  Melrose  Highlands, 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  A.  S.,       .         . '       . 

Wheelwright,  The  Misses, 

Wheelwright,  Mrs.  Edward, 

Wheelwright,  Mrs.  John  W.   (since  died). 

White,  Mrs.  Charles  T., 

White,  Miss  Eliza  Orne,  Brookline, 

White,  Mrs.  Jonathan  H.,  Brookline, 

White,  Mrs.  Joseph  H.,  Brookline, . 

White,  Mrs.  Norman  H.,  Brookline, 

White,  Mrs.  E.  H., 

Whiteside,  Mrs.  A.,  ... 

Whiting,  Mrs.  J.  K.,  Longwood,     . 

Whiting,  Miss  Susan  A.,  Newton,    . 

Whiting,  Mrs.  S.  B.,  Cambridge,     . 

Whitney,  Mr.  Edward  P.,  New  York  City, 

Whitney,  Mrs.   George,    . 

Whitney,  Mr.  George  M^,  Winchendon, 

Whitney,  Mrs.  H.  A.,      . 

Whitney,  Mrs.  Henry  M.,  Brookline, 

Whitney,  Mrs.  I.  G.   (since  died), 

Whitney,  Mr.  S.  B., 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Brookline, 

Whittington,  Mrs.  Hiram, 


$4,579  00 


5 

00 

50 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$4,758  00 


390 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Whitwell,  Mrs.  Frederick  A., 

Whitwell,  Miss  Mary  H., 

Willard,  Mrs.  A.  E.,        .         .         . 

Willcomb,  Mrs.  George,   . 

Willcutt,  Mr.  Levi  L.,  Brookline,    . 

Williams,  The  Misses,  Concord, 

Williams,  Miss  Adelia  C,  Eoxbury, 

Williams,  Mrs.  Arthur,  Jr.,  Brookline, 

Williams,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,  Brookline, 

Williams,  Mrs.  Harriet  C, 

Williams,  Mrs.  Jeremiah, 

Williams,  Mr.  Moses, 

Williams,  Mrs.  Moses, 

Williams,  Mrs.  T.  B.,     . 

Wilson,  Miss  Annie  E.,  Brookline, 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Edward  C,  Brookline, 

Wilson,  Miss  Lilly  U.,  Brookline,    . 

Wing,  Mrs.  M.  B.,  Brookline, 

Winslow,  Mrs.  G.  M., 

Withington,  Miss  Anna  S.,  Brookline, 

Withington,  Mrs.  Charles  F., 

Wolcott,  Mrs.  Roger, 

Wonson,  Mrs.  Harriet  A.,  Waverley, 

Wood,  Mr.  Henry,  Cambridge, 

Woodbury,  Mr.  John  P., 

Woodworth,  Mrs.  A.  S., 

Worthington,  Mrs.  A.  B.   (since  died), 

Worthley,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Brookline, 

Wright,  Mr.  John  G.,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Wright,  Mrs.  John  G.,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$4,758 

GO 

5 

00 

5 

GO 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

25 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

GO 

5 

00 

5 

GO 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

15 

GO 

10 

00 

$4,931 

00 

391 


Amount  brought  forward. 


Wright,  Mrs.  L.  A.,         .         .         . 
Wright,  Miss  Mary  A.,    . 
Wyman,  Mr.  A.  E.,  Newtonville, 
Young,  Mrs.  Benjamin  L., 
Young,  Miss  Lucy  F.,  Winchester, 
Young,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  Winchester, 
Ziegel,  Mr.  Louis,  Eoxbury,     . 


$4,931  00 


1 

00 

3 

00 

15 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

$4,970  00 


CAMBEIDGE  BEANCH. 

Through  Miss  Elizabeth  G.  Norton 

Abbot,  Miss  Anne  W.,     . 
Abbot,  Mrs.  Edwin  H.,   . 
Abbott,  Mrs.  Edward,      . 
Agassiz,  Mr.  Max,   . 
Aldrich,  Mrs.  Charles  F., 
Ames,  Mrs.  James  B., 
Batchelder,  Mrs.  Charles  F.,   . 
Batchelder,  Miss  Isabel,  Boston, 
'Beaman,  Mrs.  G.  W., 
Beard,  Mrs.  Edward  L., 
Bigelow,  Mrs.  J.  W., 
Blatchford,  Miss  M.  E., 
Boggs,  Mrs.  Edwin  P.,    . 
Bradford,  Miss  Edith,      . 
Brewster,  Mrs.  William, 
Brooks,  Miss  Martha  W.,  Petersham 
Bulfinch,  Miss  Ellen  S., 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$10  00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

15 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

$88  00 


392 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Carstein,  Mrs.  H.  L., 

Gary,  Miss  Emma  F.,      . 

Chapman,  Miss  Anna  B., 

Childs,  Mrs.  Francis  J., 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  J.  I.  T., 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Julian  L., 

Croswell,  Miss  Mary  C, 

Dana,  Mrs.  E.  H.,  Jr.,    . 

Davis,  Mrs.  W.  M., 

Deane,  Mrs.  Walter, 

Durant,  Mrs.  W.  B., 

Emery,  Miss  Octavia  B., 

Eustis,  Mrs.  Frank  I.,     . 

Everett,  Mr.  William  Abbot  (donation  1905) 

Farley,  Miss  Caroline, 

Farlow,  Mrs.  William  G 

Folsom,  Mrs.  Norton  (for  1905-06) 

Foster,  Mrs.  Francis  C, 

Francke,  Mrs.  Kuno, 

Gale,  Mrs.  Justin  E.,  Weston, 

Glover,  Mrs.  H.  E., 

Goodale,  Mrs.  G.  L., 

Goodwin,  Miss  A.  M., 

Goodwin,  Mrs.  Hersey  B 

Green,  Miss  Mary  A., 

Greenough,  Mrs.  J.  B., 

Hall,  Mr.  E.  H.,     . 

Harris,  Miss  Charlotte  M., 

Hastings,  Mrs.  F.  W.,     . 

Haward,  Mrs.  James  W., 


$88  00 


2 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

15 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

3 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

4 

00 

100 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$292  00 


393 


Amount  brought  forward. 

Hedge,  Miss  Charlotte  A.,  Brookline, 

Henchman,  Miss  A.  P., 

Hopkinson,  Mrs.  J.  P.,   . 

Hoppin,  Miss  E.  M., 

Horsford,  Miss, 

Houghton,  The  Misses,    . 

Howard,  Mrs.  Albert  A., 

Howe,  Miss  Sarah  E., 

Kennedy,  Mrs.  F.  L., 

Kettell,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,  Lexington, 

Leeds,  Miss  Caroline  T., 

Longfellow,  Mrs.  W.  P.  P., 

Moore,  Mrs.  Lucy  T., 

Morison,  Mrs,  Robert  S., 

Munroe,  Miss  M.  P., 

Neal,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  . 

Nichols,  Mrs.  J.  T.  G.,   . 

Norton,  Prof.  Charles  Eliot, 

Page,  Miss  Abby  S.,  Lowell, 

Palfrey,  The  Misses, 

Perrin,  Mrs.  Franklin,     . 

Pickering,  Mrs.  Edward  C, 

Read,  Mrs.  William, 

Richards,  Mrs.  Mary  A., 

Riddle,  Miss  Cordelia  C, 

Roberts,  Mrs.  Coolidge  S., 

Saville,  Mrs.  Henry  M., 

Sawyer,  Miss  E.  M., 

Scudder,  Mr.  Samuel  H., 

Sedgwick,  Miss  M.  Theodora, 


$392  00 


5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, 


$402  00 


394 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Simmons,  Mrs.  George  F., 
Smith,  Mrs.  Horatio  S., 
Spelman,  Mrs.  I.  M., 
Swan,  Mrs.  S.  H.,  . 
Thayer,  Mrs.  James  B., 
Thorp,  Mrs.  J.  G., 
Tilton,  Mrs.  H.  N., 
Toppan,  Mrs,  Eobert  N". 
Tower,  Miss  Anna  E., 
Vaughan,  Mrs.  Benjamin, 
Wesselhoeft,  Mrs.  Walter, 
White,  Mrs.  J.  Gardner, 
White,  Mrs.  Moses  P., 
Whitney,  Miss  Maria, 
Whittemore,  Mrs.  F.  W., 
Williston,  Mrs.  L.  E., 
Willson,  Mrs.  R.  W., 
Winlock,  Mrs.  J.,    . 
Woodman,  Mrs.  Charlotte  F., 
Woodman,  Mrs.  Walter, 


$402  00 


1 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

2 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

50 

00 

1 

00 

$543  00 


DORCHESTER  BRANCH. 

Through  Mrs.  J.  Henky  Bean, 
Barry,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  S., 
Bartlett,  Mrs.  S.  E.,  Boston,  . 
Bean,  Mrs.  J.  Henry,      .... 
Bennett,  Miss  M.  M.,  Wellesley  College, 


$1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

Amount  carried  forward. 


$4  00 


395 


Amount  brought  forward. 

Bird,  Mrs.  John  L., 

Brigham,  Mrs.  Frank  E., 

Callender,  Miss, 

Churchill,  Mrs.  J.  E.,      . 

Clark,  Mrs.  W.  E.,  Jr., 

Conant,  Mrs.  James  S.,  . 

Copeland,  Mrs.  W.  A.,     . 

Cushing,  Miss  Susan  T., 

Dillaway,  Mrs.  C.  0.  L., . 

Eliot,  Mrs.  Christopher  E.,  Boston 

Faunce,  Mrs.  Sewall  A., 

Fay,  Mrs.  M.  C.  T.,  Milton,   . 

Hall,  Miss  Adelaide, 

Hall,  Mrs.  Henry,   . 

Hawkes,  Mrs.  S.  L., 

Hearsey,  Miss  Sarah  E., 

Hemmenway,  Mrs.  Edward  A., 

Humphreys,  Mrs.  E.  C, 

Jordan,  Miss  Euth  A.,  Hingham  Centre 

Joyslin,  Mrs.  L.  B., 

Laighton,  Mrs.  William  B.,     . 

Murdock,  Mrs.  Harold,  Chestnut  Hill, 

Nash,  Mrs.  Edward,  Boston,   . 

ISTash,  Mrs.  Frank  K.,     . 

Nichols,  Mrs.  Smith  W., 

Nightingale,  Mrs.  C, 

Noyes,  Miss  Mary  E., 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Charles  K.,  Cambridge, 

Pierce,  Miss  Henrietta  M.,  Boston, 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Laban, 


$4  00 


1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

Amount  carried  forward. 


$47  00 


396 

Amount   brought  forward, 

Preston,  Mrs.  John, 

Keed,  Mrs.  George  M.,    . 

Eobinson,  Miss  A.  B., 

Sayward,  Mrs.  W.  H.,     . 

Second  Church  Weekly  Offerings, 

Sharp,  Miss  E.  B.,  . 

Sharp,  Mr.  Everett  H.,    . 

Smith,  Miss  H.  J., 

Soule,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  P., 

Steams,  Mrs.  Albert  H., 

Stearns,  Master  A.  Ma}Tiard, 

Stearns,  Master  A.  T.,  2d, 

Stearns,  Master  Henry  D.,  In  niemor\' 

Stearns,  Miss  Katherine, 

Stearns,  Mrs.  Fred  P.,    . 

Thacher,  Mrs.  A.  C, 

Thacher,  Miss  M.  H., 

Torrey,  Mrs.  Elbridge  (donation). 

Turner,  Mr,  William  H., 

Whitcher,  Mr.  Frank  W., 

Whiton,  Mrs.  Eoyal, 

Wilder,  Miss  Grace  S., 

Willard,  Mrs.  L.  P., 

Wood,  Mr.  Frank,    . 

Wood,  Mrs.  Frank, 

Wright,  Mr.  C.  P., 

Young,  Mrs.  Frank  L., 


of. 


$47  00 


1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

25 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

$126  00 


^  A  subscription  of  $2  was  received  after  the  accounts  were  closed  for  the 
year. 


397 


LYNN  BRANCH. 


Through  Mr.  L.  K.  Blood. 

Averill,  Miss  M.  J., $2  00 

Bancroft,  Mrs.  Thomas, 

1  00 

Berry,  Mrs,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  and  son, 

5  00 

Blood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  K.,    . 

10  00 

Breed,  Mrs.  A.  B.,           .         .         . 

1  00 

Caldwell,  Mrs.  Ellen  F.,  Bradford, 

1  00 

Chase,  Mrs.  Philip  A.,    . 

5  00 

Earp,  Miss  Emily  A.,      . 

1  00 

Elmer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  V.  J.,    . 

5  00 

Frazier,  Mrs.  Lyman  B., 

2  00 

Harmon,  Mrs.  Eollin  E., 

1  00 

Haven,  Miss  Cassie  S.,    . 

1  00 

Haven,  Miss  Eebecca  E.,  Phila.,     . 

2  00 

Hollis,  Mrs.  Samuel  J.,  . 

10  00 

Lee,  Mrs.  Caroline  A.,     . 

5  00 

LeEow,  Mrs.  M.  H.,        .         .         . 

1  00 

Newhall,  Mr.  Charles  H., 

100  00 

Page,  Miss  E.  D., 

1  00 

Sheldon,  Mrs.  Mary  L.,           ... 

5  00 

Smith,  Mrs.  Sarah  F.,     . 

10  00 

Souther,  Mrs.  Elbridge,  .... 

1  00 

Spalding,  Mr.  Eollin  A.  (donation), 

2  00 

Sprague,  Mr.  Henry  B.,           ... 

5  00 

Tapley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  F.,    . 

5  00 

Thomson,  Mr.  Elihu,  Swampscott  (donation). 

5  00 

Walsh,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles, 

• 

2  00 

$189  00 


398 


MILTON  BEANCH. 


Through  Mrs.  William  Wood 

Baldwin,  Miss  Alice, 

Barnard,  Mrs.  James  M., 

Breck,  Mrs.  C.  E.  C,     . 

Brewer,  Miss  Eliza, 

Brewer,  Mrs.  Joseph, 

Briggs,  Miss  Sarah  E.,    . 

Brooks,  Mrs.  H.  G.,         .         .        . 

Channing,  The  Misses,     . 

Clarke,  Mrs.  D.  0., 

Clum,  Mrs.  Alison  B.,     . 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Caleb, 

Dow,  The  Misses,     .... 

Emerson,  Mrs.  W.  R.,     . 

Forbes,  Mrs.  J.  Murray, 

GUbert,  Mrs.  H.  J.,  ... 

Gilmore,  Miss  Mary  E.,  jSTorth  Easton, 

Glover,  Mrs.  T.  R.. 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Readville, 

Hicks,  Miss  Josephine,    . 

Hinckley,  Miss  Mary, 

Hollingsworth,  Mrs.  Amor, 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  William  H.   Slocum  by 

Joseph  Brewer,     .... 
Jaques,  Mrs.  Francis, 
Jaques,  Miss  Helen, 
Klous,  Mrs.  Henry  D.,  Auburndale, 
Ladd,  Mrs.  William  J.,   . 


Mrs 


$1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

4 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

25 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

3 

00 

50 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward, . 


$148  00 


399 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Loring,  Mrs.  Elisha, 

Loring,  Miss  Edith, 

Mcintosh,  Mrs.  J.  S.,      . 

Morse,  Mrs.  Samuel, 

Perkins,  Mrs.  Charles  E., 

Pierce,  Mrs.  M.  V., 

Pierce,  Mr.  Vassar, 

Pierce,  Mr.  Walworth, 

Pierce,  Mrs.  Wallace  L., 

Eichardson,  Miss  Martha, 

Eivers,  Mrs.  George  E.  R., 

Eoberts,  Mrs.  E.  H., 

Eotch,  Miss,     .         . 

Safford,  Mrs.  N.  M.,       . 

Tilden,  Mrs.  George, 

Tilden,  Mrs.  William  P., 

Tucker,  Miss  E.  L.,  Hyde  Park, 

Tucker,  Mrs.  Stephen  A.,  Hyde  Park, 

Tuell,  Mrs.  Hiram, 

Upton,  Mrs.  Bruce, 

Vose,  Miss  Caroline  C,  . 

Wadsworth,  Mrs.  E.  D., 

Weston,  Mr.  William  B., 

Whitwell,  Mrs.  F.  A.,      . 

Whitwell,  Miss, 

Wood,  Mr.  William, 

Wood,  Mrs.  William, 


$148  00 


3 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

10 

00 

$199  00 


400 


WORCESTER  BRANCH. 


Through  Mrs 
Allen,  Miss  Katherine, 
Allen,  Mrs.  Lamson, 
Ball,  Miss  Helen,    . 
Ball,  Mrs,  Phineas, 
Bigelow,  Mrs.  Abbie, 
Brigham,  Mrs.  John  S., 
Clark,  Miss  Harriet  E., 
Clark,  Mrs.  Henry  C, 
Comins,  Mrs.  E.  I., 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Edwin  P., 
Eobes,  Mrs.  Celia  E., 
Fowler,  Mrs.  E.  H., 
Gage,  Mrs.  Homer, 
Gage,  Mrs.  Thomas  H., 
Harrington,  Mrs.  Gilbert  H. 
Kinsley,  Mrs.  Edward, 
Knowles,  Mrs.  Hester  B 
Lowell,  Mr.  A.  S.,  . 
Moen,  Mrs.  Philip  W., 
Morgan,  Mrs.  Charles  F., 
Morse,  Mrs.  Emma  de  F., 
Pratt,  Mrs.  Henry  S.,      . 
ISTorcross,  Mrs.  James  A., 
Rice,  Mrs.  William  E.,    . 
Richardson,  Mrs.  W.  A., 
Schmidt,  Mrs.  H.  F.  A., 
Scofield,  Mrs.  J.  M., 


Edith  Norcross  Morgan. 


$5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

20 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

2 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

20 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

Amount  carried  forward. 


$98  00 


401 


Amount   brought  forward, 

Sinclair,  Mr.  John  E.,    . 
Sinclair,  Mrs.  John  E.,   . 
Thayer,  Mrs.  Adin, 
Thayer,  Mrs.  Edward  D., 
Torrey,  Mrs.  Lewis  H.,   . 
Washburn,  Mrs.  Charles  G., 
Wheeler,  Mrs.  Leonard,   . 
Witter,  Mrs.  Henry, 
Wood,  Mrs.  E.  M., 
Wyman,  Miss  Florence  W., 


$98  00 


1 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

10 

00 

1 

00 

25 

00 

5 

00 

1 

00 

6 

00 

1 

00 

^$154  00 


'  Subscriptions  amounting  to  $7  were  received  after  the  accounts  were  closed 
for  the  year.